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Quotes from the Garden

1/1/2019

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When I helped start a garden at my son's school, we plastered quotes around the campus with garden quotes to get students and staff intrigued about the opening.

I used my images and some wise words. Enjoy!
When kids grow beans, kids eat beans! -A Wise Man Photo and design by Tara Gill
When kids grow beans, kids eat beans! -A Wise Man

Gardening is not a rational act. -Margaret Atwood Photo and design by Tara Gill
Gardening is not a rational act. -Margaret Atwood

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds that you plant. Robert Louis Stevenson Photo and Design by Tara Gill
Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds that you plant. Robert Louis Stevenson

A weed is a plant that has mastered every survival skill except for learning how to grow in rows. -Doug Larson Photo and Design by Tara Gill
A weed is a plant that has mastered every survival skill except for learning how to grow in rows. -Doug Larson

Growth itself contains the germ of happiness. Pearl S Buck photo and design by Tara Gill
Growth itself contains the germ of happiness. Pearl S Buck
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Fall Leaves, the Cycle of Life

9/12/2016

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Redbud leaf shaped like an apple! Tara Gill
A redbud leaf shaped just like an apple. Fall twice!
The process that leaves have with losing their color. Tara Gill
The process that leaves go through losing their color.
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Beauty Secret

1/22/2016

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Tulip Magnolia Petals

Magnolia Petals Design, Tara Gill, Patterns of Growth
This is the same petal photographed each way. The petal is still folded over as if to reveal yet another beauty secret. Speaking of beauty secret, here's yet another.
Inside the Magnolia Flower, Patterns of Growth, Tara Gill

About Magnolias

Magnolia liliiflora (variously known by many names, including Mulan magnolia, Purple magnolia, Red magnolia, Lily magnolia, Tulip magnolia, Jane magnolia and Woody-orchid) is a small tree native to southwest China, but cultivated for centuries elsewhere in China and also Japan. It was first introduced to English-speaking countries from cultivated Japanese origins, and is thus also sometimes called Japanese magnolia, though it is not native to Japan. source Wikipedia
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Coral Tree Yum!

1/16/2016

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Coral Tree Parts Photogaphy Design, Tara Gill

About Erythrina crista-galli

 Flowers, leaves and stems found on a Palo Alto tree.

Often known as the cockspur coral tree, native to Argentina, Uruguay, southern Brazil and Paraguay. It is widely planted as a street or garden tree in other countries, notably in California. source Wikipedia.
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Creeping Trumpet Vine Pattern

3/26/2015

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Cow Itch? Hummingbird? Yes!

Trumpet Vine Design, Tara Gill, Patterns of Growth
Campsis radicans trumpet vine or trumpet creeper, also known in North America as cow itch vine or hummingbird vine, is a species of flowering plant of the family Bignoniaceae, native to the eastern United States and naturalized in parts of the western United States as well as in Ontario, parts of Europe, and scattered locations in Latin America.Growing to 10 m (33 ft), it is a vigorous, deciduous woody vine, notable for its showy trumpet-shaped flowers. It inhabits woodlands and riverbanks, and is also a popular garden subject. Source Wikipedia

Trumpet Vine Pattern, Tara Gill, Patterns of Growth
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Monkey Hand Tree

3/10/2015

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Finding unusual plants makes my day. This one is stange...the image below is the pollen covered stamens taken out of a flower plucked from a large tree. The tree is called the Devil's, monkey's or Mexican hand tree or the hand-flower in English Source Wikipedia
Monkey Hand Part, Tara Gill
A selection of Monkey Hand Tree Flowers by Tara Gill
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Playing with Pattern

11/12/2014

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Aloe Vera Leaves

Aloe Vera Leaves Photo Design
Beginning Form
Aloe Vera Leaves Pattern
Resulting Pattern

Aloe Vera Leaves and Flowers
Beginning Form
Aloe Vera Leaves and Flowers, Pattern
Resulting Pattern
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Plant Seeds

11/10/2014

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Don't Judge each day by the harvest your reap but by the seeds that you plant.
Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. Robert Louis Stevenson

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Playing with Pods

11/6/2014

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Raw Material, seeds still attached to pod

Seeds attached to pod. Pod. Australian Blackwood Tree, acacia melanoxylon.

Green Pod Designs

Pod Design #1 Australian Blackwood Tree, acacia melanoxylon.
Pod Design #2 Australian Blackwood Tree, acacia melanoxylon.
Pod Design #3 Australian Blackwood Tree, acacia melanoxylon.
These pods and seed grouping are made from the Australian Blackwood Tree, acacia melanoxylon.

Indigenous Australians derive an analgesic from the tree. I derive an analgesic too, designing with these pods makes me happy!

It is valued commercially for its highly decorative timber which may be used as a cabinet timber, for musical instruments or in boat building. More on Wikipedia...


Brown Pod Pattern

Brown Pod Pattern, Pod Design  Australian Blackwood Tree, acacia melanoxylon.
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Twilight Garden Tiptoe

10/1/2014

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If you missed the opportunity to attend our open studio, here is a slice of the night time magic. Here are some daytime photos.

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Sneak Peek, Open Studio

9/26/2014

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My sweet little studio.
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Prayer flags, photographs on fabric.
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Kim Webster, the Glass Gardener
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Karen Mason's studio

Our garden open studio in Berkeley is magical, and will be ready for your viewing pleasure Saturday Sept. 27 & 28.

Come join us in the daytime or for a tiptoe through the lit glass plants and glowing mosaics Saturday evening. I will have one large lit photograph too.

Details here

If you missed Family Patterns, there's another opportunity to see it and leave a prayer.

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New Design, Brugmansia

9/15/2014

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How can a flower have so many perspectives? Shown are brugmansia flowers, known commonly as angel's trumpets. See if you can find all 4 perspectives.
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Open Studio in Berkeley, 4 artists, 4 mediums

9/12/2014

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Your are cordially invited to attend our rogue garden open studio. I will have matted and framed prints and cards for sale.

See the art in the daytime, or join us for a Twilight Tiptoe through the glowing glass plants and mosaic lanterns on Saturday evening. I will be exhibiting with three other artists:

  1. Patterns of Growth and other work.
  2. Lit glass sculpture by Kim Webster
  3. Paintings by Karen Mason
  4. Glass Mosaics by Pam Johnston

Details

1000 Fresno Avenue (@ Marin Avenue), Berkeley,  94707

Saturday September 27 11-9
Sunday September 28, 11-5


Directions: take Albany/Buchanan exit off I-80, Buchanan becomes Marin Avenue, drive 2 miles up Marin Avenue, turn right on Fresno Avenue and it is on the corner

Map

I hope to see you there.

Tara
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How I Build Botanical Patterns

8/13/2014

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The design at right is made from the leaves of the sweet potato plant - just 2 separate leaves, pictured below. The folded leaf reminds me of the hearts I made in elementary school where you drew half the heart on a folded paper and cut it out.

The process:  In Photoshop I carefully select the leaf from its background, that is the sometimes tedious part of my work. Then comes the fun part, I build separate patterns individually, and then put the designs into a larger design until it sings to me. And, I kid you not, when I get a good one the angels sing Hallelujah!

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