BLOG SHOTS # 130

GAWE - BLOG  SHOTS

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

 False Sunflower - July

 Grey Frog - August

 Lake & Clouds - September

 Centaurea Montana - June

 High-bush Cranberry - June

 Marguerite & Veronica - July

 Lake Clouds with rain - September

 Lilac - June

 Peony - June

Lake Waves - October

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.

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.

Whitespire Birch

This is the Whitespire Birch Tree in the yard here at the Gardens at Waters East.  I took this photo early in the morning – June 17 at 5:22 AM  in the morning.  Love how the early sunrise gives it a golden look.

( Information form the garden book:   Whitespire has a beautiful spire-like upright form, white non-exfoliating bark and excellent bronze birch borer resistance. Leaves are glossy, dark green turning yellowish-green in fall. Whitespire Birch is very adaptable preferring moist, well drained, slightly acidic soils. Selected over twenty years ago by Dr. Edward R. Hasselkus at the University of Wisconsin, Madison Arboretum.) 

BLOG SHOTS # 129

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

 Formal Garden & Lake - June

 Inula Ensifolia - July

 White Coneflower with visitor- August

 Lake Clouds - August

 Daisy - July

 Lake view from Middle Walk - July

 Oriental Poppy - June

 Lake - June

 Primrose - June

 StoneWater Beach at Gardens at Waters East - September

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.

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.

It is rather OBVIOUS

You can tell it is Winter!!

You may ask - - how can you tell this?  Very easy, it is obvious.   This is when I do more postings on the Blog.  It is my way of winter gardening jajaja!!!  Can not do much outside.

The snow is on the ground, all is white, the weather is cold, winds blow strong and noting is growing outside.

So there are a few more postings at this time of year than normal!!! 

MORE FLOWERS

SOOOOOOOON

Yucca - in the garden

Yucca

These are photos taken of the one and only Yucca plant in the gardens. It always looks to me like it belongs in a desert and not growing in the climate of Lake Michigan.  But it does well here as you can see.

( Yucca -- from the dictionary - - a plant of the agave family with stiff sword-like leaves and spikes of white bell-shaped flowers that are dependent upon the yucca moth for fertilization, found especially in warm regions of North America and Mexico. )

 As you can see, it is still growing tall.

 Blooms are starting.

 Someone else is enjoying the flowers.

 View of Yucca with the lake.

 Close-up

 Foggy day - August

 Looking down.

 January snow.

July sunset.

Ryan Park - Nature Preserve

Ryan Park is small nature preserve near to the Gardens at Waters East.  It is about five miles west of the gardens.  On the day I was there, I hiked a two mile trail.  As you can see the colors are all soft yellows.  Nice and bright beneath the canopy of leaves.

A reminder here of what life was like only a few short weeks ago – before the SNOW!

Enjoy

 A beautiful place to walk!

 Love finding mushrooms.

 A hiker in the woods

 I have no idea how this got there - 

but sometime in the pass someone went a little crazy!

Hope you enjoyed the hike - I did!