Grasses and Asters
One of the delightful challenges for any garden photographer is to find the photo that best illustrates the story in front of you. Aspen [...]
Tallgrass Prairie Rhizosphere
I do not know the origin, nor can explain my fascination with grasslands. Asclepias sullivantii, smooth milkweed, Sullivant’s milkweed or prairie milkweed flowering in [...]
Garden Revolution with Larry Weaner
When The American Meadow Garden was published in 2009 I felt that John Greenlee and I were at the forefront of a new idea in gardening. [...]
Disturbance at The Sea Ranch
The Sea Ranch is legendary in the history of California Coastal development. In the early 1960’s, ten miles of the Sonoma Coast was designated for development, in [...]
The Summer-Dry Meadow
Is anyone immune to the allure of meadows ? If you are a hiker and explore open spaces, parks, and natural areas, a meadow means [...]
The Allure of Meadows
I have no doubt the Garden of Eden was a meadow (with a very special apple tree). Certainly heaven is a meadow. The romance of [...]
A Wild Grass
My love for grasses goes on. Feeling the itch to go see wild grasses in native meadows drew me to the High Sierras. Here we [...]
Paintbrush Meadow
One of the joys and frustrations of spending entire days photographing California native meadows, is the glorious sunshine – all day long. In the High [...]
Searching for Meadows
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 [...]
Better than Lawn
Summer, prairie wildflowers in meadow at Crow-Hassan Park, Minnesota A gardener visiting Minnesota in the summer discovers a climate that revels in big beautiful native perennials. [...]