Melissa Clark is an award-winning photographer and  landscape designer  in Chevy Chase, Maryland. She has been photographing gardens and landscapes at home and abroad since 2001.

She has studied with  Alan Detrick and Roger Foley at six Master Garden Photography workshops at Chanticleer Garden in Pennsylvania, as well as with John Shaw, Tony Sweet  and Kent Mason. Her work has been exhibited at Strathmore Mansion in Rockville, MD and other venues, and is held in various private collections.

Publications: 

•   "In England, Wandering Down the Garden Path," The Washington Post, February 2003
•   The Garden Conservancy, 2010 Open Days marketing materials (DC Area)
•   Great Backyards Magazine, February 2008 (three gardens)
•   "A Seasonal Palette," Home & Design DC.MD.VA Magazine, Summer 2008 (photographs)
•    "Garden State," Bethesda Magazine, March/April 2006 (photographs for 'A Chevy Chase Garden with Rooms')
•    "Outdoor Retreats," Bethesda Magazine, March/April 2008 (photographs for 'English Landscape in Kenwood')
•    "Turning Challenge into Charm," American Nurseryman Magazine, September 2009
•    American University Arboretum & Gardens Brochure (October 2009)
•    Association of Professional Landscape Designers, DC*MD*VA Chapter Brochure: "Professional Landscape Design: What a Designer Can Bring to    Your Project" (Summer 2009)
•  American Garden Museum - Showcase Gardens (Stonecrop Garden, Opus 40, Wave Hill Botanical Gardens)

Melissa blogs about photography and garden design at Garden Shoots.