In the last ten years digital cameras have improved to the point where technical aspects of photography such as exposure, depth of field, focus and sharpness are no longer problems. What has not become any easier is composition and the ability to communicate; in other words, the art of photography. Generally I am disappointed by …
The two hundred hectares of the Landscape Park in Duisburg is big enough for the largest of festivals both within its many converted industrial buildings and across its open tracts and wooded areas. There are numerous places to loose oneself, nooks and crannies to explore, walkways high in the sky to view the terrain and …
Small Gardens in the Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord, Germany – Part Two Read More »
I wrote recently about the need for planting designs to be created in response to their setting or situation. My recent visit to a park in Germany, the so-called landscape park in Duisburg, confirmed my point and at the same time jolting me into seeking new forms and abstractions in my own design work. We …
Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord, Germany – Part One Read More »
I first met James van Sweden in 1995 when I was in America to take photographs for a book I was writing at the time on ornamental grasses. Not only was he the perfect host, introducing me to his office and current projects, but we shared a fine lunch together. He eagerly accepted my invitation …
Garden visiting is fraught with problems as I recently talked about in my guest post at Gardening Gone Wild. Last week Prince Willem-Alexander opened this year’s bulb festival at the Keukenhof in Lisse, South Holland; the theme had something to do with celebrating how much the Germans spend on Dutch bulbs! Anyway, spurred on by …