The entries are in and we have a winner ! Congratulations to Grace at eTilth for the photo of Erythroniums tucked by this urn in the Dunn Garden in Seattle. As a new feature for our contest, have put all the entries into a flickr Album and offered critiques of each, showing my before and after suggestions[...]
How to Win a Photo Contest
Garden photographer, Saxon Holt, gives 6 tips on how to photograph gardens for a garden photography contest at Gardening Gone Wild[...]
Barbra Streisand’s Secluded ’70s Retreat
For nearly a decade, I covered homes, gardens, architecture and design for the San Diego Union-Tribune, visiting the city’s (and sometimes Southern CA’s) most gorgeous homes. One of the most memorable was Barbra Streisand’s multi-house compound in Malibu (she has since moved, and no, I didn’t meet her). I own the article’s copyright, so for[...]
Gardening Gone Wild’s Spring Giveaway: Fiskars PowerGear2 Loppers
It’s not often that I take a company up on their offer for a giveaway. My rule of thumb is that I have to have tried the product for some time and really like it before I give it away to GardeningGoneWild readers. When Fiskars approached me, I didn’t hesitate. I specifically asked them[...]
Gardening, Joy, and Gratitude
“The root of joy is gratefulness…It is not joy that makes us grateful; it is gratitude that makes us joyful.” David Steindl- Rast For a lot of folks, gardening is a pleasurable hobby that relieves stress. It’s an activity where you can be both productive and bring beauty into the world. But I’m curious to know,[...]