tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72944048748825968592024-02-18T22:21:32.262-05:00little green pixelsRob Cardillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04548498406324686565noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294404874882596859.post-19654491298982860472009-10-18T20:53:00.005-04:002009-11-09T20:12:35.264-05:00Little Green Pixels has relocated<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:180%;">HEY! I've moved uptown! Here's my new address:<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:180%;"><a href="http://robcardillo.wordpress.com/">http://robcardillo.wordpress.com/</a></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><br /><br />Please come see me there.</span></span>Rob Cardillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04548498406324686565noreply@blogger.com41tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294404874882596859.post-48558410621230671652009-06-21T08:59:00.005-04:002009-06-23T07:21:00.340-04:00Beautifully Useful<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF7zZyuizsYuX1Sta1ULPU5PvhehfjBJPFIFWl_bgbjq8TtqTVFdlxPWjSd4qi9xlY_R_KxyDRoizFxtxdvWSCSOUbY4eMjokN26AHRNnO_DqEyJrKDqVpLw5XNluRNm8zxCS38At0fFn3/s1600-h/PCM_cover_1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 314px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF7zZyuizsYuX1Sta1ULPU5PvhehfjBJPFIFWl_bgbjq8TtqTVFdlxPWjSd4qi9xlY_R_KxyDRoizFxtxdvWSCSOUbY4eMjokN26AHRNnO_DqEyJrKDqVpLw5XNluRNm8zxCS38At0fFn3/s400/PCM_cover_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349792337363203410" border="0" /></a>My favorite reference books are both practical and attractive. Whether it's a guide book, a manual or a monograph, I can find what I need quickly and then enjoy the scenery and side trips if I have the time. It's all about good informational design and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Perennial-Care-Manual-Plant-Plant/dp/1603421505/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1245605681&sr=1-11">The Perennial Care Manual</a> has it in spades.<br /><br />My first copy just arrived from <a href="http://www.storey.com/">Storey</a> and it's outstanding (and not just because I did the photography.) The cover is both elegant and contemporary and the inside pages are beautifully organized and presented. <a href="http://www.gardeninggonewild.com/?page_id=4388">Nan's</a> words are clear and concise with just a touch of neighborly advice and flowery passion. She writes from years of trialling plants and testing techniques on her own handwoven perennial beds.<br /><br />Expertly edited by Carleen Madigen and Gwen Steege who are two of the most efficient and kind-hearted book editors I've met. They know how to rework masses of words and images into graceful passages without roughing them up.<br /><br />Physically, the paper is bright, the reproductions are sharp and the binding is flexible so it stays flat when opened -- a great feature when your hands are muddy and you need to reread an entry before you tackle a misbehaved perennial.Rob Cardillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04548498406324686565noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294404874882596859.post-67465910540862800882009-05-31T22:55:00.004-04:002009-05-31T23:47:02.717-04:00Only in New York<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk7vksHjE3i1f1oK9TL4S8LCQnTWBzwmWotrXp87fv3v0GbOHQhed95Ye_sDmWsmIGWkWqxvYjV7xte44woajiLrfdp-NrEGMz6SKmuVWZGxIwtpLtxIoaZpx-d-pGtldvQyp6i84aEOCP/s1600-h/RCP_090527_6847.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk7vksHjE3i1f1oK9TL4S8LCQnTWBzwmWotrXp87fv3v0GbOHQhed95Ye_sDmWsmIGWkWqxvYjV7xte44woajiLrfdp-NrEGMz6SKmuVWZGxIwtpLtxIoaZpx-d-pGtldvQyp6i84aEOCP/s400/RCP_090527_6847.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342191442311779458" border="0" /></a><br />I've been traveling to and from NYBG for an ongoing assignment this season and on my way home I usually walk the ten or so blocks between Grand Central and Penn Stations to get a little taste of the city. Last Wednesday, I came across this scene on Broadway near 42nd where several blocks have been closed to traffic transforming them into a sprawling pedstrian mall. To make the block party complete, the city set up hundreds of lawn chairs so people could sit, talk and play with their cell phones all the while bathing in one million watts of blazing neon.Rob Cardillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04548498406324686565noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294404874882596859.post-69290633196030252512009-04-30T11:26:00.002-04:002009-04-30T11:29:33.267-04:00Garden Design<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-YrpXKgaOfu_aJFy0zquAvHT20j0OjPG536oG5UskdTtVj5ihFWs0ljtmggXl0iOnR_wmbwt1Wr5xLTuhwXGbu5daIYzgjxuaupokJRFKMfgmJYx4Q_ptLTjoZBZ_VfL3FVfSLsZ4Ga1z/s1600-h/GD_0904.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 311px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-YrpXKgaOfu_aJFy0zquAvHT20j0OjPG536oG5UskdTtVj5ihFWs0ljtmggXl0iOnR_wmbwt1Wr5xLTuhwXGbu5daIYzgjxuaupokJRFKMfgmJYx4Q_ptLTjoZBZ_VfL3FVfSLsZ4Ga1z/s400/GD_0904.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330506916058045250" border="0" /></a>Wow! An unexpected cover of Garden Design! This was part of a feature on a Main Line sculpture garden that I photographed last summer. Full spreads to come....Rob Cardillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04548498406324686565noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294404874882596859.post-16400690519673547622009-04-07T14:03:00.006-04:002009-04-07T14:14:40.658-04:00Morven Museum and Gardens<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4iwAm7emnVIqg7JNqz_liSu2upgBM1KifddbNkMInPOHpShDXMghXJa_nWzmYzXYoWm8xxPF_q7qtxCwEcwvDdiV-Hq5-N1jGN0k9AzB3Xxcfzj93IriDWzpCsGUPYeB9B7Q15COoKSvo/s1600-h/RCP_090405_8139.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4iwAm7emnVIqg7JNqz_liSu2upgBM1KifddbNkMInPOHpShDXMghXJa_nWzmYzXYoWm8xxPF_q7qtxCwEcwvDdiV-Hq5-N1jGN0k9AzB3Xxcfzj93IriDWzpCsGUPYeB9B7Q15COoKSvo/s400/RCP_090405_8139.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322014547123297138" border="0" /></a><br />I'll be speaking at <a href="http://www.historicmorven.org/programs.html">Morven Museum and Garden</a> this Thursday morning at 10am. The talk entitled <strong style="font-weight: normal;">"Finessing the Flower, Lighting the Leaf!" will be lively and I'll be signing books afterward.</strong><br /><br />This picture is NOT from Morven (I've never been there) -- it's <a href="http://www.chanticleergarden.org/">Chanticleer</a>, the endlessly beautiful garden in Wayne which just reopened to the public last weekend.Rob Cardillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04548498406324686565noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294404874882596859.post-15145578302952731152009-03-30T21:43:00.012-04:002009-04-01T00:19:41.278-04:00Spring CollaborationsEven when I'm on my own, shooting a garden is a collaborative act between the garden's creator and myself. A good designer has already established visual relationships and plant combinations that I must then translate and enhance through the lens. But when there's time and resources to bring in talented Art Directors, Photography Editors, Stylists and Producers, the results are often exceptional. Here are a few recently published examples:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE5dDN0XQVnfssXlzIA2cKLkU4_3h2YSCbb85N5dq4cuoi1NCW2KAIKIW2VGEFaCgZ7NW8mUeeam_y6Rq3uzUlEKQH1v4y9Dc3klGzVwzvjjuiCwu6SiAkshUIvsHFy0K01qiTf_siUIZx/s1600-h/OR_09spring_1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 262px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE5dDN0XQVnfssXlzIA2cKLkU4_3h2YSCbb85N5dq4cuoi1NCW2KAIKIW2VGEFaCgZ7NW8mUeeam_y6Rq3uzUlEKQH1v4y9Dc3klGzVwzvjjuiCwu6SiAkshUIvsHFy0K01qiTf_siUIZx/s400/OR_09spring_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319165106586699202" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.bhgsip-mediakit.com/r5/showkiosk.asp?listing_id=1967575&category_id=42951">Outdoor Rooms</a>, Spring 2009.