Gardens at Waters East

Sunday, September 1, 2013

Peninsula Park - Watershed #14

Peninsula Park has some very dramatic vistas of the Niagara Escarpment, that most fascinating rock feature of the Door County area. ( For more details and photos on the escarpment see the archives of July 21 2012 - - Watershed #6 ). This same escarpment is deep under the Gardens at Waters East and some fragments of it are used in the gardens and often shown in photos posted here.

This past month I joined two botanist for a day’s hike along the Eagle Trail in Peninsula Park. What a great educational and enriching adventure, experiencing the rough rock ledges and caves, unique plant life special to this area, and the many different insects living in this environment. Being with the botanists was like having a private university class just for me.

Here are some of the many photos taken along that hike. The rock cliffs in places are more than 240 feet straight up from the waters of the bay of Green Bay. The caves are large enough to walk right in and get out of the sun or rain. The trails can be difficult with the boulders and fallen stones. It is a great way to “feel” the geological history of this special place.

Enjoy your hike.

Notice the size of the people

in relation to the hight of the stone cliff.

Herb Robert Flower

Trunk Roots

One of many caves along the trail

The Niagara Escarpment Cliffs

Don't know this bug

more than two inches long.

White Bane Berry - "Dolls Eyes"

Boats on one of the inlets.

Boulders and people on the path.

Fern Spores

Notice the height of this cave.

Buttercup Flower

Very unusual fern - not able to identify

about six inches wide

growing out of a crack in the cliff.

Bay of Green Bay

Beginning the hike up.

Bladder Flower

Shore water and stones at the park.

This is the map of the Watershed

that cradles

the Gardens at Waters East.

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Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Want a "Quickie" ? Today 8.28.13

“Quickies”

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

These photos were taken this morning while walking along the paths of Gardens at Waters East. - - 8.28.13. It was foggy early this morning and as you will see, one of the bees was still covered in droplets. Some were still “sleeping”. Others were up early and moving about feasting!

Enjoy

Daylily Double Orange

backed by Snow on the Mountain

Obedient Plant

backed by Diablo Ninebark

Fog - early this morning

along the shore and gardens

Rudbeckia

Ballon Flower with Bee

Cup Plant with hungry bug

Bumble Bee

covered in early morning dew - interesting

Allium

Daisy with Bee

Bee and Fly

feasting on Sedum Autumn Joy

Bees on Garlic Chive Flower Head

Love Over the Fence

with "someone" looking for breakfast

Bumble Bee

still sleeping early this morning

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 24, 2013

Garden Paths

There are a number of different pathways that meander around and through the thirteen garden rooms in the Gardens at Waters East. You are invited on a stroll today along a few of them. Notice some of the sites, the “focal points” and views, along the way. Today will be less of an accent on the flowers and more of an accent on the paths as hard-scape. A good principle of design is to have the garden paths encourage your eyes to look ahead with intrigue, to seek out what is around the corner, revealing only parts of the garden at any one time. That way, your garden has “mystery” and it draws you out and beyond. Your garden feels larger than it is.

This posting is limited to fourteen photos taken over the last couple of weeks. Trust me, there are oh so many more but fourteen is more than enough! In time other postings will capture more of the pathways and blooms from different seasons.

Enjoy the walk.

Triptych Sculpture

focal point of three paths

Lake Michigan in the distance

Lake Trail

"Gazing Ball"

covered in pennies

along the Patio Entrance Path

Stone Bench

in the Rock Garden

(one of four in the gardens)

Formal Path

down stone steps

to the Formal Garden

Berry Path

with torso sculpture in view

After passing through the ivy arch you will find

three different kinds of Blueberry Bushes,

two different kinds of Currant Bushes,

and four different kinds of Raspberry Bushes.

Stone Bench at Garden Entrance

(one of the four in the gardens)

Path Through Thyme

along the outer edges of the gardens

Gravestone

found along the Path Through Thyme

(person listed was born in Germany in 1791

-- died in USA in 1864)

Lake Trail

passing by the Rain Garden

(rain water is collected from the home's roof

piped underground to this filtering area)

Broken Pot

on the path into Zen Meditation Garden

Middle Walk

passing through the center of the English Garden

Middle Walk

another view

Lily Lane

with seating area

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.

One last look at Lake Michigan

before turning to leave the Gardens at Waters East

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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.

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

BLOG SHOTS #47

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. These photos, along with many more, were taken in the last few days.

moments in the garden - - enjoy