In our discussion of garden photography last week, we tossed around the idea of starting a series on design-related themes. There seemed to be some interest, so we’re going to give it a try. We’re calling it the Garden Bloggers’ Design Workshop, and here’s how it’ll work: On the first of each month, we’ll announce[...]
Nancy J. Ondra
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – mid-October 2007
This post is now available at Hayefield: http://hayefield.com/2007/10/15/garden-bloggers-bloom-day-mid-october-2007/
Garden Blog Photography – A Gardener’s Perspective
In a previous post, Fran invited us to share our thoughts on garden photography. At the most basic level, my feelings here are the same as hers regarding advertising on blogs: If you don’t like the kind of pictures someone uses, then don’t look at their site. I can’t see how there could be any[...]
Unpopular Plant #3 – Picking a Poke
A while back, I started “The Unpopular Plant Series” category to discuss plants that I never get to write about in my books. It’s not that these plants aren’t interesting or beautiful or otherwise garden-worthy: It’s just that they’re usually too obscure, unavailable, or politically incorrect to be included, or otherwise oddball enough to not[...]
Not in My Garden (Probably)
Over at A Study in Contrasts, Kim started “Not in My Garden”: a fun discussion about plants, ornaments, and design features she’d never add to her garden. I’ve been pondering this topic for several weeks now. Every time I think “Yes! That’s something I’d never have!”, I realize that I actually do have it (and[...]