</span> Produced and styled by <a href="http://www.joncarloftis.com/">Jon Carloftis</a>. Jon is one of the most imaginative garden designers and stylists I know. We've worked together in PA and KY for several years now and I'm constantly floored by how quickly he can toss together a tasty tableau without breaking a sweat. I'm usually panicking as we arrive at a new site with a hot sun rising -- but Jon unfailingly whips the scene together before the magic moment has passed.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg90FyBp-4I8Yhw2UJwAU8y_E_Nx2EQJXi0tFvn6ifFMr-EfS1M_mjp6tiVm0mjoc2WFtYSXnKyYpCiexr3BpQtIteut_KUzqGtn4IU3DbyKL8QDchUwQqdWE3KN0bdgt_1Pjez7eX2Nc_f/s1600-h/PH_09spring_1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 270px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg90FyBp-4I8Yhw2UJwAU8y_E_Nx2EQJXi0tFvn6ifFMr-EfS1M_mjp6tiVm0mjoc2WFtYSXnKyYpCiexr3BpQtIteut_KUzqGtn4IU3DbyKL8QDchUwQqdWE3KN0bdgt_1Pjez7eX2Nc_f/s400/PH_09spring_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319166156937014754" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.phillymag.com/home_garden/index.html">Philadelphia Home</a>, Spring/Summer 2009.</span> The Schumacher garden. The king of all difficult sites, this steep hillside has been reformed through thirty years of devoted care by Elizabeth and Ralph. Three main terraces hold sitting areas, exotic plant collections and one-of-a-kind garden objects from Liz's fine store, <a href="http://www.gardenaccents.com/">Garden Accents</a>. Zoey Sless-Kitain, the magazine's most excellent PD, kept pointing me towards angles I had overlooked and Lisa Russell ably assisted with armfuls of tasty props.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBF_nXCCYihmTYdmFqyonINI4qZyvIekd31fcnvhKxj5lt4SwltfbgN9cBcfF24p46qD5T1yfAtcRRE40Nxj1raOYJ9wL3aHY91Zf9Z4H663llKj_tTRp-jF9ivUdowMf_epnqt2iQFgjw/s1600-h/CG_09spring.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 261px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBF_nXCCYihmTYdmFqyonINI4qZyvIekd31fcnvhKxj5lt4SwltfbgN9cBcfF24p46qD5T1yfAtcRRE40Nxj1raOYJ9wL3aHY91Zf9Z4H663llKj_tTRp-jF9ivUdowMf_epnqt2iQFgjw/s400/CG_09spring.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319167640300622818" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.bhgsip-mediakit.com/r5/showkiosk.asp?listing_id=1211048&category_id=42951">Country Gardens</a>, Spring 2009. </span> The Anne Spencer garden. This was a last minute find while shooting Lynchburg's famed <a href="http://www.gravegarden.org/">Old City Cemetery </a>with <a href="http://martyross-gardenvariety.blogspot.com/">Marty Ross</a> and <a href="http://www.bhg.com/dgroups/persona.jsp?plckPersonaPage=PersonaBlog&plckUserId=37e484786aff4145bc415db4ecac58d3&userId=37e484786aff4145bc415db4ecac58d3&plckScript=personaScript&plckController=PersonaBlog&plckElementId=personaDest">James Baggett</a>, editor and lover of literary gardeners. Anne Spencer (1882-1975) was a Harem Renaissance poet who found her muse in the natural world. This one wasn't on our schedule, so we had only a few hours to pull everything together. Marty artfully styled the set views with a trunk full of plants and some indigenous props before the rains arrived. One of the our finest garden writers (and recently knighted <a href="http://www.gardenwriters.org/gwa.php?p=awards/fellows.html">GWA Fellow</a>), Marty also penned this sweet story.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCJP9E896SRQgZhNge15Fu47X6m1KHP-K0ocnL1SY53idJTZf3XQqZiY3dYOpmk8M8Ln4XGipDc03JgBgXwzr6Qd-n7HkvLL7MYjnQFSZ_ph04QHsVKnildY4j2LPUhkSilwuFdH_0i_7o/s1600-h/GD_calla_09spring.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 254px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCJP9E896SRQgZhNge15Fu47X6m1KHP-K0ocnL1SY53idJTZf3XQqZiY3dYOpmk8M8Ln4XGipDc03JgBgXwzr6Qd-n7HkvLL7MYjnQFSZ_ph04QHsVKnildY4j2LPUhkSilwuFdH_0i_7o/s400/GD_calla_09spring.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319171827751045234" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.gardendesign.com/">Garden Design</a>, April 2009. </span> This Calla Lily feature was shot entirely in the Netherlands when <a href="http://tovahmartin.com/">Tovah</a> and I traveled there last spring. With spathes this gorgeous, we couldn't pass them up during our visits to various breeders. Tovah championed the story and found it a beautiful home in the beautiful Garden Design. Our mugshots rubbed shoulders on the contributors page too.Rob Cardillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04548498406324686565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294404874882596859.post-78297560129753780542009-03-20T09:00:00.004-04:002009-03-20T14:21:30.282-04:00The Horticourt in Session<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOfRhKjqT82mnMMYDfgVMNqsmlPUHKPcpyCiNgvnFAtgYi6L7maV8AaTUSSO7MjKZGMtChBq0hB8fkFxJam1yzw6ALnY4anEEImUF_Aq19L_s1zJiOCPqZwgSJJi91j40NT8SQK4_K2y4R/s1600-h/RCP_090306_5235.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOfRhKjqT82mnMMYDfgVMNqsmlPUHKPcpyCiNgvnFAtgYi6L7maV8AaTUSSO7MjKZGMtChBq0hB8fkFxJam1yzw6ALnY4anEEImUF_Aq19L_s1zJiOCPqZwgSJJi91j40NT8SQK4_K2y4R/s400/RCP_090306_5235.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315254294476554370" border="0" /></a>Just posted my first guest blog at <a href="http://www.gardeninggonewild.com/?p=4263">Gardening Gone Wild</a>. Come on over and see!Rob Cardillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04548498406324686565noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294404874882596859.post-62571265622502061772009-03-12T09:44:00.010-04:002009-03-16T00:19:27.704-04:00Yo, Adrian!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM8-1a6JrC3NIaUgbejoX2CqPDUAOZqt1TKOr3g2olPlQpJwh0r6c9HeyVvQSJ8knU70uxVP3Nmn3XQx91F47KN57bVifIjxQTSfUYlFz6RzTq4APziVq5ct-c2ZbERIme2lu6HnB9DEdU/s1600-h/RCP_081004_7667.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM8-1a6JrC3NIaUgbejoX2CqPDUAOZqt1TKOr3g2olPlQpJwh0r6c9HeyVvQSJ8knU70uxVP3Nmn3XQx91F47KN57bVifIjxQTSfUYlFz6RzTq4APziVq5ct-c2ZbERIme2lu6HnB9DEdU/s400/RCP_081004_7667.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312297046505929250" border="0" /></a>I've recently been commissioned to photograph a selection of <a href="http://www.fairmountpark.org/">Fairmount Park's</a> abundant public artworks. The park is ten times larger than Central Park in NYC and houses incredible objects like this one of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky">Rocky</a> at the foot of the <a href="http://www.philamuseum.org/">Philadelphia Museum of Art</a>. Like many of the park's sculptures, it's been moved more than a few times. It first sat center stage at the top of the Museum's steps as a movie prop for Rocky III but highbrow types found the ten foot bronze offensive so it was relocated to the sports complex miles away. The statue was trucked back to the museum stairs for the filming of Rocky V, Mannequin and Philadelphia before it finally found a home in a grassy alcove to the side.