If you would like to create a heartfelt and homemade gift for your favorite gardener feel free to use one of these three calendar photos to start an annual garden journal, calendar, or scrapbook page. You can then use your own photographs or monthly photographs below to complete the project.

Capsicum

Camellia

December Inspiration

This beautiful botanical art tempera is part of a monthly series of natural art by the British artist, Eliot Hodgkin (1905-1987). The Ramsbury Manor Foundation. He celebrated seasonal flowers, leaves, berries, and seed pods from each month in the compositions of his art work.

THE MONTHS - DECEMBER
ELIOT HODGKIN
1950

References.

Richter, Robert S. Texas Month-by-Month Gardening: What to Do Each Month to Have a Beautiful Garden All Year. , 2015. Internet resource.

Gill, Dan, and Dale Groom. Month-by-month Gardening in Texas: What to Do Each Month to Have a Beautiful Garden All Year. Franklin, Tenn: Cool Springs Press, 2006. Print.

The Months in Photographs.