Think Like A Gardener

Plants are not art. So began a provocative Facebook post by Benjamin Vogt this past June 17. I did not have time to jump into [...]

From the ebook: The PhotoBotanic Guide to Photographing Roses, Chapter One: Working in the Garden Looking for photos is one of the great joys of [...]

I have added another California native shrub to the extraction series, Toyon – Heteromeles arbutifolia.  Extractions are photobotanic illustrations that are inspired by classic botanic illustrations [...]

It is such a relief, a release really, when I can stop my crazy schedule and create something new.  Too much of what I seem [...]

So, so many reasons to celebrate this manzanita on this rainy day. Mostly the rain itself.  We have had so little this winter that every [...]

I am finding great satisfaction exploring these botanic illustrations, that I call PhotoBotanic illustrations.  Not only do my eyes see these two dimensional views more [...]

It took four months to grow this picture; a single second in the garden to “see” it; and 8 hours of computer work to clean [...]