Gardens at Waters East: May 2016

Monday, May 23, 2016

Want a "Quickie" Today ? 5.23.16

(All “Quickies” are photos taken and posted the same day)

These photos were taken this morning at the Gardens at Waters East. - - 5.23.16

Now that Spring is in “full-swing”, there are so many plants blooming. Walking around the gardens today – I chose only a few of the many delights there today.

Enjoy

Let us start our tour with a photo from late last night of the Asian Patio fountain.

Red Tulip

Virginia Bluebell

Candytuff

Cushion Spurge & Daffodil

beach stone -- filled pot in Formal Garden

wild strawberry

Forget-me-not

Petasites japonicus - "Dinosaur Food"

In the fifteen years of gardening here - this is the tallest that the buds have ever grown.

The leaves will end up being 2&1/2 feet to 3 feet across - amazing.

(There will be a separate posting of this plant later in the Summer - very interesting!)

Wood violet - blue

Wood violet - white

Wood violet - purple

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:

www.gardensatwaterseast@yahoo.com

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.

Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Want a "Quickie" ? Today 5.11.16

(All “Quickies” are photos taken and posted the same day)

These photos were taken this morning at the Gardens at Waters East. - - 5.11.16

Things are starting to bloom – looks like Spring is happening. My favorite today is the Star Magnolia.

Enjoy

Moss Rose

Star Magnolia

Lake Michigan in the background

close-up

one more

Sedum - on sitting bench

Spirea - Gold Mound

the leaves at this time of the year are vibrant

Mr. & Mrs. Swallow - have moved into the Cat House

Tulip - close-up

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:

www.gardensatwaterseast@yahoo.com

Sunday, May 8, 2016

BLOG SHOTS #83

Each month Gardens at Waters East (GAWE) will post a few never before seen photos of “garden life” called - - BLOG SHOTS. Here are the photos for this posting.

moments in the garden - - enjoy

clouds over Lake Michigan

as seen from the gardens

Aster

the look of an English Garden

Creeping Phlox

a visitor

favorite - one of a kind - daylily

hybridized at Gardens at Waters East - "Iridescent"

Diablo Ninebark

Hibiscus

a very cold January day

Veronica

NOTE: All photos use in this posting were taken on the property of Gardens at Waters East

unless otherwise marked.

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.

Monday, May 2, 2016

Want a "Quickie" ? Today 5.2.16

“Quickies”

(All “Quickies” are photos taken and posted the same day)

These photos were taken this afternoon at the Gardens at Waters East. - - 5.2.16 Took a walk on StoneWater Beach this afternoon – and a walk around the garden – checking out the shore erosion from the Winter and what is in bloom here at the garden today. Here is a sampling!

Enjoy

American Eagle in tree at edge of the gardens

stone heart found on beach today

erosion - 15 foot cut

from high water this Winter

a visitor today - I am not alone

small stones washed-up from Winter storms

someone is having a "bad hair day"

Daffodils

Grape Hyacinth

Star Magnolia

Puschkinia

Scilla Peruvinia

Scilla - common

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:

www.gardensatwaterseast@yahoo.com

Sunday, May 1, 2016

In Your Face #11

Me, me, me. Look at me. No, look at me. Better yet, skip all those and look at me! Walking through the Gardens at Waters East, one almost hears this constant refrain. Every plant wants attention. Every bloom is screaming – “I’m so beautiful just look at me!” In many cases they are right. Take a look at some of the beauties basking in the sun and calling to be the center of your attention. Checkout the detail of some of the garden residents.

Hanna Poppy - from Sweden

All of these “portraits” were take here in the gardens. Self centered though they may be, the flowers do make you stop and stare. They seem to be doing “their thing” just for you. So why not indulge them for a few moments while walking the paths.

Here then are photos for this posting

pause a moment - - - really slow down and pause a moment

see the detail

even if you only pick one or two of the photos - pause a moment

Enjoy