May 11, 2015
Traveling always opens my eyes up to new ways of seeing, and an East Coast spring was glorious. Â I was able to photograph at Winterthur […]
May 7, 2015
I stood beneath the Pignut Hickory tree (Carya glabra) atop a hill at Longwood Garden’s Meadow Garden, transfixed by a mesmerizing pattern of leaves unfolding.  Tiny […]
May 1, 2015
A colleague who supports my work told me recently: “I am working with the reporter to find a stunning, estate type [California] native plant garden for article. She […]
April 28, 2015
At most of my workshops I give a lecture covering the theme that the students will be working with when we get out into the […]
April 23, 2015
Is it possible for any gardener not to be thrilled to the bone with spring?  It is in the DNA of our marrow to be renewed […]
April 16, 2015
Part of my yearly routine is the California Spring Trials, CAST, the flower industry annual show and tell. Â The worlds biggest flower breeders get together […]
April 8, 2015
I am always wary about the light when I travel to Los Angeles. Â The classic sunny California day that Hollywood has made famous is really […]
April 3, 2015
Will no one speak up for California gardeners ?  Will the on-going drought guilt-trip us to live in concrete, asphalt, rock, and dead earth urban wastelands […]
March 30, 2015
Every garden story needs details and vignettes, especially include plant portraits – but the portraits needn’t be mug shots. The plants should be “of the garden” and give […]
March 30, 2015
Every garden story needs details and vignettes, especially plant portraits – but the portraits needn’t be mug shots. The plants should be “of the garden” and give […]