Hi all, I'm Elizabeth and mostly am known as Liz. I live in Oakland, California across the bay from San Francisco, a few blocks south of Berkeley, in a very small house on a narrow deep rather shaded lot. Passifloras are taking over (with my blessings) they're lots better than the ivy and blackberries that were there before me. There are oodles of different plants in pots including bulbs. I have many rescued leftovers, some edibles and too many trees for a city lot. Mostly it's a one of a kind garden, no room for anything else but I just can't resist a new plant. Right now, I'm going through a periodic revamping and getting rid of some plants to make room for others. I'm retired , and now work as a volunteer at UC Botanical Garden in the shop and at the "Sick Plant Clinic." That's where I find all these irresistable plants. I also volunteer at the little known Oakland (Lake Merritt) Botanic garden where now I mostly just propagate plants. It was doing this that got me interested in having a few carnivorous plants to control the fungus gnats. I'm an eclectic (perhaps somewhat fickle) gardener, growing whatever I fancy at the moment but there are always at least a few Passifloras, some Salvias and Penstemons and oodles of little bulbs. I'm a member of the California Rare Fruit Growers (CRFG) and the California Horticultural Society. Ceramics is another hobby. I used to throw pots but arthritus put an end to that and now I just handbuild a little. More pots mostly. Liz Waterman