Starting Over

– Posted in: Garden Design, Garden Musings

For several years now, I’ve talked and written about how living with ambiguity is an integral part of the creative process. My book, Digging Deep: Unearthing Your Creative Roots Through Gardening, touches upon this subject in more detail. I want to share a personal story with you that once again reminded me that learning to[...]

Trees and Peace: A Creative Work In Progress

– Posted in: Garden Musings, Miscellaneous

In my book,  Digging Deep: Unearthing Your Creative Roots Through Gardening, I discuss how gardening has the potential to empower individuals to be more creative in the garden…and in life. I recently experienced a beautiful example of this in the hills of Jerusalem. My belief that nature can have a significant effect on working towards peace was[...]

Obsession: A Chase Story

– Posted in: Garden Musings, Garden Visits

Written by Josh McCullough This is the second in a series of posts by Joshua McCullough, the creator of PhytoPhoto, a specialist collection of expertly identified botanical, horticultural and environmental photos; images supplied to a wide variety of print mediums.  Josh has been a judge for Picture This Photo Contest on multiple occasions. His work[...]

The Fragility of Time

– Posted in: Garden Design, Garden Musings

It is rare after looking at a piece of art that I feel compelled to return to it, not just once but time and again. Such was the case with Ignacio Canales Aracil , a Spanish sculptor, who wanted to share his work with me. To say I was awed  by what I saw would[...]