The 50 Mile Bouquet is one of those books that gardeners (and those who love flowers) should have on their bookshelves. Debra Prinzing has done a stupendous job of inspiring and educating us about the slow flower movement. David Perry’s photographs….as always….don’t disappoint. They capture the sumptuous beauty of the flowers and the emotions on [...]
The winners are in for our first Picture This Photo Contest of 2011! Here’s what our tireless judge, David Perry, has to say. “WOW! Great word, but even better feeling. And that is exactly what I feel when I look through this amazing body of work collected here under this one, unifying theme. “Macro In [...]
A reminder that the deadline for January’s Picture This is tonight at 12 midnight EST; there will be no exceptions. For all of you last minute folks, get moving. Please take the time to re-read the original post and rules. This month’s contest, as expected, is going through the roof. I have been privileged to be able to spend time looking [...]
Recently I tackled the challenge of energizing an established blog. The back story: In 2007, garden author Nan Ondra and I launched Gardening Gone Wild. (Photographer Rob Cardillo introduced us.) Nan and I wrote passionately about natural, free-flowing gardens. We loved writing without publishers and editors hovering. When comments came in from all over the [...]
As we kick off the New Year, what better way to start off our first Picture This Photo Contest of 2011 then with David Perry as our judge. As many of you may remember from our August 2009 Picture This, David is a phenomenal, multi-faceted photographer whose work is inspirational. His website and blog, A [...]