A recent visit to the Arnold Arboretum in Boston provided a glorious opportunity to photograph trees. After all, the word “arbor” is Latin for tree and arboreta are collections of trees. What better a place to go to work with my camera. I confess I was once uninterested in traditional arboretums because there tends to be little structure to [...]
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A Tribute to the Oaks of California
September 12, 2016 – Posted in: Garden Photography, Trees and ShrubsThe Cultural Landscape Foundation has given me the opportunity to showcase the Oaks of California. Recently I did some photography for TCLF, of the famed landscape architect Lawrence Halprin’s work at The Sea Ranch for an exhibit this is now touring the country. They asked me what I thought about the cultural landscape, and I chose [...]
Wild in the Eastern Deciduous Forest
April 27, 2016 – Posted in: Garden Photography, Sustainable GardeningThe Eastern United States is an entirely different native ecosystem from California. Duh. The Central Prairies are different too. Oh yeah. And how about the Everglades ? The desert Southwest ? We live in a vast country with vastly different native plants, yet sometimes when we hear about the importance of gardening with native plants, [...]
Magnolias – Winter Flowering Trees
February 12, 2016 – Posted in: Garden Photography, Trees and ShrubsThe deciduous magnolia trees have started their bloom here in California. The calendar says it is winter, so I suppose we must call them winter flowering trees, but for those of us who garden in California, the season most of the world calls winter, we call spring. This is a summer-dry climate which means winter-wet, and [...]
Making an Art Print
December 11, 2014 – Posted in: Garden PhotographyIt is such a relief, a release really, when I can stop my crazy production schedule and create something new. Too much of what I seem to be doing these days is looking back at old work as I put the final touches on The PhotoBotanic Garden Photography Workshops. My next post will be the [...]