Cheryl Ann Meola Tropical Botanicals and
Nature Stock Photography
An avid horticulturist and gardener, Cheryl Ann Meola gained
invaluable experience in the eighteen years she worked within the plant nursery
industry. Her career began with Cornelius nursery in Houston, Texas where she
took classes to become a Texas Certified Nursery Professional. Upon completion
of the courses, she was promoted to bedding plant supervisor.
In 1989, she received her Associate in Arts degree in
Landscape Architecture from Miami-Dade Community College (MDCC). During this
time, she worked for five years at MDCC in their Landscape Technology Nursery,
a teaching nursery.
While at the nursery, she photographed the plants, and her
plant photography was later used as an instructional tool for Plant
Identification students. The photo guide of native and tropical flora inspired
the idea to write Southeast Style Gardening. While writing Southeast
Style Gardening she became an estate gardener at Deeridge Farms, and was
responsible for growing organic vegetables, herbs, tropical fruits,
ornamentals, tropicals, and orchids. The ornamentals, tropicals, and orchids
were utilized in the landscape, and the fresh edibles were enjoyed by the
owners. She enjoyed all the praise!
Cheryl
realized while writing Southeast Style Gardening that she could use the same
writing format to author other gardening books. After her first book was finished,
she began writing a book about Butterfly Gardening as she had already done
extensive research into butterfly gardening to design a butterfly garden for a
friend. Thus, Gardening for the Butterflies: Designing and Creating a Butterfly-Friendly Landscape was written. The book will allow the reader to plan and plant a butterfly
garden. Basic butterfly
gardening topics include: the life cycle of the
butterfly, an introduction to butterfly gardening, planning and planting your
garden, gardening tips and guidelines, and planning and planting butterfly
container gardens, watering, and fertilizers to have a beautiful garden.
To help in the design process the book includes a butterfly design plan and key
to where the plants go, suggested plants for each zone 3-11, and a master list
of nectar and larval food plants for zones 3-11 for the design key to help in
the design process.
After Gardening for the Butterflies, Cheryl
began writing about houseplants and the wonderful health and air purifying benefits
houseplants give their owners. Thus, Grow Fresh Air was written. All books can
be purchased on Amazon on the links provided in each section the book is
mentioned. All Photography in her books is by Cheryl Ann Meola. All images
Cheryl needed for the three books became an intensive data base, which got her
to have another idea about using her images, Stock Photography.
Cheryl Ann Meola’s
stock portfolio specializes in
tropical botanicals and Nature photography. Each image has the current
botanical, scientific, and common names. Cheryl just added new images to her
stock photography portfolio. The new images are Cocos nucifera - Coconut Palm, Cyrtomium
falcatum - Holly Fern, Magnolia grandiflora - Southern Magnolia, Platycodon
grandiflorus - Balloon Flower, Coreopsis lanceolata - Lance-leaved Coreopsis.
This is just an example of what has been uploaded this week. Check back weekly
because images are being uploaded daily. You can search Cheryl’s portfolio by
common or botanical name. The images are royalty-free images.
Need
floral stock photography? Click here. Need
botanical stock photography? Click here
All
photographs and digital images are ©Cheryl Ann Meola. All Rights Reserved. All
photographs and digital images displayed in this newsletter are for viewing
purposes only and cannot be duplicated or copied.
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