A Garden View; Garden Design by Tara Dillard

Tara Dillard is the epitome of garden design; she is a true artist, both in her vision and implementation of composition.  Words, eyes, and trowel serve as her paintbrush.  Not only does she design and install gardens, write books and lecture about landscaping; she does all this with emphasis on creativity and harmony.  With regard to gardening and combining house-garden life, her theories revolve around what she terms as "Vanishing Thresholds".   Her landscapes- both in home and garden, consist of a series of vignettes; small still lifes meant to make you stop, take a moment and just look.  Beautiful! 

In describing herself, Tara says, "Landscapes begin inside your home looking out key window views.  Place focal points on axis with those views and you've begun bringing the outside in and the inside out.  Knowing, A penny saved is a plant bought. Combining landscapes with lives. Boldly simple." 

To "meet" her in person, check out her wonderful blog at Vanishing Threshold: Home Garden, Life.  

In looking at the photography in Tara's blog, I feel like I'm wandering through a wonderful book featuring design, gardening, and above all harmony.  Her photos range from still lifes composed of garden tools, dining tables to wonderful Halloween vignettes, It leads me to think of paintings that make me feel the same way.
Scroll down for some examples of truly stunning art.  This time in honor of Tara, the theme is gardening and flower vignettes.

Gillian of Miss Quite Contrary

tries to convey a sense of eerie or otherworldly beauty

 found unexpectedly in everyday life through her work.

"The Secret Garden in Autumn"

features the wrought iron gates at Kensington Palace,

allowing glimpses of the autumnal loveliness can be caught through the intricate iron flowers and vines.

 
Felicia Kramer's most recent passion is digital collage.

She manipulates her original photos
and combines them with
all sorts of ephemera to create a particular mood.
This piece is titled, "Angel Gate in my Neighbor's Garden"

She has an ecclectic variety of art

well worth viewing in her Etsy Store.

This piece by

Beautiful Dark Light

is titled,

 "The View Out my Window"

 featuring a gorgeous green window framing

 an enticing garden view.  For more examples of her work, check out her Etsy Shop.

Maria-Thérèse Andersson is a full-time artist,

writer and maker of notebooks.

She lives in the beautiful seaside town of Härnösand, Sweden.

This piece is titled "Il Giardino Segreto-The Secret Garden, 1" 

full of mystery and secret paths.  To see more of her work, check out her  Etsy Shop

Shelagh Duffett

lives in the gorgeous province of Nova Scotia, Canada

and strives to capture the world around her

 in the format of photography.

This piece captures the view from Monet's window in Giverny

 To see more beautiful pieces

by Shelagh, visit her Etsy Shop.

Emmy

has a beautiful selection of photography

in her Etsy Shop working to

emmulate history and a sense of timelessness. 

This piece is entitled,

"Much Better Without Me"

Lauren loves to travel and share

her views of the world

through the lens of her camera. 

This piece is entitled, "A door, a threshold, a passage"  She has written extensively on the symbolism of doors in her description of the piece.  For more of her work, click HERE.