Watershed for Gardens at Waters East
More photos of other days hiking in different areas of the watershedthat is part of the territory of the Gardens at Waters East. Getting out any day of the year is a wonderful experience of being in nature, feeling alive, and enjoying beauty. Come along with me and experience some of the different areas of the watershed of the gardens here.
Cave Point
Door County
May
The easy definition of a watershed is: the area of land where all the water that is under it or drains off of it goes to a shared destination. In the case of Gardens at Waters East. Lake Michigan is that destination.
Kewaunee River
August
Mushroom - Ahnapee Trail
September
All gardens exist within a watershed. And, all gardeners know the vital importance of watershed areas. If the watershed is healthy, all life there stays a little more healthy. What is done on the surface in our gardens and surrounding areas can impact what ends up being in that final watershed destination. Gardeners know the importance of good stewardshipfor the patch of land where they live. They know too that what they do on their land will effect the health and well being of all who depend on the quality of the area’s watershed.
Trillium - Cave Point
May
Cave Point
August
Cave Point
February
Cave Point
February
Gardens at Waters Eastis located in the state of Wisconsin where there exist more than 12,600 rivers and streams that travel a total of 44,000 miles. More than 32,000 of those miles are perennial streams. There are 2,700 trout streams covering 10,370 miles. There are more than 15,000 lakes, 5.3 million acres of wetlands, 1.2 guadrillion gallons of groundwater. All this forms two different watersheds which drain either into the Great Lakes (and for Gardens at Waters Eastspecifically Lake Michigan), or the Mississippi River which itself eventually drains into the Gulf of Mexico. Wisconsin is blessed with such an abundance of water as a natural resource. The best of gardeners realize the responsibilities they have to care for the health and well being of the watershed where they live.
Mushroom - Ahnapee Trail
September
Fox River
December
Peninsula Park
October
Peninsula Park
October
The photos in this posting are of Cave Point, Lake Michigan, Peninsula Park which are in the watershed near environment of Gardens at Waters East. There are “flowing waters” near the property - - the two large rivers ( The Kewaunee River and The Ahnapee River) and the two creeks (Three Mile Creek and Mashek Creek) within walking distance of Gardens at Waters East. These all flow directly into Lake Michigan which itself is one of the five Great Lakes which together contained 20% of all the fresh water on Earth. Many past and future postings often showed and will continue to show Lake Michigan as a “backdrop” to garden pictures. This is done to remind all visitors to the gardens not only of the beauty here, but also of the importance that Lake Michigan and the Great Lakes have for all life in this area.
As they say - - “Come on in the water is fine”
Peninsula Park
October
Mushroom
September
Sunrise at Gardens at Waters East
November
Reference Note: For a complete list of the ten (10) Principles of Designplus 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.
