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A Nice Mix Of Autumn Tasks
The Amur maple (Acer ginnala) above is looking nice in the Japanese garden. In fact, there are some excellent patches of fall color out in the gardens and some is a bit delayed (compared to last year)...
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Mission Accomplished
The day had a frosty start but that didn't stop us from a successful Volunteer Work Day this morning. Above are some sweet potato vines (Ipomoea batatas) and below are New Guinea impatiens (Impatiens...
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HLS Focus Renewed!
The weather today was quite mild although the wind was fairly severe. What a nice view across the pond from our North point Adirondack chairs seen above. We took advantage of the good weather and had...
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Another Mild Day
The weather was again quite mild today which made for excellent progress with fall clean-up and more set-up with the Holiday Lights Show (HLS). The photo above of the upper Japanese waterfall with...
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Another Blessing of a Day
The weather was excellent again today with a warm breeze and some very light sprinkles in the afternoon that didn't amount to much. Vivid fall color can be seen above on this red maple (Acer rubrum,...
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Another Half Mile
The weather was again beautiful today with sunshine warming the gardens up after a chilly start. Nice fall color seen above on this three-flower maple (Acer triflorum) in the Japanese garden which...
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Pre-Precipitation Progress
Nice view above across the observation pier to the Russo Fountain and arched bridge in the distance. The yellow leaves are the fall color on a redbud (Cercis canadensis). We've had rain predicted...
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15, 9 and 6
It was another gorgeous day that started out chilly with some patchy frost here and there. The sun came out and we had blue skies and temperatures around 60 degrees F. The fern & moss garden...
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Delayed Drizzle
The day was actually quite nice with a threat of rain later in the day. Some light drizzle arrived later in the day but we were all able to get a full day in out in the gardens which still look...
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Gloomy Day - Lots Accomplished!
Above is another fall color shot of some Boston ivy (Parthenocissus tricuspidata) looking good on the Rath Environmental Center brick. Fall color is still quite nice out in the gardens which were...
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All I Can Smell Is Pine
I was offsite for a good portion of the day with this gang of trouble-makers above... We ran a convoy out to Sunset Acres Tree Farm (www.sunsetacrestreefarm.com/) in Stoughton, WI to cut and haul off...
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Pre-Halloween
It's hard to believe that Halloween is tomorrow! We had another decent day, that while starting cold and foggy, experienced a nice progression to sunshine and temperatures in the mid 50 degrees F....
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A Warm Start for November
It was a gorgeous day today with sunshine and a high temperature near 70 degrees F. This entire week looks pretty good as far as weather as well. We all took advantage of the mild temperatures for...
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November Heat Wave Continues
It was another beautiful sunny day with temperatures again reaching 70 degrees F. What a nice gift from Mother Nature and it was nice to see lots of visitors going through the gardens today. There is...
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Beautiful Day - Third In A Row
Above is the golden fall color on the swamp white oak (Quercus bicolor) which was just glowing with some morning light from behind this specimen in the woodland walk garden. We enjoyed this day as...
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Excellent Autumn Day
We had another awesome day of weather with mild temperatures and some sunshine. The sky was overcast a good portion of the day with a strong breeze but it was pleasant to be outside. Above is one of...
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HLS Progress Continues
We had a productive day out in the gardens continuing preparations for the Holiday Light Show (HLS). The rain overnight had abated by this morning but unfortunately heavy winds knocked down some...
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Another Successful Symposium
Our annual Fall Symposium, Naturally Creative, went very well today with an attendance of about 80 folks on a cool but nice day. Above are Jeff Epping (left) from Olbrich Botanical Gardens (Madison,...
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HLS - The Final Stretch
I scraped light frost of my vehicle windows this morning which isn't unusual for this time of year. While the day started quite chilly, the sunshine did warm things up to around 55 degrees F which...
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Crisp Autumn Air
It was another frosty morning although a couple flowers continue to hang in there like the pinks (Dianthus sp.) seen above and the red scabious (Knautia macedonica) seen below. We haven't had a hard...
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