Camera and Computer
Both the digital camera and the computer are tools best learned with practice and experience. The more we know about our tools the easier they are to use and do our work. In this section we will cover classic camera functions as well as digital controls and settings. There are lessons on post production – the work done in the computer “post” or after shooting, as well as special effects and sharing.
March 2, 2019
The Saratoga Horticultural Research Endowment (SHRE) gives sizable grants that foster the introduction of new and improved plant materials for California gardens and landscapes. The […]
March 1, 2019
Matthew Stephens arrived in San Francisco from New York. With a masters degree in Public Horticulture and years of planting literally a million trees in […]
November 25, 2018
Finally. An actual plan to do something about climate change. No, not the frightening, just released National Climate Assessment report. A Green New Deal is not […]
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 ? 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. 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 […]