To anyone who has not been in San Francisco in the winter it will be hard to believe these are winter photos, taken in the past couple of years in The San Francisco Botanical Garden during the month of January. I know; it’s a delight. San Francisco is a very mild, summer-dry, winter-wet climate, where it [...]
Saxon Holt
Garden Earth
January 27, 2017 – Posted in: Garden Musings, MiscellaneousThe facts are pretty clear: the planet Earth is heating up, we are facing extinctions not seen in Epochs, and human population continues to explode, consuming resources beyond Nature’s capacity to replenish. What are you going to do about it? Our future seems grim and it’s tempting to ignore the facts and hope it will all go [...]
Photos of 2016
January 12, 2017 – Posted in: Garden Photography, MiscellaneousCan it actually be 2017? Did any of you make New Year’s resolutions? Well, if you are a garden photographer, now is the time to put your files in order. You’re not shooting much this time of year, and spending way too much time indoors wishing you could be outdoors. Spend a couple hours organizing [...]
Short Days, Long Shadows
December 26, 2016 – Posted in: Garden Photography, Seasonal GardeningHave you noticed ? The days are getting longer. It is too soon to actually see the difference now, but a few days ago, exactly at the winter solstice, I took advantage of the sun being at its lowest point to make a series of photographs of shadows against a north facing hill. I hike this [...]
Autumn Color – San Francisco
December 12, 2016 – Posted in: Garden Photography, Garden Travels, Seasonal GardeningFall color in San Francisco ? It’s true – just go to Golden Gate Park and take a walk in the Botanical Garden. The color doesn’t really start to show until late November or December, and nobody is going to mistake it for new England, but colorful fall foliage is possible, not just in California but [...]