Saxon Holt

Fill the Frame

Phormium and feather grass in garden

Since I am the judge this month for our Picture This contest, I am taking the opportunity to expand on my theme – Fill the Frame.   Link to contest entry rules and previous post.  Whether or not you intend to contribute a photo to the contest or just want to take stronger photos you[...]

Picture This Photo Contest – October 2011

Last ripe tomato

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[...]

Back-lit Grasses

Panicum virgatum 'Dallas'Blues'

Now that September has arrived I start looking at the grasses.  Or rather, they grab me. Grasses grab the light and reveal the sun.   They dance in the wind; they rustle and whisper.  By  this time of the year their flowers have become seed heads beckoning the birds.  With such dynamic inspiration on so many[...]

Garden Designers Roundtable: Lawn Reform Fun

Retired Lawn - The Golden Years

  Once again the bloggers at Garden Designers Roundtable bring you a series of networked bogs around a common theme and have asked members of the Lawn Reform Coalition to join forces.  As a member of LRC, I chose to blog on my home turf, here at Gardening Gone Wild.  Many more posts will be[...]