Mastering Horticulture

Fig. 1     Arbus precatorius seedpods in watercolor.  It  is a plant that grows as a weed in the coastal areas of my homet...

"Blue Brodiaea Breaking Through" S o my older daughter has been helping me play with some artistic tools on Photoshop latel...

Birds on stepping stones. Careful not to let anything out of the bag, my husband and I packed our kids and drove 350 miles to Fortuna, Cali...

London plane trees ( Platanus x hispanica ) line the entrance to the Filoli visitor center. Last spring I talked a little bit about  pollar...

This plaque was given to me by my mother-in-law a while back.  It has been in one corner of my garden ever since.  What I didn't know i...

This statue appropriately blends in with the rest of the garden and yet it invites your eyes to look.  The ivy has found its way to become p...

Pollarded tree at the Jardin du Luxembourg During their recent trip to France my husband and my son took pictures of pollarded trees in the...

This pot is made from a "green" version of the traditional hypertufa.   Hypertufa is an artificial rock made from a combination o...

I have always been fascinated by hedges maybe because it was a part of my everyday life growing up.  In a little town in the Philippines whe...

Picture taken at the  Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Hedges provide architecture and structure to any garden.  The strong lines that they...