When I arrived at Louisa’s garden, the first thing I noticed was a mother hippo and her baby, made of metal, in the driveway. Well, if you had a couple of hippos, where would you keep them?
The Impermanent Hippos of Louisa’s Garden
Celebration of Gardening Books 2014 and Giveaway
With the re-design of Gardening Gone Wild (hope you like it!) and summer just around the corner, it’s time for a celebration! And what better way to celebrate than to highlight 7 gardening books that have been published in 2014? In honor of this special event, all 7 authors are generously donating a copy of[...]
The Flower Silhouette
Recently an editor asked me if I had any bold flowers on black background. Rather than going through my files looking for something to transform with Photoshop I decided to shoot a new photo. It’s the height of the season after all.
35 Inspirational Gardening Quotes
A gift for you to enjoy this spring…. 35 Inspirational Gardening Quotes. If you have a plant and a garden, you have everything you need. Marcus Tullius Cicero Gardening is not a rational act. Margaret Atwood The love of gardening is a seed once sown that never dies. Gertrude Jekyll
Photographing the Light
I love the morning light when photographing gardens. Gardens are fresh, the air clean, and the light is sweet. It is nearly impossible to work in the hot sunny light when the brightest colors take on a contrasted, metallic look and the shady areas become black holes. In California where there is little humidity in the[...]