I’m thrilled to have Rebecca Sweet writing a guest post for GGW. She is a highly regarded garden designer, a respected blogger, and co-author of a wildly popular book on vertical gardening, Garden Up. Besides all of these accomplishments, Rebecca is what I think of as a ‘soulful gardener’. Read this article and you’ll understand[...]
When in Orange County recently, I stopped by a nursery I’d heard about—the Dana Point Nursery on Pacific Coast Highway in Dana Point. I experienced it through my camera, and lost track of time. I shot a lot of cool plants and container combos, but the aeoniums were my favorites. Aeoniums are native to the[...]
This months theme is Fill the Frame. We will be looking for photos that use the entire canvas with well constructed compositions. The succulent tapestry above from Jeff Moore’s garden in Solana Beach, CA was carefully composed in the camera’s viewfinder to include blocks of complementary plant material, overlapping triangles with strong lines and shapes[...]
Christa had a tough job this month. There were so many outstanding entries. A BIG THANK YOU goes to Christa for doing a stellar job. We look forward to having her return to Picture This!! Fran Sorin Without further ado, this is what Christa has to say: “The results are in–Judging this competition was hard,[...]
OK, competition for you. Where is it? Its prairie innit? So must be in the states, question is, which state?