November 1, 2018
No garden has ever thrilled me more than the O’Byrne garden. The careful plant selection of textures and foliage combinations become tapestries, at first glance […]
October 30, 2018
This is magical: A log to sit on and contemplate the changing season, a place to breathe deep and exhale exultant.
September 15, 2018
Do we really want drought tolerant plants for our gardens ? Â Let’s look for climate tolerant plants. All plants are drought tolerant in their native […]
September 2, 2018
The new book is well underway.  A new book ?! The Summer-Dry Garden (Timber Press 2019) will update and replace Plants and Landscapes for Summer-Dry Climates […]
August 31, 2018
God creates gardens. Whether you consider God to be a benign Overseer, or Nature, or Gaia, or things Unexplained, the beauty we gardeners see in […]
June 3, 2018
I have always wanted to go to a destination workshop. Â Now my friend and colleague David Perry has organized one in Seattle. I get to […]
April 2, 2018
Quite often when we want to take a picture of a beautiful flower other blossoms in the background clutter up the view. Our eyes are […]
March 28, 2018
Sunnylands is a conference Center and gardens near Palm Springs, California. It was established by Walter and Leanore Annenberg to “address serious issues facing the […]
March 21, 2018
No, this is not a gardening tip on how to prune trees, it is about careful cropping of a photograph. I have been photographing these […]
March 17, 2018
The California Redbud trees (Cercis occidentalis) are in bloom at UC Davis Arboretum. The Warren G. Roberts Redbud Collection along the Putah Creek path that […]