Between the garden and the camera lens…

Between working in the garden and taking time out for

Between working in the garden and taking time out for

photography, Spring is really a busy time of the year for me.

Having a perennial English garden to look after and having a

hobby like photography, is really a double blessing. I am

allowed to grow many of my own subjects.

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In this posting I'm just going to share some of the many

varieties of plants I am able to grow in my part of the country.

Over the years I've traveled extensively and seen many

beautiful gardens and fantastically beautiful plants. I've

brought some of the plants into my own little corner of the

world and have been able to adapt many that I was told

would not grow in the heat of the Central Valley of California

(the climate I live with for four to six months of the year).

After all the hard work in the yard, comes the fun part… sharing. In the years since I first moved here (1971), there have been many redevelopments in the garden. Today, through photography, I’m able to capture many of the changes and share them with others. I hope you enjoy what I am able to view every day and you get as much pleasure out of the pictures as I do with the actual plants.

As the year goes forward, I'll be posting more and more pictures of the garden... It has a habit of changing throughout the year... so each posting will be just a little bit different. It changes constantly between the garden and the camera lens...

And yes.... "Memories are the Sweetest Flowers in the Garden".....