A reminder that the deadline for July’s Picture This Photo Contest is midnight on Wednesday, July 22nd. For all of you who have procrastinated or have just found out about the contest, you’ve only got a few days to get your entry in. July’s judge is photographer Rob Cardillo and the subject is flowering trees. Rob will be[...]
I was recently invited by The Garden Conservancy to tour the Alcatraz garden project. The Conservancy, in partnership with The Golden Gate National Park Conservancy, has spent the past 5 years restoring and replanting the barren and windswept old prison in the middle of San Francisco Bay.
The theme for the Picture This Photo Contest for July is (drum roll please) flowering trees. We’re delighted that the judge for this month is Rob Cardillo, a colleague and friend of several of us at GGW. Rob has been photographing gardens, plants and the people who tend gardens for the last 20 years. Formerly the Director of Photography for Organic Gardening[...]
A big thank you to all who entered and an ovation for your rose photos. Many of our 31 entrants submitted the full allotment of three photos, so I had close to 100 to judge—a daunting yet delightful task.
I have been working in Seattle recently and I always drop by the Bellevue Botanic Garden, knowing great photos are to be found. Walking around the groundcovers garden I came upon this scene. My photographer’s radar switched to acute knowing this was a scene to be worked, to savor, to discover a special photograph. Let’s[...]