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9XpTKajlZzxiCDiW6WIrlCmhGwwsWo9xFa0W0kok7MCL3N7iUEVjPubGjcUq5tt8YCRfrJCRjyORQ3IGp_F2Jj6Qia5_-2gR16dLCnTsyRckADmUFdx-Fa4ES0_WUogFXLtKWIoGGyj6m/s1600-h/RCP_090309_5827.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9XpTKajlZzxiCDiW6WIrlCmhGwwsWo9xFa0W0kok7MCL3N7iUEVjPubGjcUq5tt8YCRfrJCRjyORQ3IGp_F2Jj6Qia5_-2gR16dLCnTsyRckADmUFdx-Fa4ES0_WUogFXLtKWIoGGyj6m/s400/RCP_090309_5827.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312301757767427234" border="0" /></a>Weekends bring a stream of out of town visitors and many walk the mile from center city to be photographed touching the hem of his trunks. Some folks even run up the steps with their arms raised. But, alas, only a few go into the museum itself.Rob Cardillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04548498406324686565noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294404874882596859.post-15774063296593763512009-02-28T15:48:00.004-05:002009-03-02T07:07:34.210-05:00Tulip Time<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6f2Uql67n2fwRZNto44TIT6tJZausoThtXRkQ0yH_7IurhhpRL_T1RhbQbIZkovvmNPCPRy3Yl1BX9eGJanYEffzGFWvUqYZaD1byFDDQKGRjQ2Toy4j_CEd5uDJWqQtqdvsJ3848ftwB/s1600-h/hort_0309.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 308px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6f2Uql67n2fwRZNto44TIT6tJZausoThtXRkQ0yH_7IurhhpRL_T1RhbQbIZkovvmNPCPRy3Yl1BX9eGJanYEffzGFWvUqYZaD1byFDDQKGRjQ2Toy4j_CEd5uDJWqQtqdvsJ3848ftwB/s400/hort_0309.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307953316841375954" border="0" /></a>Another spring cover but this time it's tulips dancing in a mixed border at <a href="http://www.keukenhof.nl/">Keukenhof</a>. The inside story, penned by <a href="http://tovahmartin.com/">Tovah</a>, outlines the way Dutch master designer <a href="http://www.theetuin.nl/dreamgardens/eng-index.htm">Jacqueline Van der Kloet</a> integrates bulbs with other plants into meadow-like combinations. No more fussy little clumps of mono color! After 100+ years in Boston, our grande dame of of gardening mags, <a href="http://www.hortmag.com/GeneralMenu/">Horticulture,</a> recently moved to Cincinnati. Now in the capable hands of AD Joan Heiob Moyers and ME Patty Craft, it continues to evolve in both style and content.Rob Cardillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04548498406324686565noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294404874882596859.post-68869151583318423092009-02-21T16:58:00.003-05:002009-02-21T17:19:42.800-05:00Workshops 2009<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4wgQuBzVemPaPmMrWv_RYNY_zIere0uxU_PkTGTk8i7ruxtiIYHYaxkJkHPZk8uDfvwb2HothTac9t-R7ooFU_C1WFF07xPjDGUsW4ZOzBGicwTrX1B-CrMYRThGuNC3i_pYtWkw212op/s1600-h/RCP_080918_5277.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4wgQuBzVemPaPmMrWv_RYNY_zIere0uxU_PkTGTk8i7ruxtiIYHYaxkJkHPZk8uDfvwb2HothTac9t-R7ooFU_C1WFF07xPjDGUsW4ZOzBGicwTrX1B-CrMYRThGuNC3i_pYtWkw212op/s400/RCP_080918_5277.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305373673976775250" border="0" /></a>For those folks who have asked, I've scheduled a bunch of one-day garden photography workshops this year. They'll all begin with my illustrated talk (Building Better Garden Photographs) followed by a few hours of one-on-one coaching at these beautiful locations. We'll gather again in the afternoon for a lively critique of our work. Here's where I'll be:<br /><br />April 18 <a href="http://www.longwoodgardens.org/BotanicalArt.html">Longwood Gardens</a> - may be sold out<br />May 16 <a href="http://www.nybg.org/">New York Botanical Gardens</a><br />June 6 <a href="http://www.dehort.org/index.php">Delaware Center for Horticulture</a><br />June 30 (tentative) <a href="http://www.barnesfoundation.org/">The Barnes Foundation<br /></a>Rob Cardillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04548498406324686565noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294404874882596859.post-31100971112040788692009-02-08T17:18:00.007-05:002009-02-08T22:42:43.057-05:00Bathing Beauty<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx3M0kV0hrshczbw5u1lCRMHHpfhVaGXPHFlOJTG2TPnukiXSKIGTavWsU814c1h4HN0fjxnfFuFRgbV8CRHT0Z3e2Pk_CorT7_Mzooha6RrFDYv0fra7O-2ZWdt1uYxo9cgu7kyz1-AGb/s1600-h/NG_2009.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 307px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx3M0kV0hrshczbw5u1lCRMHHpfhVaGXPHFlOJTG2TPnukiXSKIGTavWsU814c1h4HN0fjxnfFuFRgbV8CRHT0Z3e2Pk_CorT7_Mzooha6RrFDYv0fra7O-2ZWdt1uYxo9cgu7kyz1-AGb/s400/NG_2009.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300634539914380882" border="0" /></a>Another spring cover but this time it's from my own backyard. <a href="http://bhgnaturesgarden.com/">Nature's Garden</a>, a newish title in the Meredith SIP lineup, is a fun and informative read for those of us who love to mingle with the natives in our chemical-free gardens. Jane McKeon, who I just met this past summer in Ohio, is their delightful new editor. The previous editor (and one of the most upbeat people I know) <a href="http://www.bhg.com/dgroups/persona.jsp?plckPersonaPage=PersonaBlog&plckUserId=37e484786aff4145bc415db4ecac58d3&userId=37e484786aff4145bc415db4ecac58d3&plckScript=personaScript&plckController=PersonaBlog&plckElementId=personaDest">James Baggett</a>, moved on to head up <a href="http://www.bhg.com/bhg/store/product.jsp?catid=cat120004&prodid=prod80004">Country Gardens</a>. He and gifted AD Jarret Einck directed this cover shoot with a few sketches and two phone calls. I also photographed three of the features for this issue -- Violets at Rita Sillivan-Smith's, written and produced by <a href="http://tovahmartin.com/">Tovah Martin</a>; a Texas garden profile, produced by Barbara Nielson; and Trilliums at<a href="http://www.edgewoodgardens.net/"> Edgewood Gardens</a> written by <a href="http://www.phillyh2o.org/">Adam Levine</a>.Rob Cardillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04548498406324686565noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294404874882596859.post-17287144152057725432009-01-27T13:30:00.011-05:002009-01-30T08:21:34.078-05:00Allium Love<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEfyvzZ3rVKOEooG3R1msSbIZ1x2Wa8JEphyphenhyphenOzC4D49Qbv61Of-ML3U3tavi0AanSwf0n7tCDuLElHytDSo97NWfYNABwgGIdo9EQdem-FD0xsaM26CX0bmb4HkKoSU-ZetKMhRWwxOjlI/s1600-h/OG_2009.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 302px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEfyvzZ3rVKOEooG3R1msSbIZ1x2Wa8JEphyphenhyphenOzC4D49Qbv61Of-ML3U3tavi0AanSwf0n7tCDuLElHytDSo97NWfYNABwgGIdo9EQdem-FD0xsaM26CX0bmb4HkKoSU-ZetKMhRWwxOjlI/s400/OG_2009.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296042789029803298" border="0" /></a>Alliums are my favorite bulb especially big showy ones like this Globemaster that graces the most recent cover of <a href="http://www.organicgardening.com/">Organic Gardenin</a><a href="http://www.organicgardening.com/">g</a> magazine. I especially like the way the AD layered the type above and below the image for a more dimensional look. OG becomes more beautiful and more relevant with each new issue and I salute the passionate staff led by Editor Scott Meyer. Photographed at <a href="http://www.keukenhof.nl/nm/english.html">Keukenhof</a> in Holland, a mecca for bulb lovers worldwide.Rob Cardillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04548498406324686565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294404874882596859.post-21732630015812658282009-01-23T23:00:00.005-05:002009-01-24T11:13:19.954-05:00Awards<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqg1potZWScpQm9g7nHEApnYJIDcPeycXDuN7dUvzmtCKhVHNKx0NIm0srO7m9rAjhiA2o7KV9IYi53jIpIZEb1zoNjWmQMInIgfjhEKufv0xEo26pyBeIMrkotGfrHRcd_OA90TigdaYN/s1600-h/RCP_090102_6521.