Cold Climate Gardening

Many gardeners want to pick out their own tools, but appreciate a thing of beauty that reminds them why they garden in the first place. So why not check out the following? Many of these beauty-makers are bloggers as well.

I first came across Elizabeth’s Flowers–the blog–which led me to her store of the same name. Almost all of her items for sale involved pressed flowers. They are framed as art, featured on greeting cards, and even adorn luminaries. Flower presses and paper making kits are also available.

Popularity: 9% [?]

I recently added The Occasional Gardener to my garden blog directory, and I have to say it is one of the most aesthetically pleasing blogs I have seen in a long time.

Popularity: 10% [?]

Katinka Matson does not photograph flowers–she scans them. I don’t know how she manages to not flatten them, or how she gets a black background, but they look almost three dimensional, and the colors are exceptionally vibrant. Besides the front page, check out the archived galleries on the artist’s bio page (which also has an explanation of her technique) and also these prints. Truly amazing. Thanks to Doug Green for the tip.

Popularity: 10% [?]