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Succulents Simplified – An Interview with Debra Lee Baldwin

Fran Sorin — Fri, 17 May 2013 03:14:58 +0000

Anyone who knows Debra Lee Baldwin is aware of her extraordinary prowess as an author, writer, photographer, and artist. As a co-contributor at Gardening Gone Wild for 4 plus years, I’ve had the good fortune to develop a professional relationship and friendship with her. Not only is Debra Lee all of the above, but she [...]

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Tools for flower photography

Saxon Holt — Mon, 13 May 2013 00:45:22 +0000

You have heard of farm to table ? Here is garden to wall. I simply could not resist making a PhotoBotanic illustration of this Iris in my garden. My studio was all set up from yesterday’s rose shoot and I wanted to practice photo stacking on a more complicated flower than a rose. Off into [...]

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Indoor Plant Decor Book and Giveaway

Debra Lee Baldwin — Tue, 07 May 2013 06:41:04 +0000

To celebrate the release of their new book Indoor Plant Decor, co-authors Jenny Peterson and Kylee Baumle are having an online celebration via GGW and several other garden blogs. GGW’s door prize is a $25 gift certificate to Logee’s, a mail-order source of rare and unusual plants. The photo above shows the book on my [...]

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Biomimicry – How Doing It Nature’s Way Will Change The Way We Live

Fran Sorin — Fri, 03 May 2013 14:47:16 +0000

The disappearance of a major natural unit of vegetation from the face of the earth is an event worthy of causing pause and consideration by any nation. Yet so gradually has the prairie been conquered by the breaking plow, the tractor, and the overcrowded herds of man…that scant attention has been given to the significance [...]

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Photos on the Road

Saxon Holt — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 00:03:40 +0000

Should you even try to take pictures when the light is horribly wrong ? This is the dilemma of any garden photographer when traveling or going into a garden that you may never get to see again. How do you get some kind of picture worth sharing, something beyond the snapshot that serves as a [...]

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The Birthplace of Better Homes & Gardens

Debra Lee Baldwin — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 09:00:41 +0000

James Baggett (right), the editor I freelance for at Country Gardens magazine, has long legs. Fortunately I do too, or I would have been running during a tour he gave of Meredith Corporation’s headquarters in Des Moines last week. There was a lot to see and not nearly enough time; the facility encompasses 180,000 square [...]

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Guerilla Gardener – How The Art of Ron Finley Is Changing The Soul Of South Central L.A.

Fran Sorin — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 07:05:59 +0000

‘Gardening is the most therapeutic and defiant act you can do.‘ Ron Finley, a guerilla gardener in South Central Los Angeles If you’ve ever questioned how to transform an inner city culture, listen to Ron Finley. If you want to understand the transformative power of gardening, listen to Ron Finley. If you want to be [...]

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Photos in the Garden

Saxon Holt — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 04:43:03 +0000

Want a tip on how to take good garden pictures ? Pick up your camera and go out into a garden. You can’t get good pictures if you don’t take any pictures. Put yourself in a position to make something happen. April 2 was a day to take photos in my own garden. It was [...]

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Aeonium Flowers

Debra Lee Baldwin — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 09:19:05 +0000

When an aeonium elongates into bloom, you know the rosette is toast. But the flowers are spectacular. It’s a life lesson: Enjoy the moment. Beauty is fleeting. This is Aeonium ‘Zwartkop’. Fortunately, not all the rosettes on the plant bloom at once. Aeonium ‘Sunburst’ flowers are white, like the stripes on the leaves. It’s pretty [...]

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Piet Oudolf – An Interview

Fran Sorin — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 09:15:46 +0000

With the publication of Piet’s latest book in collaboration with Noel Kingsbury, Planting: A New Perspective, I thought it worth re-visiting a 3 Part Interview about Piet that I wrote in 2009. Fran Sorin When I first saw Piet Oudolf’s work several years ago, it startled and provoked me. Since that time, I’ve bought every [...]

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