Brooklyn Botanic Garden is celebrating its Centennial in 2010. This summer a Garden-wide exhibition 100 Years, 100 Stories including a special selection of photos and memorabilia in the Steinhardt Conservatory Gallery display will showcase BBG’s history—important achievements and lesser known milestones, as well as personal stories from members, visitors, neighbors, volunteers, and staff. The 100 [...]

After having them around for months, Debbie, my sister-in-law, recently decided to frame two SpringMoon prints she had originally asked me for to show her Mom, when ‘Oma’ was doing some redecorating. The bold coral abutilon ‘bells’ with its gritty digital textures and the serene maple with its delicate flowers & winged seeds are two [...]

Our local natural flood plain ~ The Laguna de Santa Rosa ~ part of the Russian River watershed is world renown, so I learned yesterday from a local creeks management employee. A valuable wetlands ecosystem, the Laguna serves to catch excess water from back-to-back seasonal rainstorms that drench Sonoma county every few winters, usually in [...]