Gardens at Waters East

Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Want a "Quickie" Today 2.19.14

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

These photos were taken this morning at the Gardens at Waters East. - - 2.19.14

Notice all the wonderful patterns formed by the snow on plants, sculptures, and stone. - - - A feast for the eyes in design.

This is a day between storms. Lots of snow on the way. So it is nice to see the sun and feel the warmth. Take a walk with me around the gardens.

Enjoy

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:

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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, February 14, 2014

Sturgeon Bay Canal Preserve - Watershed #18

This posting shows photos of one of the newest nature preserves in the area. It is located along the Sturgeon Bay shipping canal about 25 miles north of the Gardens at Waters East. It was a very cold day for walking in the forest, yet that was the day to see the Winter beauty of this preserve. This watershed nature preserve is all part of the same watershed which cradles the Gardens at Waters East. To learn more about the watershed – check out any of the series titled “Watershed” in the archives. Lots of interesting facts and photos.

Enjoy your hike.

Overview of the Watershed for Gardens at Waters East

NOTE: All photos use in this posting were taken within the Watershed land and water area of

Gardens at Waters East

NOTE: For a basic understanding of “watershed” – check out the archives beginning with the first posting on this topic dated – July 2, 2011 and the many subsequent postings in that series.

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please do that through this Blog site or with an email to:

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Wednesday, February 12, 2014

"Lucky Thirteen"

Here are the “Lucky Thirteen”. Gardens at Waters East has hybridized more than 450 different day lilies. The photos posted today are thirteen of some of my favorites that bloomed this year. There are many more but I thought thirteen would be enough. If you want to see more of the many different hybridized day lilies here at the gardens, check back in the archives. There are lots more photos of these very special plants.

Enjoy

hybridized sec. #8

hybridized sec. #7

hybridized sec. #3

hybridized sec. #10

hybridized sec. #20

hybridized sec. #28

hybridized sec. #X1

hybridized sec. #final #A

hybridized sec. #X13

hybridized sec. #X1.2

hybridized sec. #3

hybridized sec. #X12

hybridized sec. #X10

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 more of the many day lilies hybridized at the gardens check out: January 5,6,7,of 2011, August 4, 2011, August 10, 2012, September 13, 2012,

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, February 7, 2014

Seasonal Contrast #10

Seasonal Contrast in the - Gardens at Waters East

Postings in this ongoing series will show the same garden “area” and “objects” at two or more different times / seasons of the year. The contrast will offer the viewer an appreciation of the beauty found in the same spot but in different months. Some of the photos have never been seen before, others were collected from earlier postings in order to provide the needed contrast. Each season has its own “feeling”, has its own beauty. Here is the Locus Tree & Hosta Asian Garden area.

Enjoy

The look in November

The look in October

The look in February

View in opposite direction in November

Same direction in July

Same direction in January

One last view with Lake Michigan in the background

Reference Note: If you check out the archives for this Blog, you will find a number of “contrast” postings in this series. All help in understanding the gardens throughout the year.

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

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:

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Monday, February 3, 2014

In Your Face #4

In Your Face!!!

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.

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