Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Summer botanicals

Well it's that time of year again. A new season means new blooms at the Garden. Since moving to the Pacific North West Coast I've really become aware of seasonal gardening and I'm blown away by the amount of planning and work it takes to maintain a large one of these types of gardens.

Lately I've gotten into doing these kaleidoscopic-type floral collages with the photos from my garden expeditions. I find they're a great way to loosen my brain up after spending a lot of time doing tightly controlled work. Here's a couple of iterations: