Lawn Reform
I am a member of the Lawn Reform Coalition, a group of garden designers and environmental advovates who are promoting new ways to think about the American fetish for lawns. Since my own particular advocacy is for sustainability, and most recently, meadow gardening specifically,...
Autumn Leaves, Vermont Pond
These leaves were photographed last autumn when I visited my cousin in Vermont. I drove all across the state looking for fall color and then found this scene by a pond behind her property in rural Proctorsville. Something to be learned about not driving...
Rosa ‘Apple Blossom’
It took 4 months to grow this picture; a single second in the garden to "see" it; and 8 hours of computer work to clean it up.
The one second part is easy to explain. Last Saturday was a garden day and when I walked...
Interpretations – Magnolia Glow
A recent assignment took me to a very special magnolia in a very special, private garden. The resulting photo was to be a surprise gift, and I was only allowed access during one afternoon when the owner was away.
I previously wrote about this adventure on Gardening...
Golden Trees
Mental Seeds blog is a promise to myself. A promise of personal work. A promise to find new ways to express what I see. Even in those images I imagined before my eyesight changed.
This image has been gnawing on me for years now, waiting...