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Ladew Topiary Gardens History and Gallery
By many standards, Harvey Smith Ladew II (1887-1976) lived a charmed and unusual life. As a child Ladew studied with artists connected to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and travelled overseas,...
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Spring at Brookside Gardens
Wheaton, Maryland's Brookside Gardens is a wondrous and wonderful 50-acre community garden. Families and garden enthusiasts are welcome to enjoy the gardens year-round with no admission fees.To see a...
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Recalling Roses
Monet, Cézanne and Renoir admired the rose and included it as a subject of their works. Its beauty is widely appreciated, and the flower of the perennial has had symbolic meanings since ancient times,...
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Blossom Gallery
“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”- Marcus Tullius CiceroView a gallery of various floral photographs by visiting the Blossom gallery with a click here.Artist Copyright...
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Mid-Atlantic Bird Gallery Posted
The aspects of my side-yard that make it so appealing and safe for area birds also make it extremely challenging to photograph the visitors. We reside in an older area of town where homes are built...
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Grasshopper Takes the Lead
"When all the birds are faint with the hot sun,And hide in cooling trees, a voice will runFrom hedge to hedge about the new-mown mead;That is the grasshopper’s—he takes the lead In summer luxury—he...
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Simplicity and the Rose
“The rose has toldIn one simplicityThat never lifeRelinquishes a bloomBut to bestowAn ancient confidence.”― continued Crane, Venus Invisible and Other PoemsThe roses of the small backyard garden...
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Autumn Scenes Gallery Posted
“Autumn...the year's last, loveliest smile.”― William Cullen BryantLate October graced Pennsylvania with a kiss or two of color, which is shared with scenes from Codorus State Park and the Gettysburg...
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Butterflies at Hershey Gardens
The Butterfly House at Hershey Gardens (Hershey, PA) runs through the warmer months and typically houses approximately 300 North American butterflies. Milton S. Hershey opened the scenic spot as a 3½...
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Hershey Gardens Gallery Online
What started in 1937 as a request by Milton Hershey for “a nice garden of roses” has grown over the years to a 23 acre public garden: the Hershey Gardens. The original 3 ½ acres opened in 1937, but...
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Cyanotype Prints
Many of us know cyanotype prints from their popular use in creating blueprints. The procedure was first used by Sir John Herschel in 1842 for copying documents, and Anna Atkins later developed its...
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