Photobotanic

Some garden photography tips are timeless, some are a matter of knowing what to see, and others use the magic of the digital age.

"Sometimes I do get to places just when God's ready to have somebody click the shutter." - Ansel Adams. Whenever I look for photos, I try to let the scene speak to me; the beauty is already there - I...

"Paying attention is a form of reciprocity with the living world, receiving the gifts with open eyes and open heart." Robin Wall Kimmerer Braiding Sweetgrass. A photographer has the gift of a camera with which to study nature, and...

Says Mary Oliver: "Ordinarily, I go to the woods alone, with not a single friend, for they are all smilers and talkers and therefore unsuitable. I don't really want to be witnessed talking to the catbirds or hugging the...

December can be the least exciting time in the garden and the most difficult month to find photos for a calendar.  It is particularly hard for the series of True Image calendars I've done over the years because they...

Traditionally autumn is illustrated with New England foliage but every gardener in every region knows a different aesthetic. In the West, with so many different plants that grow here, we can have both traditional and nontraditional autumn color. I did...

I have heard it argued that California does not have autumn. In fact, I do like to think of California as having only three very distinct seasons: the rainy season, the wildflower season, and the dry season. But it is...

After 3 years of working on this book, it is done, and just released in January, 2021. Gardening in Summer-Dry Climates from Timber Press is available autographed in our store we are just beginning to figure out virtual tours and...

The Covid-19 pandemic began as spring started, but spring was not cancelled - only humans needed to stop and think about our every move.  Public gardens needed to close as the virus peaked and needed to assess risks to...

Once upon a time, before the COVID virus kept us sheltering in the place, we might have spent an April day visiting gardens or traveling to some special place where we were sure to be thrilled by spring. Now most...