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A Colorful Thursday
Today was another beautiful one out in the gardens (as seen above in the gazebo garden with a view to the distant arched bridge). Â We had lots of visitors today including a bus load of folks from...
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The Red/Yellow/Orange Theme Succeeds!
I feel our entrance garden is at peak with the reds, yellows and oranges blending in quite well throughout that space as well as the terrace garden behind the Parker Education Center. Â These photos...
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Brief Raindrops
As I type this blog in the afternoon (3:05 pm), we just had a brief downpour which I suppose is better than nothing! Â We had hoped for more rain over the past couple of days (and weeks) and have made...
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Gardening As Therapy - A Success!
Today we hosted our Gardening As Therapy Symposium and it went VERY WELL. Â The day started out early at 8 am and we had a full day of lectures and "hands on" activities. Â The gardens were in good hands...
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Can You Look Cool In Hip Waders?
I think the answer to my blog title question is certainly "no". Â Above are Trevor (left) and Nolan who are leaving us this week after a great two months of helping out in the gardens. Â Both gentlemen...
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Beautiful Today - But Need Some Rain!
Today was another beautiful sunny day in the upper 80 degrees F and it was nice to see so many visitors. Â Unfortunately, they had to avoid our irrigation, hoses and hand watering efforts as we're...
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Fun In The Sun
Well, the chance of rain never materialized which has been our luck as of late. Â We started and ended the day watering and are doing the best to keep up. The gardens still look great (see the entrance...
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A Touch Of Fall During The Heat Of Summer?
A tinge of fall coloration can be seen on the Tiger Eyes sumac (Rhus typhina'Bailtiger') above! Â This coloration can start early (and end up a brilliant orange/red) but despite the very hot days, the...
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Finally Some Rain
Our rain gauge read 4/10" this morning after some rain last night which is more than we've had in the last month or so. Â The gardens looked fairly damp and that allowed us to focus on more garden...
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Butterflies Galore!
Today was unique in that I didn't have much time to take photos, but no worries as I've been wanting to share these recent butterfly photos from Marsha Mood. Â Marsha takes lots of photos out in the...
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October In August
Today was primarily overcast with a cool breeze. Temperatures only made it to the low 70 degrees F which was perfect gardening weather although a little more heat would be nice for our annuals and...
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1,014 Photos Later
It was a day full of sunshine, plants and gardens. Â I did get a rewarding "plant fix" on my first day of three in Michigan where I plan to visit many gardens and see as many plants as possible. Â I...
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Trifecta of Fun
Today was another whirlwind of travel and seeing a whole lot of plants. Â I think I took another 1,500 photos today! Â The weather was perfect for an early start to the C. Raker & Sons Trial Garden...
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Back To Cool
Today was another beautiful day although it was a cool morning at 54 degrees F with the high temperature right around 70 degrees F. Â It sure feels like early October out in the gardens. Â However, the...
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Four Star Greenhouse Trial Garden
In case you see this blog first, I did post another blog for Monday, August 24th. Just wanted to show highlights of the trial garden at Four Star Greenhouse in Carleton, Michigan that I enjoyed...
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Cool & Cloudy
While the sun did make an appearance later in the afternoon, it was overcast and cool again today. Â It continues to be nice "working weather" although some extended heat would be preferable for our...
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Cool & Productive
The day was again overcast and cool with temperatures barely reaching 70 degrees F. Â It looks like we'll have a nice "warm up" next week with temperatures reaching the upper 80 degrees and low 90...
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Oodles of Volunteers
Today was beautiful weather with sunshine and mid 70 degrees F. Â The gardens looked great and we had lots of visitors out in the gardens. Â Incoming rain this weekend and a warm up in temperatures next...
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Storms On The Way
Today started with the strong promise of rain which is reinforced on the doppler radar! Â We had some drizzle this morning but the bulk of the rain should arrive later this afternoon and evening....
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The Warm Up Begins
The gardens continue to be very colorful. Â Above is a small vignette in the shade garden which features 'Unstoppable Upright Fire' begonia (Begonia) and the silvery 'Pegasus' begonia (Begonia) as well....
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