You need access to a beautiful garden to make beautiful garden pictures but only a single, interesting plant in order to make its portrait. Plant portraits are not the same as garden portraits, although both involve picturing plants. Garden landscapes are all about relationships, plants in interplay ... » Learn More about Picture Perfect Plant Portraits
Perspectives, Philosophy
In The Garden of Your Imagination
We each come to gardens in search of gifts but find what we seek in varying measure. For some a garden visit is principally about seeing and spending time with the plants themselves, while for others it is more about the magical doorways those plants create between our imaginations and the worlds ... » Learn More about In The Garden of Your Imagination
The Placemakers Academy Garden Design
Your landscape can fit your lifestyle like a glove. This course opens the door to customization of your home environment, no matter how large or small. Taught by a professor of landscape architecture with over 40 years in private practice, Mary Palmer Dargan's master class in garden design will ... » Learn More about The Placemakers Academy Garden Design
Finding God in the Garden
The act of expressing beauty with each petal, stem and leaf of God’s creation is, for me, an expression of my faith and hope in Him. Where do we see, hear, feel and inhale God’s presence? Nature is an obvious place ––mountains, oceans and vast plains stretching out as far as the eye can see ... » Learn More about Finding God in the Garden
Creating Captivating Gardens
A memorable, captivating garden leaves something to the imagination. It unfolds slowly through time and space, with new discoveries waiting at each turn. Far from being predictable, such a garden has mystery, intrigue and depth. Using examples gleaned from Karen's coast to coast travels, we will ... » Learn More about Creating Captivating Gardens