Come and join me in my garden!
This image comes from the British Library section of the Flickr Commons, a large and ever growing collection of art work and photos from museums and libraries around the world. Continue Reading
Every garden deserves a lovely garden gate and this one from 1917 California garden certainly fits the bill. Garden gates, in all their forms, give us a sense of enclosure Continue Reading
The British Library has joined the Flickr Commons, a huge collection of historical photos and drawings from around the world. Even better these photos are drawing are free to Continue Reading
Most of us well only ever see our gardens in youth and, perhaps, middle age. It is only in other’s gardens — those created long before us — that we Continue Reading
The titles of many of my blog posts are often the first thoughts that pop into my mind when I see a picture or read something online. Painting with Plants Continue Reading
The first thing I thought when looking at this picture was the old phrase, “Lead you down the garden path.” Whether for good or ill, this garden path is sure Continue Reading
Trees surround us and fill our gardens, for the most part, but we often ignore them. Read any article about gardening and you will see that many of us focus Continue Reading
Gardens are ephemeral things. Left to their own devices, they can quickly be subsumed by nature once again with natives and weeds running wild through the once-carefully managed beds. In Continue Reading
There is something very special about a garden house, especially one covered in some form of rambling or climbing rose. I am not quite sure why, but my thoughts have Continue Reading
Here is a view that still exists — in a large part — right up the road from me. This is a vintage shot of The Huntington. In fact, this Continue Reading