DESIGNERS’ PORTFOLIOS
Success with Sedges
The American Gardener
Native sedges (Carex spp.) are growing in popularity as adaptable, low-care landscape plants with hidden talents.
Dioecious Native Shrubs for Wildlife
The American Gardener
Learn how to get the best wildlife value from shrubs that have male and female flowers on separate plants,
Design Lessons from Mother Nature
The American Gardener
Understanding how plants adapt to their ecosystems can give you an edge when designing your garden.
A Garden For All Seasons
A Garden For All Seasons
A story for tree lovers. My photographs of Kent resident Buddy Nixon’s extraordinary tree collection (500+) are featured in a gorgeous 10 page layout, “A Garden for All Seasons” in CT&G (Connecticut Cottages & Gardens). This mountainside property celebrates trees – beautifully sculpted, sensitively spaced – year-round. Which is how I photographed them, from spring bud-break to snowy silhouettes.
LaurelRock Ads
Photos taken for The LaurelRock Company portfolio used in a series of magazine advertisements
Formal Hybrid
Richard Bergmann Architects, FAIA, ASLA
Published in Garden Design Magazine
Cover – This Old House
Westover Landscape Design
Published in This Old House magazine
Placing Pots
Westover Landscape Design
Published in This Old House magazine
Introduction to Organic Lawns and Yard
Richard Bergmann Architects, FAIA, ASLA
Book by Sarah Little, Ph.D.
Movin’ Out
Garden Design
Jennifer Myers did away with the driveway on her small Austin, TX lot and designed garden rooms – including a bedroom – around her traditional limestone home
Color by the Petal
Traditional Home
A page of peonies in my favorite vase.
Hooray For Heucheras
Traditional Home
Opening page for Heuchera story photographed at R.T. Facts Garden Antiques, where I set up the shot and waited for the right light.
Small But Mighty Lilacs
Traditional Home
Opening image for plant profile on Korean lilacs, which have smaller flowers but a big presence – without powdery mildew – in the garden.
Winged Victory
Traditional Home
Opening photo for Angel wing begonia story, photographed on rustic Spanish Colonial allegorical painting of St. Michael the Archangel.
Lady Bountiful
House Beautiful
A painter husband and would-be farmer wife in Stonington, CT created a garden full of bounty and beauty.
Free Spirited Parterre
House Beautiful
The Bellamy-Ferriday House and Garden, Bethlehem, CT, an early 20th century country estate.
Winter Harvest
House Beautiful
Barbara Damrosch and Eliot Coleman harvest and cook from their Maine garden all winter.
Reawakening
Design New England
The spirit of a landscape designed by Frederick Law Olmstead Jr. remains as a new owner gently adds to its sense of time and place.
Home Design Maximizes Outdoor Space
Dickson DeMarch Landscape Architect, The LaurelRock Company
Published in CT Cottages & Gardens
Dried Flowers All Year Long
Old Farmer’s Almanac Garden Guide
Dried flower expert Betsy Williams collects and preserves flowers from spring, summer and fall to brighten winter days with dried flower arrangement.