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqg1potZWScpQm9g7nHEApnYJIDcPeycXDuN7dUvzmtCKhVHNKx0NIm0srO7m9rAjhiA2o7KV9IYi53jIpIZEb1zoNjWmQMInIgfjhEKufv0xEo26pyBeIMrkotGfrHRcd_OA90TigdaYN/s400/RCP_090102_6521.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294708200036636306" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.temple.edu/tempress/titles/1851_reg.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">A Guide to the Great Gardens of the Philadelphia Region</span></a> garnered <a href="http://www.gardenwriters.org/Awards/Arecipients08.html">TWO GOLD AWARDS</a> (BEST PHOTOGRAPHY and BEST BOOK) at the annul Garden Writer's Annual Symposium in Portland, OR last September. I don't know why it took me so long to post about this but I still feel quite honored every time I walk by these two handsome trophies.Rob Cardillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04548498406324686565noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294404874882596859.post-90089701815341444402009-01-16T17:57:00.010-05:002009-01-18T11:34:50.517-05:00Fordhook Farm<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8UgR2NZSz4ij85oafnXzoDIrdp5q4klhVf6veOTvxw0cJ6UA_oHbDm-R4vmVdmt2CFqWZ-p3Y4WQz-jWNjFddRtpkuoT_UOm1gGo0SHLPEsuQyEiL8SZt_xqnG8G1phmbPM-YGxiwDOGc/s1600-h/burpee_2009_1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 284px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8UgR2NZSz4ij85oafnXzoDIrdp5q4klhVf6veOTvxw0cJ6UA_oHbDm-R4vmVdmt2CFqWZ-p3Y4WQz-jWNjFddRtpkuoT_UOm1gGo0SHLPEsuQyEiL8SZt_xqnG8G1phmbPM-YGxiwDOGc/s400/burpee_2009_1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292030353714611714" border="0" /></a>For ten years now, I've had the privilege of shooting at Fordhook Farm for the <a href="http://www.burpee.com/">Burpee</a> catalog. Their seeds and plants are terrific in large part because they field trial and evaluate hundreds of varieties each year at their historic farm site in Doylestown -- just twenty minutes from my home. The Burpee empire now includes both the famed <a href="http://www.heronswood.com/">Heronswood</a> and <a href="http://www.cooksgarden.com/">Cook's Garden </a>catalogs and is helmed by <a href="http://www.heronswoodvoice.com/">George Ball</a> whose own blog profoundly examines a wide range of topics.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjPh13y05asgGAyRtsrFOV5HpR4VPjwRNB_NM0EacQHu91dG775lvreIjh_rKDw0Oqgq2mmeMMp0HPnaGJ6Hpdd-xI9jDR7WHoiZYi132-zvMlQc2_GyLiUw8pKM3RjrAH43zqMLcSNarw/s1600-h/RCP_080806_7868.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjPh13y05asgGAyRtsrFOV5HpR4VPjwRNB_NM0EacQHu91dG775lvreIjh_rKDw0Oqgq2mmeMMp0HPnaGJ6Hpdd-xI9jDR7WHoiZYi132-zvMlQc2_GyLiUw8pKM3RjrAH43zqMLcSNarw/s400/RCP_080806_7868.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292049629959188690" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdD2ka7tWFtO1M095ELx3DJRUILbtXE7eecKK5-GdPHUt40nGKMUdK3uzK8fdkTe3lw7TPbEgUz4nP02ZpFK55m42nn28ntWarTYfocf_873Zf2PTKYPZ-CiJqQ-lu4D2wqlVGWB0K6bYR/s1600-h/RCP_070816_0619.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdD2ka7tWFtO1M095ELx3DJRUILbtXE7eecKK5-GdPHUt40nGKMUdK3uzK8fdkTe3lw7TPbEgUz4nP02ZpFK55m42nn28ntWarTYfocf_873Zf2PTKYPZ-CiJqQ-lu4D2wqlVGWB0K6bYR/s400/RCP_070816_0619.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292043868231027538" border="0" /></a>Once just row upon row of vegetables and annuals, the 60 acre farm has been slowly transformed into a showcase of plant diversity under the guidance of crackerjack plant breeder Grace Romero. Increasingly, you'll find corners filled with exotic perennials and woodies (many from the Heronswood collection) where only tomatoes and impatiens fared in past years. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpCJoBA5-JLpW3PeuSEKIO0bRV5wvrKXFlwUNStKgwhlAnkNFWsWdLPXi9IazCNgu-_P3fFpIrSYiig1EELsKhZ8toLldjFN3iee-vS9hyphenhyphen0P0I_HtwP6YnQS3uhHFkD9jIIE9U5a8R9EAp/s1600-h/RCP_070814_0030.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpCJoBA5-JLpW3PeuSEKIO0bRV5wvrKXFlwUNStKgwhlAnkNFWsWdLPXi9IazCNgu-_P3fFpIrSYiig1EELsKhZ8toLldjFN3iee-vS9hyphenhyphen0P0I_HtwP6YnQS3uhHFkD9jIIE9U5a8R9EAp/s400/RCP_070814_0030.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292055306762484978" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJtoPFSaxh_EHDcHjZoKOY-86ICsmEjDNOp448v9_-6EIqgLVlxhrALNqfPVkcmrWRcsEJcGGJn2sgHl0Rwh5SZDCG-DJhjrUZYfnbE4pRJtTYwgVBc1hzu4Oe2r1bCxgcNZNU7Dp-5gPZ/s1600-h/RCP_080924_6045.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJtoPFSaxh_EHDcHjZoKOY-86ICsmEjDNOp448v9_-6EIqgLVlxhrALNqfPVkcmrWRcsEJcGGJn2sgHl0Rwh5SZDCG-DJhjrUZYfnbE4pRJtTYwgVBc1hzu4Oe2r1bCxgcNZNU7Dp-5gPZ/s400/RCP_080924_6045.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292055112754352914" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikyVDwAJI1GFPcwnCqHCLVuDBrD-TSQsZFU_-E4eYox85_sXc0mVWgmGgnvU-DiU0t2cmrzlBIUoRANPjfIEFGLmg_FUrA2kZLSnZCU5ELMDAUU5WNPbuoFZxayvPhJtcT1HQgU7chURHj/s1600-h/RCP_060821_8022.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikyVDwAJI1GFPcwnCqHCLVuDBrD-TSQsZFU_-E4eYox85_sXc0mVWgmGgnvU-DiU0t2cmrzlBIUoRANPjfIEFGLmg_FUrA2kZLSnZCU5ELMDAUU5WNPbuoFZxayvPhJtcT1HQgU7chURHj/s400/RCP_060821_8022.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292054917011649858" border="0" /></a>Still, food crops are the major players here and I've spent many a hot summer day shooting unbelievably fresh produce with sharp-eyed Michele King, the Burpee AD, and her talented staff. My real payoff is when I get to bring home armfuls of leftovers. A flurry of soups and stirfries usually ensues but we still haven't found a recipe for ten heads of leaf lettuce.Rob Cardillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04548498406324686565noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294404874882596859.post-27096988514789474252009-01-07T14:59:00.013-05:002009-01-09T14:28:32.511-05:00Gale Nurseries: Four Generations of Garden Excellence<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBOJ7jJQRYITSqFm54MW0jVDCjba4_MVDyY4Cghz-RXP0HlcOAgXJQERmMaG8ydtWt4D1mQlGZq1hSxvSdMyqSwVyDOfL46ZlVaJSeTmF7VMH-DHEJuBZnf6lGf7O1xEpNjjRmONLFkDvr/s1600-h/RCP_090107_3294.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 204px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBOJ7jJQRYITSqFm54MW0jVDCjba4_MVDyY4Cghz-RXP0HlcOAgXJQERmMaG8ydtWt4D1mQlGZq1hSxvSdMyqSwVyDOfL46ZlVaJSeTmF7VMH-DHEJuBZnf6lGf7O1xEpNjjRmONLFkDvr/s400/RCP_090107_3294.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288644153008104562" border="0" /></a><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CROBCAR%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">Many of the <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Philadelphia</st1:place></st1:city> region's finest gardens were designed by the Gale family and this new book showcases some of their best work.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.galenurseries.com/">Chuck Gale</a>, third generation landscape designer, envisioned this book years ago after seeing some of his father’s garden creations fade away when properties changed hands. </span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">He called in <a href="http://www.phillyh2o.org/">Adam Levine</a>, a regular writer for <a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/">Martha Stewart Living</a> to not only write the garden essays, but also to manage the project from beginning to end.