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Happy Autumn!
While fall color is just starting to show, a couple of trees like this fullmoon maple (Acer japonicum'Aconitifolium') are really "strutting their stuff" today. This color will transition through some...
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Another Nice Day
Today was another beautiful day out in the gardens. The photo above is taken in the English cottage garden looking North through the length of the formal gardens. There was a very light fog this...
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Free Day Well Received!
The day started wonderfully with a hot air balloon launch right near the Horticulture Center at 7 am. One of these days I'll get the courage to go up in one and get some photos of the gardens from a...
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Fair Weather Friday
I'm surprised that I haven't taken the photo above more often. This is a view looking east (slight angle) from the south entrance structure of the Japanese garden out on the zig-zag bridge and fountain...
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HLS Preparations In Full Swing
Today was another beautiful continuation of a great weekend for warm weather and sunshine. Despite the warmth today (near 80 degrees F again), our thoughts are shifting to the colder months with...
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A Special Birthday
Dr. Gredler celebrated his 90th birthday today and can be seen at the far end of the table above. Doc's son Phil (back right next to Doc) bought lunch and we enjoyed celebrating this occasion. Dr....
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Colorful Story & Stroll
Today was another beautiful day with sunshine and temperatures around 70 degrees F. We have a chance of rain overnight which I hope materializes. We ran irrigation and set up sprinklers today which...
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Enjoyed The Paine
On my way up to Marquette, MI to do a talk tomorrow (Saturday) for a conference, I reacquainted myself with the Paine Art Center and Gardens in Oshkosh, WI. I hadn't visited in over 12 years and was...
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GBBG Still Looking Good at 44 Degrees F
On my way back from Marquette, MI yesterday, I took a stretch break in Green Bay and enjoyed the Green Bay Botanical Garden. While it was rainy and about 44 degrees F outside, I enjoyed the gardens...
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A Wide Range of Activity
It was another perfect fall day and at least a bit warmer than the cool and damp weekend we just experienced. There is still plenty of color out there like the 'Purple Dome' aster (Aster...
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Missing Marianne
Longtime RBG volunteer and staff member, Marianne Bue passed away on October 4th, 2014 (age of 68) and will be greatly missed by her family and friends. I met Marianne back in July of 1998 when I...
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50/50 Mix Today
Today was not a 50/50 mix in terms of weather but of tasks. About half the work involved traditional autumn gardening (leaf collection, removing spent annuals, etc.) while the other half involved...
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Glorious October Day
It was another gorgeous day although a bit chilly early this morning. The sun came out and we enjoyed a great day out in the gardens. The photo above is from the Japanese garden with a pruned Amur...
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Youthful Infusion
We had some excellent help today from 18 high school students and their teacher (Kath B.) from Oakhill Christian School here in Janesville. This crew has historically come and volunteered every April...
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Fall Color Is Dynamite
While I've observed that the timing of fall color this year has been a bit "off", the vividness is still quite nice as seen with the Tiger Eyes sumac (Rhus typhina 'Bailtiger') above. It seems that...
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No Blue Sky Today
It was interesting watching the Doppler radar this morning as the rains seemed to be all around us for quite some time yet we still had decent working weather this morning. There was very little...
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Three-Peat Victory
We received exciting news yesterday that we won 1st Place in the Landscape Design Contest hosted by All-America Selections (AAS). This is the third year in a row that we've won first place and were...
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Super Fall Color
The fall color is at peak for many of our woody trees and shrubs. The 'Green Cascade' fullmoon maple (Acer japonicum) seen above and directly below has turned this wonderful shade of crimson orange....
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Peak October Color
I think fall color is at peak out in the gardens after touring today. The maples are outstanding right now. Above is the Korean maple (Acer pseudosieboldianum) looking nice near the arboretum. The...
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Final Volunteer Work Day
Our last volunteer work day of the season was very successful today. With Lily above leading the charge, we were able to plant 3,000 tulips (Tulipa) in the front entrance garden. We had a lot of...
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