Dry Reservoirs
It has been in the news for months even years, the reservoirs in the west are at historic lows due to drought. I wanted to [...]
Public Gardens in the Pandemic
The Covid-19 pandemic began as spring started, but spring was not cancelled - only humans needed to stop and think about our every move. Public [...]
The Summer-Dry Project
The Summer-Dry Project has an all encompassing mission to help gardeners have success in summer-dry climates. California hills, chapparal ecosystem coastal hills range - Mt. [...]
Favorite Photos 2017
Greetings, and a Happy New Year ! Saxon Holt and dog Kona at Deer Island Preserve January 2017 photo by Mary Holt Putting [...]
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 [...]
Favorite Photos 2016
It’s 2017, time to clean up all those photo files, and reminisce on favorite photos of 2016. January – Magnolia sargentiana, (Sargent’s magnolia) flowering deciduous [...]
Seeing the Native Plant Garden
Native plant gardens tend to be hard to photograph. Often the gardeners care more about the plants and habitat than the aesthetics. This is perfectly [...]
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 [...]
Two Views of a Bench
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 [...]
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. [...]