Ann Loves Plants: a life in horticulture

  • Preparing to appear in a garden book…
    Preparing to appear in a garden book…

    In early 2023, Ann accepted an invite from friend Doreen Wynja to be included in a book about passionate gardeners. Reflecting on personal struggles, including a non-traditional marriage and health challenges, the author embraced the opportunity to share her journey while finding support in chosen family and community. Gardening served as a grounding force throughout…

  • Hakone Gardens (Saratoga, CA)

    Located in Saratoga, California Hakone Gardens may very well be the oldest residential Japanese garden in the entire Western Hemisphere. Created by two patrons of the arts from San Francisco the garden was designed and the buildings were built by local Californian Japanese-American landscape architects and architects in 1915. The first building built was the…

  • The San Francisco Flower & Garden Show (2011)

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