Rain Water Capture – Proposition 72
It is great to hang out with activists. My friend Judy Adler has almost single handedly created a new California initiative, Proposition 72 on the [...]
Magnolia Time
It is the middle of winter, so it must be time for the Magnolias to be flowering in San Francisco Botanical Garden. Magnolia sargentiana, [...]
Leaning Pine Arboretum
I have been visiting Leaning Pine Arboretum for years, and it has become one of my favorite gardens. For a California garden photographer, seeking landscape [...]
Foggy Mornings
On winter mornings after rain, fog oozes from the earth. The cool air cannot hold all the moisture the ground wants to release, so it [...]
Salvia wagneriana
I don’t know how many Salvias there are, but I am always finding new ones. Salvia wagneriana, winter flowering sage in San Francisco Botanical [...]
Tilting Trees
Have you ever taken a picture of a trees where it looks like they are falling backwards and leaning in ? Sequoia sempervirens, Coast [...]
Favorite Photos 2017
Greetings, and a Happy New Year ! Saxon Holt and dog Kona at Deer Island Preserve January 2017 photo by Mary Holt Putting [...]
Oak Ghosts, Skeletons, and Recovery after the Fire
The California landscape has always been shaped by fire. Blackened hills, burned trees and new green grass; Fire damage and recovery from Nuns fire [...]
Australian Native Plant Nursery
We were distressed to learn the Australian Native Plant Nursery in Casitas Springs, California was burned in the recent Southern California wildfires. Australian Native [...]
Ruth Bancroft’s Legacy
Early morning in Ruth Bancroft Garden, Walnut Creek, California When I first met Ruth Bancroft in 1992, she was already 86. Ruth [...]