Fran Sorin

Visiting the High Line is one of those magical experiences where once you taste it, you’ll want to go back for more. Several flights of stairs above the ground, designed on old railroad tracks (in operation from 1934-1980 ) with the buildings of Manhattan and the Hudson River as a backdrop, the High Line is paradoxically both a soothing and extraordinarily stimulating public park.  

For the month of July, we are delighted to have a new judge joining us, Rich Pomerantz. Rich told me that he has been fascinated by photography since receiving a brownie camera for his seventh birthday.  His career includes work for White Flower Farm’s Catalogue, Garden Design, Organic Gardening,  Horticulture and other fine gardening publications. Rich’s clientele also[...]

A reminder to get your entries in for June’s Picture This Contest.  Our judge is Josh McCullough of Phyto Photo. The theme for this month is The Best Frame You Have Ever Created. This is how Josh described what he is looking for in the winning entry: “We are all learning and growing and marking[...]

It was the end of  a long day. After seeing 8 other gardens in less than 48 hours, with some long stretches of traveling time, I was ready to pack it in. Walking into a graveled courtyard with a minimalistically styled residence, an orangery with a garden shop, a narrow, rectangular pool,  surrounding light colored walls and large olive trees in sunken tubs, it was easy to imagine being[...]