I recently travelled to the second largest flower and garden show in the US, in Seattle, to give two presentations. Here’s what I enjoyed most—a subjective collection, to be sure, and one dependent on the capabilities of my iPhone’s camera. Even so, 25 photos is more than double the number I usually show in a[...]
In a society that feels more isolated and lost than ever before, we relentlessly continue to stuff ourselves with junk food – materialism. Hoping that buying things will make us happy. They never do. Give A Flower, Get A Smile Think about how different our world would be if more of us focused on the[...]
I was all set yesterday morning to begin my post on drought-tolerant plants, seeing as how we in California are in the midst of a really dry winter. Then at breakfast, my wife brought me a single Camellia from the garden, set in a clever stone vase. It was such a lovely reminder that even[...]
Garden photographers look to capture beauty with a camera. Poets use words. My friend, the poet and occasional garden writer, Hazel White recently led a hike as part of her artist in residence program at the Headlands Center for the Arts where she seeks to “create a series of site-responsive sonnets, each of which is 14[...]
With each new piece of research that documents how our childrens’ wellness – physical, emotional, and spiritual, is in sharp decline, you – as a parent – experience a pang of fear. Long gone are the days they would be happy watching cocomelons. All they want to do is sit in front of an Xbox![...]