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">The book was meticulously crafted and designed under the careful eye of Charles Nix and George Scott of <a href="http://www.scottandnix.com/">Scott&Nix</a> and printed by <a href="http://www.thestudleypress.com/index.html">The Studley Press</a>. Finally published late in 2008, it has been a holiday hit with everyone who’s paged through the 35 profiled gardens.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">Don’t know if and when it will be available for purchase but it does offer a window into some gorgeous Main Line backyards that few will ever see otherwise.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">Here are a few favorite views:</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcutclUTssYrpS82psU2rfLDtq2wqil3Y5AlilwjSNidCLgrbIumYW6GnserVzGWiDKCw3jdFi90XSEaOd1RDr0mIhRf_klQFqpBNbZekSK9uqrKnmtJ0_rjGdMQb89TFwR2cEYMzvyzEe/s1600-h/RCP_070516_0465.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcutclUTssYrpS82psU2rfLDtq2wqil3Y5AlilwjSNidCLgrbIumYW6GnserVzGWiDKCw3jdFi90XSEaOd1RDr0mIhRf_klQFqpBNbZekSK9uqrKnmtJ0_rjGdMQb89TFwR2cEYMzvyzEe/s400/RCP_070516_0465.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288716661585715810" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6lJQssjdHZ3zzHY70PHgdHV22ObYCkMBUiwRWl-wVxrBYcy6yHlXMHS3lFHJvUdHMBaT0SuvB0BzqYQ0sNCi6UCSwCjOjGmdIvyIsYf3owElk5saGhBQKNcy2AZu5IV_lLX-RYGiOqgfO/s1600-h/RCP_060908_9108.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6lJQssjdHZ3zzHY70PHgdHV22ObYCkMBUiwRWl-wVxrBYcy6yHlXMHS3lFHJvUdHMBaT0SuvB0BzqYQ0sNCi6UCSwCjOjGmdIvyIsYf3owElk5saGhBQKNcy2AZu5IV_lLX-RYGiOqgfO/s400/RCP_060908_9108.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288716516285309954" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUW05jq4pVmcWGNaUMmqO6ipr8UV3Vz-NKnziyMtr9Iy1yapysL9iga_1Uwbi2ZUTMZyNUpcLSSECZZcRjOCSM706Y6IAIFDnnuDN2s6D1Kfoa1aApc7ioQyrUkALVqnazvkYYO9LMYORV/s1600-h/RCP_050611_2621.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 317px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUW05jq4pVmcWGNaUMmqO6ipr8UV3Vz-NKnziyMtr9Iy1yapysL9iga_1Uwbi2ZUTMZyNUpcLSSECZZcRjOCSM706Y6IAIFDnnuDN2s6D1Kfoa1aApc7ioQyrUkALVqnazvkYYO9LMYORV/s400/RCP_050611_2621.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288716384610560786" border="0" /></a></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqKm5UoQuqtq8cLPwpStGcEzdh1tPx7STvQU_SQf7OIxwu2mPgfrRDMr49RKN7zvGldn6cMekYX9rhkqmwYc8jvRkwMqKi18cVqjKhs6FLIAr4_UDV1IOzYSlu7ri5QyV7h9_coZZJbJ1V/s1600-h/RCP_050225_1838_6M.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 313px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqKm5UoQuqtq8cLPwpStGcEzdh1tPx7STvQU_SQf7OIxwu2mPgfrRDMr49RKN7zvGldn6cMekYX9rhkqmwYc8jvRkwMqKi18cVqjKhs6FLIAr4_UDV1IOzYSlu7ri5QyV7h9_coZZJbJ1V/s400/RCP_050225_1838_6M.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288716279603410274" border="0" /></a>
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<br />Rob Cardillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04548498406324686565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294404874882596859.post-8330188662444534542008-12-28T16:12:00.012-05:002009-01-02T07:43:32.310-05:00'Twas the Day After Christmas<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5E1YnCKHMjUqsj9XkA5oMe3JJ_IOgFoxMggTz525B-OW8OcH8VT3BnKt1SgoaumnAirxTXRaYFIYMq9FOP1DraWl1sXJ4-4xB0PhVcEqy74KHT8RrNhuFZ9P7MzMUHLnGmh9N6XM8zcRk/s1600-h/pageone_composite+copy.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 279px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5E1YnCKHMjUqsj9XkA5oMe3JJ_IOgFoxMggTz525B-OW8OcH8VT3BnKt1SgoaumnAirxTXRaYFIYMq9FOP1DraWl1sXJ4-4xB0PhVcEqy74KHT8RrNhuFZ9P7MzMUHLnGmh9N6XM8zcRk/s400/pageone_composite+copy.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284954777140689906" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzY-5KNiN3KJFYcdPvbFrc78igv5UAiiiYFThqJRI0yBZDvJd12qwIUUgnngdTCNBJidJRiFoNp7HBTn9_NWo_8qJUmGkcIlf1J-jAGA6eZAozuMTFwi8fS40x3sz-i-cF9NR-DEeELe9Q/s1600-h/pagetwo_composite+copy.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzY-5KNiN3KJFYcdPvbFrc78igv5UAiiiYFThqJRI0yBZDvJd12qwIUUgnngdTCNBJidJRiFoNp7HBTn9_NWo_8qJUmGkcIlf1J-jAGA6eZAozuMTFwi8fS40x3sz-i-cF9NR-DEeELe9Q/s400/pagetwo_composite+copy.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284954726643890898" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/gardening/">Ginny Smith</a>, ace Gardening Writer for the Philadelphia Inquirer, profiled me for their December 26 edition. <a href="http://www.philly.com/inquirer/home_design/20081226_Visions_of__paradise_.html">Here's the online version.</a> She spent a few hours interviewing me earlier this month and even called my dear old Dad for a quote or two.<br /><br />Michael Perez, one of the paper's top shooters, had a tough job finding a suitable background for a winter portrait but got creative with the framing. They also ran six pictures of mine.<br /><br />Some of my blogging friends (<a href="http://www.gardenrant.com/my_weblog/2008/12/portrait-of-a-g.html">Susan</a> , <a href="http://www.gardeninggonewild.com/?p=2770">Nan</a> and <a href="http://cneuphoto.blogspot.com/2008/12/day-30-hooray-for-rob.html">Christa</a>) picked up on the interview and gave the story an even bigger boost.Rob Cardillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04548498406324686565noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294404874882596859.post-14439131267177274592008-12-20T19:46:00.010-05:002008-12-21T11:35:44.945-05:00Les Knuckleheads<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja0p65RysyHaWktAOAoklNd38r0olW8mSIckzy-hCbSFW7N0rGO_NGX3oEHWsMxLKWnVxDfWKyL2BEO82dDrcAY50XMQACNeWQHwo-a91tzLDV0460OxzrPMV-k9H6rzs7S6NGCQQ8T7XH/s1600-h/RCP_081129_6184.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja0p65RysyHaWktAOAoklNd38r0olW8mSIckzy-hCbSFW7N0rGO_NGX3oEHWsMxLKWnVxDfWKyL2BEO82dDrcAY50XMQACNeWQHwo-a91tzLDV0460OxzrPMV-k9H6rzs7S6NGCQQ8T7XH/s400/RCP_081129_6184.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282039154728512674" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnDWJyjoo4cCND59OIIx-aj0qlM85c7tMwudMjbDB3uxXZW2BJUZpm_-sKLY2S4iwBIFmTLk0OqOhkk4yxC1jUMXNeJkqE0qeXiWeFAi1BvjDR6JvYXnzElloXy7zy-WhTLNDtof2u_I0W/s1600-h/RCP_081207_6209.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnDWJyjoo4cCND59OIIx-aj0qlM85c7tMwudMjbDB3uxXZW2BJUZpm_-sKLY2S4iwBIFmTLk0OqOhkk4yxC1jUMXNeJkqE0qeXiWeFAi1BvjDR6JvYXnzElloXy7zy-WhTLNDtof2u_I0W/s400/RCP_081207_6209.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282039046897806450" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Welcome to our two new rescued friends! Romeo (top) and Sasha, resulted from Sue visiting a <a href="http://phillypaws.org/">PAWS</a> storefront shelter just to make a few inquiries. We were looking for a pair of dogs that had lived together and there they were stuck amongst the two dozen cats and kittens. Romeo is a Cocker Spaniel but Sasha's pedigree has defied everyone's attempts to unravel -- head of Boxer, chest of a Pitbull, legs of a Bassett and ears of a bat! She also gets these groovy Sharpei forehead wrinkles when she's puzzled. Both lovable as all heck but they have their issues. LOTS of energy expressed through running, chewing and barking -- the local squirrels are getting a workout and our cats are talking to their lawyers...Rob Cardillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04548498406324686565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294404874882596859.post-5184660353268131932008-12-02T13:53:00.012-05:002008-12-03T17:09:45.996-05:00The Princess and the Bulb<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMhyjt97Iakbb87hI0omIRSbShFWMRcCsrkCH4E3BIysEwDaYyLNVP9yw4yGIMNiH_SV-BjuCd2z1BWI_s7MqlDLFgiCwZSph4LbmQRQYv0rNzefsnU63dmpOdgUtj3Rqf_JDjq8ANFhrP/s1600-h/RCP_081119_2221.