By Jim Bishop, for Let's Talk Plants! November 2025. For years after a road trip that Scott and I took in Western Australia back in 2016, I'd wanted to return. I was totally blown away by the plants, scenery, animals and open spaces. (You can read my posts from that trip here: https://mylifewithplants.blogspot.com/search?q=Southwest+australia/ .) This time since the planning and driving was somewhat difficult, we decided to take a tour focused on wildflowers. We especially

Text and photos by Jim Bishop, for Let's Talk Plants! September 2025 In June, I attended my second Garden Fling of the year in Memphis,...

Text and photos by Jim Bishop, for Let's Talk Plants! July 2025. Moon gate in my home garden, June 2025, framing the white blooms of...

Text and photos by Jim Bishop, for Let's Talk Plants! May 2025. It's official. Blue-eyed grass is now the official flower of San Diego....

Words and pictures by Jim Bishop, for Let's Talk Plants! March 2025. In November of 2024, my partner Scott and I spent 14 days with the...

Words and pictures by Jim Bishop, for Let's Talk Plants! January 2025 This November, my partner Scott and I spent 14 days with the Oregon...

Words and pictures by Jim Bishop, for Let's Talk Plants! November 2024. In 1998, when we moved into our 1939 Spanish Colonial Revival...

By Jim Bishop, for Let's Talk Plants! September 2024. "What is The Fling? It sounds intriguing," I'm glad you asked. Since 2008, The Fling has been an annual event organized by local bloggers, taking place in a different city each year and gathering garden writers and bloggers. It provides a chance to explore both public and private gardens in the region and to connect with others who share a passion for gardening, including bloggers, photographers, and social media enthusias

A plant exhibition tour to Baja California Norte

By Jim Bishop, for Let's Talk Plants! May 2024. We were fortunate enough to be invited to a high school and college friend's home near...