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Of all the creative, exuberant gardeners I’ve known, Laurie Connable tops the list. Laurie, who now lives in Hawaii, once had a gorgeous garden near San Diego. After I profiled her for the San Diego Union-Tribune, we became friends. Visiting Laurie’s...
Every year I garden in Northern California I am dumbstruck in November. I do not have the words to describe what season this is.
California November Bouquet
I put together a hasty bouquet yesterday while tidying up my home office for a client...
A couple of years ago while visiting the Lurie Garden at Millennium Park in Chicago I was attracted to several groupings of a striking yellow-green tufted grass that I did not recognize. It was compact in its growth habit (10-12″H x 10-12″W), and had...
I’m one of those who believe the basic language of visual design applies to almost any topic or media. The ideas that make a successful garden vignette could also be employed to create a pleasing painting, a tempting textile, a beautiful building, or a...
This month’s Picture This has proven to be a robust one! Our judge, Josh McCollough of PhytoPhoto has chosen a subject that has given all of our participants a lot to chew on. This is how he described his choice of subject, THE END OF THE...