Book Grace for your next talk at your Garden Club or Photography meeting. Available by zoom or in person.

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Garden Comm Gold Laurel Medal of Achievement – 

Speaking and Broadcast – Live Presentation
Picture Perfect Phone Photography

Keynote Presentations

Growing your Gut From the Ground Up

 

Explore how soil health, homegrown plants, and simple fermentation practices work together to nourish your gut microbiome—connecting the science of the soil beneath your feet to the microbes that sustain your health

Coming to the NW Flower and Garden Festival, 2026

Picture Perfect Phone Photography

Unlock the full potential of your smartphone camera with this exclusive webinar on smartphone photography. You’ll learn how to “See” photo opportunities in the garden, how to “Do” and optimize your smartphone camera settings, how to “Take” and understand key composition techniques, and finally “Make” a photo as you explore image editing software with free and paid apps, and best practices for organizing your images.  Full of inspiration to get you going , this fast-paced presentation covers all the basics, and more, for both iPhone and Android smartphones.

Grace speaking at Garden Communicators International Virtual Conference – Nov 2024

A short clip discussing aspect ratio and cropping on your smartphone

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New Presentations for 2026

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Gardens that Heal

Taking inspiration from regenerative farming and good design principles, applied to small space gardens for growing good mental and physical health.  This talk pulls from science-based evidence and practical garden design techniques to create restorative spaces for healing and recovery.

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Get those Photos off your Phone!

From phone to print – How to select, edit, and send your photos from your phone to the printer, to enjoy notecards, calendars and wall prints.

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Framing Florals

CREATING STUNNING BOTANICAL FLATLAYS AND STYLING STILL-LIFES.

Stage and style garden vignettes. Learn how to create layered collections of botanical items from flowers and bouquets, to vegetables and baskets to design and tell a story.

Also Available

Half Day Workshops – In-person small-group Garden Photography Workshops. Learn composition and editing garden photography.

Archiving Your Stuff – Learn how to scan, organize, and back up historical and archival photos. Ideal for photo clubs

One-on-One – Contact me for a one-on-one personalized session to help you take better photos with your smartphone, or learn to take your dSLR camera off of Automatic.

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Student Comments

“Thank you, Grace, for all this amazing information!” – Sean and Allison McManus; Garden Communicators International Virtual Conference 2024

“Thank you Grace! Great info as always!” Cindy Funes, Garden Communicators International Virtual Conference 2024

“Your presentation is fantastic, incredibly professional, really great slides and wonderfully explained.  I’ve learnt lot’s of useful tips.”  – Garden Media Guild, UK, 2025