Summer-Dry
Sustainability is a core value to the garden we feature. In summer-dry gardens, those regions around the world with Mediterranean type climates of dry summers and wet winters, well chosen plants are sustained with little effort. Since we are a California company in a summer-dry region we especially want to encourage gardeners to use these plants and garden photographers to celebrate a distinctive aesthetic.
August 5, 2015
I fell in love with meadow gardens photographing my Grasses book and five year later did The American Meadow Garden. I am still searching for [...]
August 3, 2015
The Rule of Thirds almost always comes up in composition workshops. It is a “rule” that a pleasant balance comes when organizing a composition into [...]
July 30, 2015
This bench gave me the classic opportunity to employ a trick of the trade I have learned as a photojournalist: whenever you find a well [...]
July 30, 2015
A gardener visiting Minnesota in the summer discovers a climate that revels in big beautiful native perennials. The influences of the northern prairie can be seen in local [...]
July 28, 2015
When an exciting photo presents itself we tend to only see what we want to see. This is especially true when looking intently at a [...]
July 28, 2015
I can now laugh at the first time a label fooled me in a botanic garden (gosh is really 35 years ago ?), when I [...]
July 25, 2015
The workshop at Annie’s Annuals and Perennials became an excuse to talk about backgrounds in macro photography. It was announced that I would talk about my Think [...]
July 23, 2015
Summer should bring languid times enjoying the high summer peak of the garden. If we don’t actually take time to enjoy the beauty of a summer [...]
July 21, 2015
It’s summertime. Wouldn’t you rather be at the Lake ? There are lots of menial tasks involved with work, anyone’s work; but there are also times [...]
July 18, 2015
I love the moody single point of focus shots in macro photography. They artfully take advantage of narrow focus, emphasizing one detail; but I also love [...]
