by hankinslawrenceimages | May 24, 2019 | Pennsylvania
My students and I had a wonderful time photographing gardens in the Philadelphia area this month during my early May workshop. We visited six gardens in six days – everything from historic gardens to native plant gardens to pleasure gardens. I thought I’d share a few of my photos from the week with you today.
The first garden we visited was Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square. I’ve been visiting Longwood and until this year had never managed to see the wisteria in bloom. During the workshop, it was in full bloom and it was worth the wait.
Wisteria ©2019 Patty Hankins
Next we headed to Bartram’s Garden along the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia. In some ways Philadelphia’s great gardening tradition started with John Bartram in the mid-1700’s. The gardens at his home have been restored to showcase the types of plants he would have grown. On our visit, we found some spectacular late blooming Gloria Nigram tulips to photograph.
Gloria Nigram Tulips © 2019 Patty Hankins
At Winterthur Museum and Gardens in Delaware, azaleas and rhododendrons were the stars of the garden during our visit.
Rhododendron © 2019 Patty Hankins
The wildflower display at Mt. Cuba Center, also in Delaware, was amazing. There were so many different wildflowers in full bloom, the highlight for me were the Yellow Lady’s Slippers.
Lesser Yellow Lady’s Slipper – Cypripedium parviflorum © 2019 Patty Hankins
Chanticleer Garden in Wayne lived up to its reputation as a pleasure garden. Everywhere we looked, we saw and photographed beautiful combinations of flowers including beds with these allium and columbine.
Columbine & Allium at Chanticleer Garden © 2019 Patty Hankins
We ended the week at Jenkins Arboretum in Devon. Once again, we found a garden where azaleas and rhododendrons were the highlights of the garden.
Rhododendron © 2019 Patty Hankins
I’m still editing my photos from the workshop so it may be a while before you get a chance to see all the wonderful flowers I photographed. If you’d like to see my photos from the trip and other visits to gardens in the Philadelphia area, check out my Gardens of Philadelphia pinterest board. You’ll quickly see why Philadelphia is known as America’s Garden Capital.
My Gardens of Philadelphia pinterest board is at https://www.pinterest.com/pattyhankins/gardens-of-philadelphia/
by hankinslawrenceimages | May 22, 2019 | Maryland, Wildflowers
I recently spent an afternoon photographing spring wildflowers along the C&O Canal in Montgomery County Maryland. The area I was photographing in is part of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park. It was one of those days where everywhere I looked, I saw more wonderful wildflowers to photograph. I thought I’d share some of my photos from the day with you today.
Virginia Bluebells – Mertensia Virginica © 2019 Patty Hankins
Spring Beauty – Claytonia Virginica © 2019 Patty Hankins
White Trout Lily – Erythronium albidum © 2019 Patty Hankins
Yellow Trout Lily – Erythronium americanum © 2019 Patty Hankins
Dutchman’s Breeches – Dicentra Cucullaria © 2019 Patty Hankins
Dutchman’s Breeches – Dicentra Cucullaria © 2019 Patty Hankins
Dutchman’s Breeches – Dicentra Cucullaria © 2019 Patty Hankins
Cutleaf Toothwort – Cardamine concatenata © 2019 Patty Hankins (lensbaby velvet 56)
Cutleaf Toothwort – Cardamine concatenata © 2019 Patty Hankins (lensbaby burnside 35)
by hankinslawrenceimages | May 20, 2019 | Cornaceae Family, Georgia, New Photos
April Showers © 2019 Patty Hankins
I’ve recently added a new photograph – April Showers – to my website at https://beautifulflowerpictures.com/store/april-showers/
While photographing at Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta, Georgia in April, I spotted this wonderful sculpture of two young children under an umbrella. And then I spotted all the wonderful pink dogwood blossoms behind them. So instead of avoiding a rain shower, I imagined the children were deciding to close their umbrella and head out into a shower of falling dogwood blossoms.
This photograph is available matted to 14 X 11 and 20 X 16
by hankinslawrenceimages | May 15, 2019 | North Carolina
Last fall I spent several wonderful hours wandering in the woods and photographing at the North Carolina Arboretum outside of Asheville. I’d visited the arboretum several times before, but always in the spring or summer. So this was my first chance to see all the wonderful colors of fall there. It was well worth visiting – I had a wonderful time and got some great photos. Here are some of my photos of Fall Color at the North Carolina Arboreatum.
Fall Color at the North Carolina Arboretum © 2019 Patty Hankins
Fall Color at the North Carolina Arboretum © 2019 Patty Hankins
Fall Color at the North Carolina Arboretum © 2019 Patty Hankins
Fall Color at the North Carolina Arboreatum © 2018 Patty Hankins
Fall Color at the North Carolina Arboreatum © 2018 Patty Hankins
Fall Color at the North Carolina Arboreatum © 2018 Patty Hankins
by hankinslawrenceimages | Apr 29, 2019 | Kallitypes, Louisiana, New Photos
Graveyard Angel with Rose Metarie Cemetery New Orleans Palladium Toned Kallitype © 2019 Patty Hankins
I’ve recently added a new palladium-toned kallitype – Graveyard Angel with Rose Metarie Cemetery New Orleans Palladium Toned Kallitype to my website at https://beautifulflowerpictures.com/store/graveyardangelwithrose/
A beautiful kneeling angel holding a rose at Metarie Cemetery in New Orleans, Louisiana
This photograph is printed using the late 19th-century photographing printing process known as Kallityping. The emulsion is hand-painted onto the paper, exposed with a negative under bright lights, and toned with palladium. Each print from a negative is slightly different – so these are one of a kind images.
The photographs are printed on 8 X 10″ Bergger 100% Cotton Cot 320 paper. They are matted to 11 X 14″ in a white acid-free mat.
These one-of-a-kind kallitypes are available for $ 49.00
by hankinslawrenceimages | Apr 10, 2019 | Cemeteries, New York
Last month while I was in Rochester, NY for a workshop, I spent a wonderful morning photographing at Mount Hope Cemetery. Founded in 1838, Mount Hope is a beautiful garden/rural cemetery full of wonderful statuary and stone carving. I thought I’d share some of my photos from Mount Hope Cemetery with you today.
Susan B Anthony’s Grave
Susan B Anthony Grave, Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, NY © 2019 Patty Hankins
Graveyard Angels
Graveyard Angel, Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, NY © 2019 Patty Hankins
Graveyard Angel, Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, NY © 2019 Patty Hankins
Graveyard Angel, Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, NY © 2019 Patty Hankins
Graveyard Angel, Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, NY © 2019 Patty Hankins
Graveyard Angel, Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, NY © 2019 Patty Hankins
Civil War Memorial
Civil War Memorial, Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, NY © 2019 Patty Hankins
Civil War Memorial, Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, NY © 2019 Patty Hankins
Civil War Memorial, Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, NY © 2019 Patty Hankins
And a few other grave markers and monuments that caught my eye
Libbie & Jennie, Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, NY © 2019 Patty Hankins
Grave at Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, NY © 2019 Patty Hankins
Grave at Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, NY © 2019 Patty Hankins
Grave at Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, NY © 2019 Patty Hankins
I’d love to spend more time photographing at Mount Hope Cemetery. My guess is in spring, summer or fall, the foliage will give the cemetery a completely different look. And hopefully, if there isn’t snow on the ground, I’ll be able to photograph Frederick Douglas’s grave!