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMhyjt97Iakbb87hI0omIRSbShFWMRcCsrkCH4E3BIysEwDaYyLNVP9yw4yGIMNiH_SV-BjuCd2z1BWI_s7MqlDLFgiCwZSph4LbmQRQYv0rNzefsnU63dmpOdgUtj3Rqf_JDjq8ANFhrP/s400/RCP_081119_2221.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275270909143521090" border="0" /></a>Just before Thanksgiving, I had the honor of documenting a celebrity gardening event at <a href="http://www.nybg.org/">the NYBG</a>. Their Seasonal Walk, a long border just outside the conservatory, has been thickly planted with a sophisticated mixture of flowering bulbs and perennials following a plan generated by two of the world's top garden designers, <a href="http://www.oudolf.com/piet-oudolf">Piet Oudolf</a> and <a href="http://www.theetuin.nl/dreamgardens/eng-index-frames.htm">Jaqueline van der Kloet</a> (above), both of the Netherlands.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1wdnvZgPWdbKonA_kvdF0LYtz_NtfLAtbe0_xy-u8vVC4SebhSdwFSSK_9pOxdH4Z-mNN9dz3z94nkMQYOqEULAygYdP3vJYEcgfDYLf-nvx-N1P4HHE_3mclrMEF6G9Ufdr19Dyl0ECj/s1600-h/RCP_081119_2352.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1wdnvZgPWdbKonA_kvdF0LYtz_NtfLAtbe0_xy-u8vVC4SebhSdwFSSK_9pOxdH4Z-mNN9dz3z94nkMQYOqEULAygYdP3vJYEcgfDYLf-nvx-N1P4HHE_3mclrMEF6G9Ufdr19Dyl0ECj/s400/RCP_081119_2352.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275271170494169346" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4vJhxgy_iRDceSOvsW8wWvXysqbld-b3CHCjDWCk45-cRZAPcO_OejepHDlVchG8offpbCqj3kZ3kmI3ZjCTkurbGD9dUyNg65VUQY_2wG17J8I86OtkcJm7djHkwFFuPdFSCk45IKUc-/s1600-h/RCP_081119_2319.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4vJhxgy_iRDceSOvsW8wWvXysqbld-b3CHCjDWCk45-cRZAPcO_OejepHDlVchG8offpbCqj3kZ3kmI3ZjCTkurbGD9dUyNg65VUQY_2wG17J8I86OtkcJm7djHkwFFuPdFSCk45IKUc-/s400/RCP_081119_2319.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275268459767006738" border="0" /></a>Borders within the bed were marked off by colored ribbon and thousands of bulbs were expertly distributed amongst the already planted perennials by Jaqueline and Frans Roozen, Technical Director of the <a href="http://www.bulb.com/">International Flower Bulb Center<em></em></a>. Despite the freezing temperatures, the garden crew followed behind and dug the rich mix of major and minor bulbs into the hard crusty soil.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Aet2n8nEp958HHzhzckU4BQ_2O4Gh611IgdRSq9TsEU3Fn_uDfZzraKpZp6_25d7EyQMBuVkdNL0xaGfz71gm_b-uh57jMkLpEF5fnagcTrK0rZjxvfGQN4pMRlTlBx5X_KLM35MMoWv/s1600-h/RCP_081119_2398.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Aet2n8nEp958HHzhzckU4BQ_2O4Gh611IgdRSq9TsEU3Fn_uDfZzraKpZp6_25d7EyQMBuVkdNL0xaGfz71gm_b-uh57jMkLpEF5fnagcTrK0rZjxvfGQN4pMRlTlBx5X_KLM35MMoWv/s400/RCP_081119_2398.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275275523059586706" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.tovahmartin.com/">Tovah Martin</a>, the demigoddess of horticultural writers, was also in attendance proving that frozen fingers and lips are still capable of asking good questions and taking notes.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTHMgC58VczrzGEPkxl98EtKjIJRGzHAc4I3N8yPxuI5EColVpV14foc3rcKsToO2xo7CTP8XPIJqgE0-IZJv7MwFyrLy1_dG9fdNtF7guNQAx-cbqtIsSQgQMd2WGrC4zVb17xKL4Orid/s1600-h/RCP_081120_2468.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 172px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTHMgC58VczrzGEPkxl98EtKjIJRGzHAc4I3N8yPxuI5EColVpV14foc3rcKsToO2xo7CTP8XPIJqgE0-IZJv7MwFyrLy1_dG9fdNtF7guNQAx-cbqtIsSQgQMd2WGrC4zVb17xKL4Orid/s400/RCP_081120_2468.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275287812416249746" border="0" /></a>The real media event followed the next morning when Princess Margriet of the Netherlands arrived with her husband Pieter van Voallenhoven and Todd Forest of the NYBG. Kneeling on clean burlap and using a trowel engraved with the royal crest, the Princess cheerfully popped a few tulips into the ground. This picture was quickly emailed to <a href="http://www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/2596745/__Margriet_plant_bloembollen_in_VS__.html">de Telegraa</a><a href="http://www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/2596745/__Margriet_plant_bloembollen_in_VS__.html">f</a> in Holland to make page three that evening.Rob Cardillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04548498406324686565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294404874882596859.post-28941115481444986382008-10-30T14:07:00.006-04:002008-10-30T23:30:01.268-04:00VOTE "O"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNAq0rSmS1qBGdJNpkA1gHWX24FEgPx5TstIerwPXRr1RzQgLVMzDdQSoxbnMgx0Xk_liWzsrMN5L0DlfOGmZWgTCLm1-DNLfBJcQqqCmsfW5LWGziy5LmPtXacQ1bYv_pJB4CSa-FV1PV/s1600-h/RCP_081016_9404.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNAq0rSmS1qBGdJNpkA1gHWX24FEgPx5TstIerwPXRr1RzQgLVMzDdQSoxbnMgx0Xk_liWzsrMN5L0DlfOGmZWgTCLm1-DNLfBJcQqqCmsfW5LWGziy5LmPtXacQ1bYv_pJB4CSa-FV1PV/s400/RCP_081016_9404.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263011614269192146" border="0" /></a>Someone out to get the passionate gardening vote knew that plant graffiti would be hard for any chlorophyll lover to miss. This scrawled message was spotted at the <a href="http://ncbg.unc.edu/">North Carolina Botanical Garden</a> in Chapel Hill in one of their Habitat Collections -- three small but deliciously designed gardens representing the diverse geographic regions of NC.<br /><br />I've spotted lots of defaced beech trees and even some etched bamboo canes in my travels but this is the first cactus I've seen bearing a bumper sticker. Not that it matters, but I'll be voting for Opuntia this year.Rob Cardillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04548498406324686565noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294404874882596859.post-28785529779224013172008-10-19T21:55:00.014-04:002008-10-30T08:50:58.156-04:00Amazing Space<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuoHvX0SY9jR8i_l1Jq5CVZvMe_Jbee1YsHULJ05TuPbNAv4eMAlHM81QKbDR87cJmUYk8fQ72422QVDy_tAakxdgkPB8doYUBIteo8SaHXwy695IpA7HC5zOzwoW33IWaTSNN2Co5Pfmq/s1600-h/RCP_081012_8454.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuoHvX0SY9jR8i_l1Jq5CVZvMe_Jbee1YsHULJ05TuPbNAv4eMAlHM81QKbDR87cJmUYk8fQ72422QVDy_tAakxdgkPB8doYUBIteo8SaHXwy695IpA7HC5zOzwoW33IWaTSNN2Co5Pfmq/s400/RCP_081012_8454.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259051408571601938" border="0" /></a>A few outtakes from a recent assignment for the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/16/garden/16garden.html?_r=1&ref=garden&oref=slogin">New York Times Home</a> section. This one took me to a reclaimed lot in Baltimore where good folks from the <a href="http://www.amazinggraceevangelicallutheranchurch.com/">Amazing Grace Lutheran Church</a> built more than just a community garden -- they created a sacred space.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6ENHpAbSP8jWaBN3fH_Qz7tkfcXOxTgl6JWan54A6DQ01skotCWlZrpdVO7garaRH5IWUZAP3a4822j62X4Lz0UTHp8Zfh8UdAetAwPOuJ7uKqbZVXBoV8EleDSGYIy2SjIe9gIRNqgOz/s1600-h/RCP_081012_8585.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6ENHpAbSP8jWaBN3fH_Qz7tkfcXOxTgl6JWan54A6DQ01skotCWlZrpdVO7garaRH5IWUZAP3a4822j62X4Lz0UTHp8Zfh8UdAetAwPOuJ7uKqbZVXBoV8EleDSGYIy2SjIe9gIRNqgOz/s400/RCP_081012_8585.