Filoli house in Woodside, California; the columned main entry is covered in Wisteria and surrounded by Magnolias and Japanese maples. K...

Crabapples at Pehr Kalm's experimental gardens in Sipsalo, near Turku. The main house at the back is from mid-18th century. * An update...

I love art and sciences, but sometimes I feel a bit wary about museums, these human-built environments made for people to entertain (...

Gum trees (Eucalyptus sp.) towering over the rolling hills of Marin County, north of San Francisco. K Late yesterday, we arrived home from...

I love borders. August is the border between summer and autumn; it is the most beautiful month I know. K Twilight is the border between ...

The shiny leaves and creamy, cup-shaped flowers of Magnolia grandiflora 'D.D. Blanchard' in my front garden, shedding their yellow ...

The meadow project; Daniel and Michael are "plugging" in areas of planted vegetation between the wild grasses, hoping them to be s...

Poppy mallow, Callirhoe involucrata , is in full bloom at the Alpine Rock Garden in Bellevue Botanical Garden. This lovely carmine pink, t...

Decayed literature makes the best soil - Henry David Thoreau - K Having been a voracious reader my whole life, my mental compost should by n...

A copy of the 16th century statue of Mercury (Hermes) by Giambologna, looking at the sea over the cliffs of Källskär. K I sometime...