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.
March 28, 2018
Sunnylands is a conference Center and gardens near Palm Springs, California. It was established by Walter and Leanore Annenberg to “address serious issues facing the […]
March 21, 2018
No, this is not a gardening tip on how to prune trees, it is about careful cropping of a photograph. I have been photographing these […]
March 17, 2018
The California Redbud trees (Cercis occidentalis) are in bloom at UC Davis Arboretum. The Warren G. Roberts Redbud Collection along the Putah Creek path that […]
March 15, 2018
I often think of a photo composition as a combination of shapes linked together, like jigsaw puzzle pieces within the rectangle of the camera view […]
February 26, 2018
Winter is Camellia time at San Francisco Botanical Garden. The garden is renowned for its flowering magnolias this time of year but any visitor looking […]
February 11, 2018
It is great to hang out with activists. Â My friend Judy Adler has almost single handedly created a new California initiative, Proposition 72 on the […]
January 31, 2018
It is the middle of winter, so it must be time for the Magnolias to be flowering in San Francisco Botanical Garden. The winter flowering […]
January 27, 2018
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 […]
January 23, 2018
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 […]
January 16, 2018
I don’t know how many Salvias there are, but I am always finding new ones. I recently went to San Francisco Botanical Garden in search of […]