When we go out into the garden to take pictures, we don’t always find what we expect. So don’t get locked into seeing what you want to see. See what is. When my friend Kate Frey suggested I might want to photograph the tapestries of winter vegetables she planted at Lynmar Winery I could hardly[...]
I recognize that this post is not really about gardening. I also realize that you readers who are holed up in cold climates may have no patience with California garden columns. Citrus, succulents, daffodils in December, year ’round lettuces. Well, so be it; this is California winter. This is what I see. Today I see[...]
A couple weeks ago, on November 19, I photographed 9 plants in my garden that had orange fall foliage. Nine; one day; orange (not the yellows, not reds or greens); in my garden. I was thrilled. After years of planning my garden for fall color, I needed to get to work with my camera. I[...]
Last month, while our Gardening Gone Wild readers were out shooting for the Fill the Frame theme in our Picture This photo contest, I was on vacation in New England – I was filling my camera frame with fall color in Vermont and the landscapes of poet Mary Oliver in Cape Cod, such as Blackwater[...]
Why oh why do we put our dear readers through this ?! It is hard enough to judge the wonderful entries but is seems like agony to many of you who enter. I read all your posts and more than one seem to wonder about winning and the judges’ criteria. How can This Grandmother’s Garden[...]