We’re trying something new here at Gardening Gone Wild – a photo contest that will be a bit of a collective group visualization. For this contest, I will pick a subject and ask you, our fellow bloggers, to picture your own interpretation of the subject and send me a photograph. I will gather and post all of the photos in a[...]
What is the point of a photograph ? I ask this question every time I click the shutter. Why am I taking this picture and what am I trying to say ? This is one of the fundamental keys to taking a good garden photograph. The reason to take the picture may be a simple[...]
I have been unexpectedly ambivalent about telling California gardeners about the Hardy Succulents book I co-authored with Gwen Kelaidis (Storey 2008). The reason I have been cautious about promoting the book in my home state is because for most people a hardy succulent is a small plant such as this Houseleek, Sempervivum ‘Faramir’ on[...]
A recent post on photographer David Perry’s fine site A Photogapher’s Garden Blog challenges his readers to spend 15 minutes and take a garden photo from a window in their house. Hmmm, I can waste 15 minutes . . . grabbed my camera and opened the door of my studio. Here is what I sent[...]
I hope GGW readers will enjoy this lengthy post. Having just returned from my first Eco-Farm Conference I am full of new ideas. This was the 29th conference put on by the Ecological Farming Association, long an advocate and resource for farmers seeking sustainable alternatives to the USDA. Listening to the discussions it became quite[...]