Good Garden Photography
The first section and first e-book in the PhotoBotanic Garden Photography Workshop.
“Good” photos are not only well composed, they use color and light effectively, reveal beauty, and tell a story
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 […]