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259053573733629778" border="0" /></a>Nearly an entire block in size, The Amazing Port Street Sacred Commons includes a labyrinth, a vegetable garden and a lush grassy area surrounded by colorful murals and metal sculpture. It's hard to see any remnants of the trash and drug dealing that once filled these lots.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaW6uQ-FwLoUcW0IxqpEfUBBN_VW-bDockzF3lSEClaeOyFfPTs0oBAKUP2yGnyNm732-QW9I4StuBkt4UTgUPsoHNtf1HqzjDaYJGwJXAjovax-H7UGx_Z0cZfh29uh6fXPVQFo-b9yKS/s1600-h/RCP_081012_8603.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaW6uQ-FwLoUcW0IxqpEfUBBN_VW-bDockzF3lSEClaeOyFfPTs0oBAKUP2yGnyNm732-QW9I4StuBkt4UTgUPsoHNtf1HqzjDaYJGwJXAjovax-H7UGx_Z0cZfh29uh6fXPVQFo-b9yKS/s400/RCP_081012_8603.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259056706382433602" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br />After the shoot, everyone left but I stayed a while longer hoping for a cloud or two to soften the harsh midday sun. The pretty light never really came but I did get to meet a few neighbors walking through the Commons. Despite the occasional sirens (and even gunshots) in the background, the conversations I had were sweet and uplifting. Open space=Open hearts.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2WbqKSxB_orZSyzaoa5NRFT8mpzZRYEu3vqcKg-8gEsKPgI4eiB1cBsnayh3-a9AE2uv23rMBLi0WLmFVS6KoyZ8O6Z2Usvr-46d_UbTX3n4v4X7xxmxz-_lSuAL_yINydD0-ixGIiPPz/s1600-h/RCP_081012_8526.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2WbqKSxB_orZSyzaoa5NRFT8mpzZRYEu3vqcKg-8gEsKPgI4eiB1cBsnayh3-a9AE2uv23rMBLi0WLmFVS6KoyZ8O6Z2Usvr-46d_UbTX3n4v4X7xxmxz-_lSuAL_yINydD0-ixGIiPPz/s400/RCP_081012_8526.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259062921127561138" border="0" /></a><br /></div>This is one of about 120 public projects partly funded by the forward thinking <a href="http://www.tkffdn.org/">TKF Foundation</a> who believe that sacred spaces increase a sense of community and contribute to a deepening of human connections.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGRIwOco78tbMKbf3LI2pnjT6dQGmy79jKP3HcUbhIKkyleeFxc3cqvZyhIbLK3BcMobVmJNijlQ_qEE9w9OnlMuef50HgsPVwFDC298HQIdHAQS7jsaxT8pbATipIS57kDvJaNQ0zJlzi/s1600-h/RCP_081012_8650.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGRIwOco78tbMKbf3LI2pnjT6dQGmy79jKP3HcUbhIKkyleeFxc3cqvZyhIbLK3BcMobVmJNijlQ_qEE9w9OnlMuef50HgsPVwFDC298HQIdHAQS7jsaxT8pbATipIS57kDvJaNQ0zJlzi/s400/RCP_081012_8650.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259067114696405122" border="0" /></a><br /></div>Rob Cardillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04548498406324686565noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294404874882596859.post-28791305528541164132008-10-11T13:52:00.008-04:002008-10-13T13:19:18.879-04:00Anne's Tomatoes<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGQ5LphzccuVeTZiko8WM3tRkEVgrCGzzY371VohTRqjQkAhy_inx20OAnYIFILvH_R36iBUIYCbZbR8iHG7_SmkEZVW-5pM7Em5Q74WHCvLRFy8ccBwdZqLblSxtKBwKQDeV34wSfOFw9/s1600-h/RCP_080928_6273.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGQ5LphzccuVeTZiko8WM3tRkEVgrCGzzY371VohTRqjQkAhy_inx20OAnYIFILvH_R36iBUIYCbZbR8iHG7_SmkEZVW-5pM7Em5Q74WHCvLRFy8ccBwdZqLblSxtKBwKQDeV34wSfOFw9/s400/RCP_080928_6273.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255956354327419874" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPl7HDIN522g78u6JAg_4zFGRyowUbKUInr9XgIq0W7ey8Ke-9c5N0ExIamXvul8vtgxdeOthyXCN4XMsRv5022zH-pt20qYONTQszsnGpQ_fY8gPSyjz3XWNx7rQIKWPiQcLdf4aRpRLZ/s1600-h/RCP_080928_6262.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPl7HDIN522g78u6JAg_4zFGRyowUbKUInr9XgIq0W7ey8Ke-9c5N0ExIamXvul8vtgxdeOthyXCN4XMsRv5022zH-pt20qYONTQszsnGpQ_fY8gPSyjz3XWNx7rQIKWPiQcLdf4aRpRLZ/s400/RCP_080928_6262.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255956266178273586" border="0" /></a>Two pictures from a shoot with Anne Raver for the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/10/09/garden/20081009-GARDEN_index.html">New York Times Home</a> section. The bottom one ran last Thursday along with a handful of others detailing the chores and pleasures of fall gardening. Anne's family farm nestles comfortably into a rolling hillside of rural Maryland and we had fun putting these little stories together. So many wonderfully authentic details and Anne's delicious prose made for a sweetly compelling feature.Rob Cardillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04548498406324686565noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294404874882596859.post-11727690895390416122008-10-01T09:38:00.012-04:002008-10-01T11:51:21.869-04:00Goodbye to Donny<span style="font-size:100%;"><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmDrbmwlZvC0_Ojej4z9U8h81luZjnR6H9g6_lMyzur-3utKOvgg4hiJSAETip1PjtYeTX7vOSL1q8NudmyM9t5xwaly6Jr7ovKeMeRDqt25TpPMNWsitSZTZE4hlr1inHF96g6hG3TJEV/s1600-h/RCP_080831_2368.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmDrbmwlZvC0_Ojej4z9U8h81luZjnR6H9g6_lMyzur-3utKOvgg4hiJSAETip1PjtYeTX7vOSL1q8NudmyM9t5xwaly6Jr7ovKeMeRDqt25TpPMNWsitSZTZE4hlr1inHF96g6hG3TJEV/s400/RCP_080831_2368.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252179802197750866" border="0" /></a></span><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; 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<br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5YmiL2Yg5vhTVuwom0H2Zhhoan2oYU1c2KJEhnngSGk_MGSxS5qnc6BtujSp-SSsDktDBlDtA4OOsrVrujdCE-KCEKQZyyPNxBr2rF2802dmStCTRoQFxhxOPcg-fG8wtMfnSnMlnjRkL/s1600-h/RCP_040224_0016.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5YmiL2Yg5vhTVuwom0H2Zhhoan2oYU1c2KJEhnngSGk_MGSxS5qnc6BtujSp-SSsDktDBlDtA4OOsrVrujdCE-KCEKQZyyPNxBr2rF2802dmStCTRoQFxhxOPcg-fG8wtMfnSnMlnjRkL/s400/RCP_040224_0016.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252180555479776626" border="0" /></a></span><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link style="font-family: verdana;" rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CROBCAR%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Always ready to take a walk, eat anything that could be remotely described as food and chase a ball for endless hours at a time, his enthusiasm lifted our spirits over and over.<span style=""> </span>And when he wasn’t charging about, he enjoyed close contact and soaked up affection like sponge.<span style=""> </span>May he rest in peace.</span></span>
