A gift for you to enjoy this spring…. 35 Inspirational Gardening Quotes. If you have a plant and a garden, you have everything you need. Marcus Tullius Cicero Gardening is not a rational act. Margaret Atwood The love of gardening is a seed once sown that never dies. Gertrude Jekyll
GGW Storytelling Contest: ‘My Mom and Gardening’
– Posted in: Garden Musings April 30, 2014Being a mother is learning about strengths you didn’t know you had, and dealing with fears you didn’t know existed. ~Linda Wooten Do you have memories of your Mom working in the garden? Did/ does she influence your garden making in some way? Now is the chance to share any vignette, thoughts or feelings about[...]
San Francisco Flower & Garden Show
– Posted in: Garden Musings, Garden Photography March 26, 2014As the official photographer for the San Francisco Flower & Garden Show this year, I had access to a lift so that I could shoot down on the gardens. I was up with these dragons overlooking the amazing landscapes. I was also a judge for the Garden Conservancy so I had early access as the[...]
‘ARTiculture’ – Philadelphia Flower Show 2014
– Posted in: Garden Musings March 1, 2014‘ARTiculture’ – Philadelphia Flower Show 2014 – begins today and runs through March 9th. In the grand hallway, Subaru, a long time sponsor of the show, has created a compelling and whimsical recyclable garden. Notice how the lattices in the walls are made of old bed springs. How cool is that?
Georgia O’Keeffe – Gardener
– Posted in: Garden Musings, Garden Photography February 25, 2014The current show of Georgia O’Keeffe’s work, Modern Nature, at San Francisco’s DeYoung Museum reveals the the gardener observing nature. The works in the exhibition are all from a period of her life when she painted at the vacation resort town of Lake George, New York, before moving to the Southwest where she spent most[...]