When the new California Academy of Sciences re-opened last year in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, the green roof was a big story with its central design concept-“lifting up a piece of the park and put a building under it”. I was eager to photograph it but could not get permission to walk out on [...]
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What I Learned on My Summer Vacation – Part Two
June 14, 2009 – Posted in: Garden Adventures, Garden PlantsIn Part One, I covered some highlights of the first day of the Native Plants in the Landscape Conference, which was held at Millersville University in Millersville, PA from June 4 through June 6. Here are some more of my notes and ramblings from the other two days (again, lots of text and not many [...]
What I Learned on My Summer Vacation
June 13, 2009 – Posted in: Garden VisitsFinding time to get away during the growing season is almost impossible, but there’s one yearly event that I hate to miss: the Native Plants in the Landscape Conference held at Millersville University in Millersville, Pennsylvania. This year, rainy weather made the whole event more enjoyable, because I didn’t have to feel guilty about not [...]
My Garden’s a Mess
May 25, 2009 – Posted in: Garden Design, Garden PhotographyWhere do I start ? “My garden is a mess.” I hear this quite often when I am asked to photograph a garden. “I don’t mind, my garden’s a mess too”, I usually reply, trying to put the gardener at ease. But to be honest, if the gardener is a serious one I find I [...]
Picture This Photo Contest: A Reminder and Deadline
May 19, 2009 – Posted in: Garden PhotographyAs several of you already know, May’s Picture This Photo Contest is Containers. Our May judge and Regular Contributor for GGW, Steve Silk, has told you what he’s going to be looking for in a winning photograph. The contest ends at 12 midnight on Friday, May 22nd. So, for those of you who haven’t gotten your photo in yet, [...]