The odd-numbered volumes of Botanical Readiness require, here in the midwest, a fair amount of imagination and projection during the winter stretch. A green outdoors is numerous months away, but on the bright side I'm not being wholly distracted and intoxicated by warm-weather botanical excursions and actual gardening work.

I would like to maintain for this upcoming issue the full spectrum between sensible botanical documentation/reflection, and enigmatic abstractions and genre-infused tangents. I would also like to invite participants to consider indulging in pure design and schematics.

Below are items from my own inspiration stockpile:

Last year, I had created garden concept drawings for the Vol. 3 issue, but we had also been planning a new component of our garden once the weather warmed:

In any case, the door is wide open for possibilities, as long as submissions can be shoehorned into the notion of "online garden magazine".

erik@ecbrown.org