Monday, November 29, 2010

Aesthetic Garden Blogs

Although I went through many blogs to assemble a blog list, the most beautiful simply will not cut and paste into the list. It is an illustrated blog ---
http://valwebb.wordpress.com/ An Illustrated Garden, Val Webb's Studio. This blog features Val's drawings. She features her botanical art. Look on the blog for a botanical art tutorial!

An Artist's Garden, has many photos of her garden in England. Karen Hall's exciting photos and observations feature:
March meet at malvern my garden my life ornamental grass photography rain sea seeds slide show spring spring flowers studio sunset texture thanks tulips turning year weather weekend walk wildlife wordless wednesday
Heirloom Gardener, set in Chatham, NJ, features the photos and lessons of a "full time mother of five."
"My garden is on a sloped less-than-half an acre and includes a Cutting Garden, a Rose Garden, a Children's Garden, and several mixed borders." The photos and lessons are in that space, and a rich space it is.

Jim Long's Garden showcases his photos of herbs---and his capsule descriptions of conditions at this time of year.
"The traditional winter herbs we think of around the holidays, such as sage, rosemary, thyme and hyssop, are herbs that warm the body. They're typically European herbs, coming from places that are cold in winter, places where winter foods historically included fat roasted goose, pork, bacon, ham.

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