Welcome back spring

With no apologies I welcome spring.  I welcome the chance to post new photos.  I welcome the challenge of simply taking new photos.  I welcome  the chance to get back to work.  Welcome back Gardening Gone Wild. Camellia sasanqua ‘Kanjiro’ I have not posted new photos for a couple months now, and Fran let me[...]

Obsession: A Chase Story

Written by Josh McCullough This is the second in a series of posts by Joshua McCullough, the creator of PhytoPhoto, a specialist collection of expertly identified botanical, horticultural and environmental photos; images supplied to a wide variety of print mediums.  Josh has been a judge for Picture This Photo Contest on multiple occasions. His work[...]

Dogs in the Garden

In honor of the Westminister Kennel Club dog show Feb. 14-15 at Madison Square Garden, it’s appropriate to show a few dogs in the garden.  The above photo captures a sweet moment between artist Cathy Carey and one of her golden retrievers. Susan Miller’s yellow lab is on the job 24-7, bringing her things and providing a[...]

Planting up is a nerve-wracking job!

Planting up a client’s garden the day before yesterday. The third winter I have done this particular one. Good design jobs go like this – it’s an illusion, partly fostered by TV design and ‘make-over’ programmes that you can go in and plant up, and before you can say “Bob’s yer uncle” the garden is[...]

Big, Brazen and Bawdy

Written by Tovah Martin The deliveryman was just being gallant, I’m sure. When he offered to bring the box of books in out of the snow, he probably assumed he’d toss it into your typical vestibule and be done with it. Sign here. In fact, he was hoping to summarily dump it into one of[...]