Friday, August 29, 2014

Retrospective of August 2014 - in 24 pics


As is always the case at Gardens at Waters East, more photos were taken this month than could possibly be posted in one shot.  Today the posting will limit itself to twenty-four photos that illustrate the wide verity of plants blooming at this time of year.  There are so many more that could be posted but enough is enough!
Enjoy your stroll along the paths.

 Yucca
enjoying the lake view

 Gootendorf bud

 Gootendorf in full bloom

 Hydrangea

 Love-over-the-fence

 Pink Mallow

 Marguerite Daisy

 Monarch Butterfly
enjoying the gardens

 Poppy

 Three Mast Ship - The Peace Maker
Sailing along the shore at Gardens at Waters East

 Tiger Lily


 Veronica, Mallow, Margurite & Poppy

 Hibiscus

 False Sunflower, Monarda & Russian Sage

 Daylily

 Obedient Plant, Coneflower & False Sunflower

 Lavender

 Oriental Lily

 Morning Glory

 Ligularia - Rocket

 Coneflower

 Butterfly on Ribbon Grass

Garlic Chives

Coneflowers & Lilies

NOTE:   Since this Blog is meant to be an accurate journal of the gardens;
no photos are “staged”, “arranged”, or ”photo-shopped” in anyway.
What is posted – is what it here.  It is what it is.

PLUS ONE MORE
Sunrise over Lake Michigan
August 5, 2014

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Reference Note:  For a complete list of the ten (10) Principles of Design plus the special “Golden Principle of Design” used throughout Gardens at Waters East, check out the archive postings for November 14 – 24, 2010 and May 2, 2011.


Friday, August 22, 2014

Want a "Quickie"? Today 8.22.14

(All “Quickies” are photos taken and posted the same day)
These photos were taken this morning in the Gardens at Waters East. - - 8.22.14  This morning – and pretty much the whole day – the gardens were shrouded in fog, really think fog.  Spider webs were everywhere covered with the dew of the day.  A great time to walk through the gardens and observe the muted colors, the designs, and flowers at bloom.  Take your time and stroll the paths with me.
Enjoy


 Lake Michigan, believe it or not, is about 300 feet from these coneflowers.
Trust me it is our there!

 Pink Mallow and the south ravine

 Even in the fog - the poppy shows its color.

 Spider Web on Barberry

 Ship Ribs from the 1800s sitting in a Day Lily field.

 Hybridized Daylily #X10
created at the Gardens at Waters East

 muted colors

 Queen Anne Lace
with the soft white of fog

 Spider Web on Diablo Ninebark

 Heirloom Rose bud - Gottendorf
with spider web

 Yucca

 Spider Web & Veronica

 Golden Ninebark, Globe Thistle, & Coneflowers

 Porthole Sculpture - made from glass from the portholes of
The Straits of Mackinac
with the Formal Garden and Lake Michigan in background.

NOTE:
In the summer of 2005, 77 years after she was launched in Detroit, the remains of the very last Michigan State Ferry still afloat, The Straits of Mackinac, were intentionally sunk about 14 miles off Chicago's Navy Pier to become a scuba diving attraction. Today she rests in about 80 feet of water and is visited by divers from throughout the world.

 Spider Web with Hybridized Daylily #8

 Spider Web on Grape Vine

 muted colors


The Currants seem to enjoy the fog and are about ready to be harvested.

NOTE:   Since this Blog is meant to be an accurate journal of the gardens;
no photos are “staged”, “arranged”, or ”photo-shopped” in anyway.
What is posted – is what it here.  It is what it is.

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Saturday, August 16, 2014

The Gardens This Morning 8.16.14

Here are a few photos taken this morning while walking around the Gardens at Waters East on the shores of Lake Michigan.  Thought you might like to see some of the plants that are blooming this time of the summer – some just getting started others nearing the end.  Soon after taking these photos it started to rain – and the rain is greatly needed – nice!

Pink Mallow

 Yucca at sunrise today

 Yucca when camera is from another angle

 Missouri Primrose & Veronica

 Lemon blossom

 Lily Field & Ravine
clouds beginning to form

 Hibiscus

 Coneflower, Daylily - Awesome Candy, & Obedient Plant

 Poppy

 "Walking Onion"


Here are two of the more than 450 day lilies
which were hybridized in Gardens at Waters East
starting in 2007
 Daylily #A

 Daylily #X1

 Sambucus - Black Lace
with False Sunflower

Starting to rain

In addition to this morning’s photos, here are two Extra Bonus photos
taken this week with views of the lake here in the gardens
on a sunnier day.
  



NOTE:   Since this Blog is meant to be an accurate journal of the gardens;
no photos are “staged”, “arranged”, or ”photo-shopped” in anyway.
What is posted – is what it here.  It is what it is.

If you wish to email a message or share photos of your garden
please do that through this Blog site or with an email to:



Reference Note:  For a complete list of the ten (10) Principles of Design plus the special “Golden Principle of Design” used throughout Gardens at Waters East, check out the archive postings for November 14 – 24, 2010 and May 2, 2011.