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First of all, many thanks to my readers for putting up with such a long hiatus on Garden Shoots. In February, I broke a bone in my left hand and dislocated a tendon in one of the fingers. Typing was...
View ArticleWalking with CityGuides in San Francisco – Part 1
Last February, I spent a long weekend in San Francisco visiting family. While I was there, I took a walking tour offered by San Francisco City Guides. This volunteer organization, started by the...
View ArticleCityGuides II – SF Architecture and Private ‘Public’ Spaces
If you read my last post, you know I’m a fan of San Francisco City Guides, a volunteer-run series of wonderful walking tours within the city. When I last visited, in June, I wanted to take their Tales...
View ArticleA Visit to Chicago’s Lurie Garden
In late July, I made a short visit to some friends in Chicago whom I hadn’t seen in many years. High on my list of sights to take in were two iconic but very different gardens – the Chicago Botanic...
View ArticleStopping By the Chicago Botanic Garden
On the same July trip that took me to Chicago and the Lurie Garden downtown, I also made a stop at the Chicago Botanic Garden (no, not in one day!). For years this garden has been on my list of public...
View ArticlePerfect Gardens in Virginia’s Piedmont Area
In mid-October, the Association of Professional Landscape Designers held their national design conference here in Washington, DC. In addition to a full day or more of sessions on sustainability in...
View ArticleCylburn Arboretum and the Vollmer Center
Several weeks ago, my friend Sarah and I drove up to the Baltimore area to visit the Vollmer Center at the Cylburn Arboretum and walk the grounds. (We were also there to take in an exhibit of photos by...
View ArticleBeauty Within and Without – Visiting the Franciscan Monastery
In Northeast Washington DC, in the Brookland neighborhood, sits the lovely Franciscan Monastery. Earlier this week, a group from my camera club took a field trip there. Although I had been to the...
View ArticleA Longwood Christmas, Redux
Winterberries and cranes in a central fountain in one of the Longwood Conservatories Garden Shoots is taking a winter break until January. In the meantime, I’m offering a re-posting of some seasonal...
View ArticleA Visit to Kenrokuen Garden
Last month, I took a photography trip to Japan led by the incomparable Sam Abell. Our itinerary was unusual since most of the cities we visited were off the beaten track for most tourists, and I didn’t...
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