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Prettiest Tree Stump You’ll Ever See
Best looking rock , stump, and plant combination ever! While wandering the charming grounds of the amazingly good Jacob’s Pillow Dance in Becket, MA, I found this shady corner. The perennial geranium (probably a geranium macrorrhizum) meanders and cascades throughout the bed to showcase the stump as a special and sculptural object d’art. A couple of hosta and good sized rocks… Read more
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Slow Dance of Sky and Water
While Willie was singin’ ’bout ‘being on the road again’, was he having wine in the late afternoon in Boothbay Harbor? Probably not, I’m glad I could watch the early August sky and the water slow dancing over the hours. The deck’s railing felt like being on the bow of a ship and just as… Read more
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More Discoveries on the Road
Continuing the theme of treasures found while traveling, on the lower path at Coastal Maine Botanical Garden I found this Viburnum in full fruit. It’s one of my favorites–Viburnum p. ‘Mariesii”–lovely in spring flower as well as summer fruit. Certainly a treasure found on the beckoning trail meandering on in the distance. Read more
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Treasure Found Reminds Me of Another Journey
Perhaps this photo expresses the genius locii of the Coastal Maine Botanical Garden’scultivated landscape. It features interwoven masses of perennials embracing the immense ‘erratic boulder’. The outcropping reminds me of Uluru or Ayer’s Rock in Australia–not anywhere as large, of course, but with the same slumbering sentience that some large stone masses exude. It also features… Read more
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Treasures from the Road
Exploring the Coastal Maine Botanical Garden in Boothbay, ME found me on a narrow path deep in the woods. Perhaps this photo reveals the essence of the wild part of CMBG? Read more
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An Unexpected Encounter
Last post, I was wondering how the Ligularia d. ‘Othello” would open to full flower. Away for a few days, camera in hand, I went to check it out. Lo and behold! An unexpected visitor! Unexpected because it’s a new plant in my garden planted for its leaf shape, dark stems, leaf color, and shocking orange brilliance in… Read more