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Tag Archives: Rancho La Puerta
Return to the Ranch
THE FIRST THING I DID when I got to my casita at Rancho La Puerta last month was take off my clothes. All of them. Outside. That’s how private the patio was at my villa-for-a-week, below, at the 70+-year-old wellness … Continue reading
Posted in LANDSCAPING, TRAVEL
Tagged Baja, Baja California, Bazar del Sol, Deborah Szekely, Rancho La Puerta, Tres Estrellas
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Rancho La Puerta: Garden Close-Up
I’M HOME FROM RANCHO LA PUERTA and not too happy about that. The sun is shining here in East Hampton, N.Y., and things have greened up slightly. The daffodils are still in force; my scrawny magnolia is in what passes … Continue reading
Posted in GARDENS & GARDENING, LANDSCAPING, TRAVEL
Tagged African daisies, agave, alkaline soil, aloe, artemisia, Baja California, California pepper tree, chapparal, cistus, Coyote hike, date palms, echeveria, eco-conscious, eco-equivalents, Enrique Ceballos, eucalyptus, euphorbia, French lavender, gardens, gazania, heavenly bamboo, ice plants, Kuchumaa, landscape, Landscape Garden Walk, LANDSCAPING, Mexico, Montezuma pine, nandina, pyrocantha, queen palms, Rancho La Puerta, rock rose, salvia, Sarah Livia Brightwood, star jasmine, Tecate, trumpet vines, Villas Luna, wisteria
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Rancho La Puerta: Ranch in Bloom
HERE AT RANCHO LA PUERTA in Tecate, Mexico — the only fitness resort I’ve ever been to, and the only one I ever care to go to — there’s no need to exercise that gratitude muscle I referred to in … Continue reading
Posted in GARDENS & GARDENING, LANDSCAPING, TRAVEL
Tagged agave, alyssum, Baja, Baja California, blanket flower, calla lily, geraniums, ice plant, kalanchoe, landscape design, Mexico, Rancho La Puerta, rosemary, sage, Sarah Livia Brightwood, Tecate, wisteria
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The Barely Bearable Fleetingness of Spring
Magnolia in East Hampton village THE ONSET OF SPRING, I’ve realized, is kind of like an LSD trip (or so I remember – this goes back a few years). You take the pill, you wait and wait, you’re convinced nothing’s … Continue reading
