Where do I begin to describe the wonders that I see? My world is new and changing daily. The following set of photos were taken a few weeks ago, between the two eye surgeries. I began with this Camellia sasanqua ‘Apple Blossom’ quite by accident because at first I simply had to get outdoors, to[...]
What’s wrong with this photo? Let me explain. First it is not sideways if you drop your left ear to your shoulder, which is the way I was seeing things for a while. All a matter of perspective; and I am dealing with a lot of perception issues these days because I am undergoing[...]
I have really been having fun learning how to run the garden photography workshops at San Francisco Botanical Garden. Each class has become a lesson on one particular theme. You too can learn, by giving yourself an assignment, something to work on – and just do it. For instance “focal points”. Here, at SFBG we[...]
When the current issue of The American Gardener from the American Horticultural Society arrived I immediately read about my friend Neil Diboll of Prairie Nursery fame and saw the You Tube interview. And then a nice story by Duncan Brine about naturalistic gardening. With apologies to fellow GG Wild blogger Debra Lee Baldwin, I did[...]
As soon as I stepped out the back door of Christina’s house I knew her garden was going to provide all sorts of photo opportunities.