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<br /></span>Rob Cardillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04548498406324686565noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294404874882596859.post-41745018747752163662008-09-26T14:33:00.019-04:002008-10-02T22:31:39.782-04:00Night Crawl for Voodoo Doughnuts<span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeD2RcGO0Oc5q1n09mQC_DwLRu7wKkRD5_W0MP6GuRtcXOR-Tz0aW5dYdkfHo1FUzWHL1TIqhvx0PXJg7SGMxFIz8YsxSkDN-z7AalQqzpnTNfmFhaaM1wM9qb9LKNud7mQKr2fGsr-Wc7/s1600-h/RCP_080921_5670.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeD2RcGO0Oc5q1n09mQC_DwLRu7wKkRD5_W0MP6GuRtcXOR-Tz0aW5dYdkfHo1FUzWHL1TIqhvx0PXJg7SGMxFIz8YsxSkDN-z7AalQqzpnTNfmFhaaM1wM9qb9LKNud7mQKr2fGsr-Wc7/s400/RCP_080921_5670.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250403793395037138" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><br />It was evening in Portland and feeling the need to escape the rubber chicken, the gummy cheesecake and re-breathed air of the DoubleTree, C. and I took an walk outside. Perhaps as am antidote to working so much in the realm of daylight, I'm finding myself more and more attracted to the mysteries of night photography.<br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWDbNgdgzm46DCqsL_SNc8fxhiMFWj1wGt_fxqIHh2egAXCnS8xlU84K94Yi3A7Ek61Lw_9tkLO24gAJdulM8Bf0HaHgQW2eMKc7SWPkLyahB-nWE8j9clDd6HayDUtgcQDqNE-jG8tCMX/s1600-h/RCP_080921_5692.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWDbNgdgzm46DCqsL_SNc8fxhiMFWj1wGt_fxqIHh2egAXCnS8xlU84K94Yi3A7Ek61Lw_9tkLO24gAJdulM8Bf0HaHgQW2eMKc7SWPkLyahB-nWE8j9clDd6HayDUtgcQDqNE-jG8tCMX/s400/RCP_080921_5692.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250404276658707314" border="0" /></a></span><br /><br />Urban<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span>spaces defined only by artificial light sources - tungsten, sodium vapor, mercury, neon - mix it up with a little moonlight to offer a new palette of possibilities. And one without any commercial sensibilities. What freedom!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjix5EmuERPKa5gDbnebgBjbbspTZDOy8cMVRoKD2cH_OaYfk22XDu4Pr05UxS1lK0tyON24dqdNjGiQ0eUdxRRKjggCez3M9uwQ8iVxDhs6tNuws7xf2aEkWfY2l1p-ka3lNtQH5C71MHq/s1600-h/RCP_080922_5711.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjix5EmuERPKa5gDbnebgBjbbspTZDOy8cMVRoKD2cH_OaYfk22XDu4Pr05UxS1lK0tyON24dqdNjGiQ0eUdxRRKjggCez3M9uwQ8iVxDhs6tNuws7xf2aEkWfY2l1p-ka3lNtQH5C71MHq/s400/RCP_080922_5711.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250404667847761922" border="0" /></a><br /><p style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" >Carrying one sensitive camera with a very fast lens, we strolled through the empty neighborhoods surrounding the hotel stopping every now and the to explore nocturnal colors, gestures and light. Realizing the need for a destination (not so much as a place to satisfy a sweet craving but as an arbitrary end point), we headed to <a href="http://voodoodoughnut.com/">Voodoo Doughnuts</a> - open all night and sure to delight.<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcsEmOdzoQuocycGbFqnOH2QAexWlcpxHtRDjjq6PhMw5fSRiheQXUQvGLNc-2YbG_iVEHgHBQ34ArhCvWkoOe3CH9osRvuTpzOYtMtCa2C_Q7ptWnjfuDfazhX3mGvCSaUwX_q9shL51P/s1600-h/RCP_080922_5734.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcsEmOdzoQuocycGbFqnOH2QAexWlcpxHtRDjjq6PhMw5fSRiheQXUQvGLNc-2YbG_iVEHgHBQ34ArhCvWkoOe3CH9osRvuTpzOYtMtCa2C_Q7ptWnjfuDfazhX3mGvCSaUwX_q9shL51P/s400/RCP_080922_5734.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250404939352357730" border="0" /></a></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <div style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" >Asking directions a few times from strangers on desolate streets, we finally spot an eerie blue glow. Enteri</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" >ng, we inhale the yeasty air, make our choices from the rotating dessert case, and sit at old school desks to watch the parade of night folks</span><span style="font-size:100%;">.<br /></span></div> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" > <span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>Rob Cardillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04548498406324686565noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294404874882596859.post-5538043683970377302008-09-03T00:52:00.009-04:002008-09-04T20:11:50.387-04:00Big Leaves, Big Drama<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyCFnvJ-gi6wFB7SM3cKAmqcoWe5csKh4LHIt3fTPVdYz5uiTbZC9lPqCDsGjEcPbV31sMcEZzMxmw3x8x_uksYlt8oCOnCBoC6L0vURYmVzthfg7ailycUVLRNhtxtLy3KN4-ZIXNrr7x/s1600-h/RCP_080817_9845.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyCFnvJ-gi6wFB7SM3cKAmqcoWe5csKh4LHIt3fTPVdYz5uiTbZC9lPqCDsGjEcPbV31sMcEZzMxmw3x8x_uksYlt8oCOnCBoC6L0vURYmVzthfg7ailycUVLRNhtxtLy3KN4-ZIXNrr7x/s400/RCP_080817_9845.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241654156107487714" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Big leaves hog center stage in <a href="http://www.chanticleergarden.org/">Chanticleer's</a> August garden. Add a dash of hard sun and you can almost hear the photosynthetic pulse of these tropical giants. As much as I adore lotus blooms, their lingering seed pods have all the personality. Like articulated shower heads, they twist their twiggy necks to gape at their neighbors.</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjra9eFWBt_dM9lERHj4F9qqyaRvRr7vznSUmNKYZx3IAIKhlCHeUEzMHYgzy7CdLBGm0m41jLo3YLfImllJ20BkQG8-0YckMu_qxsDWmOdIuXAcYqlMsx3dIh_GSgp__Q3R-9QFI4l85LZ/s1600-h/RCP_080808_8283.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 337px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjra9eFWBt_dM9lERHj4F9qqyaRvRr7vznSUmNKYZx3IAIKhlCHeUEzMHYgzy7CdLBGm0m41jLo3YLfImllJ20BkQG8-0YckMu_qxsDWmOdIuXAcYqlMsx3dIh_GSgp__Q3R-9QFI4l85LZ/s400/RCP_080808_8283.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241654052203376850" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnDrniWoX0aI3U1cqBpPqt3wxHt4puxDQUlR7e2Gm_272KtA1uUKxjkRFsfl6oZACOQvUTGJX0OCT_Ce1Izs5KZeSQ2s9H4NEx2SD59vOcl2QAwtIcRbzSBtMGcMkLe_jRep2CyiZ-ny6M/s1600-h/RCP_080823_1456ADOBE.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnDrniWoX0aI3U1cqBpPqt3wxHt4puxDQUlR7e2Gm_272KtA1uUKxjkRFsfl6oZACOQvUTGJX0OCT_Ce1Izs5KZeSQ2s9H4NEx2SD59vOcl2QAwtIcRbzSBtMGcMkLe_jRep2CyiZ-ny6M/s400/RCP_080823_1456ADOBE.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241653780587004530" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;">Canna 'Tropicanna' is as common as you get but it still grabs me when backlit. And it absolutely floors me when the light also wraps gently from the side.<br /><br />And the Red Banana, Ensete ventricosum 'Maurelli', is <em></em>made even more gorgeous when the shadows of a nearby fine-leafed tropical play over the bright green and orange bands. What this late summer foliar exuberance needs now is a soundtrack of sprinklers, crickets and ice cream trucks.</span>Rob Cardillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04548498406324686565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294404874882596859.post-39734120440007396152008-07-28T11:01:00.006-04:002008-07-28T11:38:33.683-04:00Chanticleer - a pleasure garden<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI-icW743bXJ7nOYbey5-Pma26ORn1wa145F3zskFYSwGW_hG5zkn6CkEZD9ZFi7C1MNhmDP1ln1eJMMCXlZyDFR1dXEmwwj0n6g5cXVqkacvSlavCW3VgLLu6hmVUuFaRm5dLrkczjRiA/s1600-h/RCP_080529_2530.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI-icW743bXJ7nOYbey5-Pma26ORn1wa145F3zskFYSwGW_hG5zkn6CkEZD9ZFi7C1MNhmDP1ln1eJMMCXlZyDFR1dXEmwwj0n6g5cXVqkacvSlavCW3VgLLu6hmVUuFaRm5dLrkczjRiA/s400/RCP_080529_2530.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228080450178532322" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Without a doubt, <a href="http://www.chanticleergarden.org/">Chanticleer Garden</a> is the finest public garden I have ever roamed. How fortunate that I live only 20 minutes away and can frequently savor their inspired horticultural displays. Chanticleer was on the <a href="http://www.perennialplant.org/">Perennial Plant Symposium </a>tour last week and I'm sure that jaws were dropping by the score as they toured the grounds. My twenty minute talk (condensed into 10 as I was pushing into the first coffee break) at Tuesday's plenary session was well received by at least one blogger, <a href="http://branchsmith.typepad.com/open_register/2008/07/garden-photogra.html">Kevin Neal</a>. Thanks for the good press, Kevin!Rob Cardillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04548498406324686565noreply@blogger.com10