Picture This, our garden blogger’s photo showcase, is ready for another contest – now that spring has finally arrived throughout the land. I was in Delaware just two weeks ago where I photographed Wintherthur, the trees just leafing out, seemingly while I watched, so by now even the most northern garden photographers should have plenty of inspiration. So fellow garden bloggers, [...]
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It Rained !
February 10, 2014 – Posted in: Garden Photography, Garden PhotographyWhile most of the country has been suffering under a brutally cold winter, we in California have been waiting for winter rains. It has been brutally dry. We have not had a soaking rain for 13 months. So you gardeners can imagine the joy of our recent rains. I spent each day this past weekend [...]
Photos in the Garden
April 10, 2013 – Posted in: Garden Photography, Garden Photography, Garden PlantsWant a tip on how to take good garden pictures ? Pick up your camera and go out into a garden. You can’t get good pictures if you don’t take any pictures. Put yourself in a position to make something happen. April 2 was a day to take photos in my own garden. It was [...]
How To Have Faith That Spring’s Coming While Trudging In A Foot Of Snow: 7 Tips
March 3, 2012 – Posted in: Garden Design, Garden MusingsI feel like I’ve been living on Noah’s Ark for the past few weeks. Non stop thrashing pellets of rain. And sand storms. This has been one of the rainiest records on history for Israel. For a country that gets only 8” of rain a year, this is good news. Up to a certain point. [...]
Capturing Spring
May 7, 2009 – Posted in: Garden Design, Garden PhotographyIs it possible for a gardener not to be thrilled to the bone with spring? It is in the DNA of our marrow to be renewed and hopeful for our Earth when spring rolls around. The feeling is in our hearts but we know it with all our senses. How do we see it [...]