In yesterday's post I established that the Floramagoria garden was a party. Today I'll show you why you want this to be one of those all-night-long parties: there are so many details, you'll need hours to enjoy them all!
The last day of the 2014 Garden Bloggers Fling in Portland was a busy one. After the Ernst and Fuller gardens, Rhone Street Gardens, then John Kuzma's garden (posts 1 and 2) it was off to Floramagoria -- I wasn't sure what to expect here. Was it a nursery, a private garden, or a public one? (I purposefully avoided reading about any of the Fling stops before the trip as I wanted to be completely surprised).
I've found several mantises in my garden over the last couple of days. Since I released dozens of them as babies this spring and dozens more hatched "in the wild", I shouldn't be surprised when I find them in the garden.
Yesterday I showed you John Kuzma's garden from a rainy day last month in Portland. Today, you see the same wet garden up close. It's the details that make a garden special for me: the texture of the plants, the rocks, sculpture, etc. If you're not getting your face and eyes deep into a garden, you're missing half of the experience (at least)!
This weekend was hot and humid and although I did mow the lawn, prune some yews, and chase the deer family out of my garden (one was in the pond munching on water lilies), I didn't see a post materializing out of that. So it's back to Portland from last month's Garden Bloggers Fling!
It's been a while since I've done a post about a project in the garden: building a trellis, a bench, an arbor. My trip to Portland last month and the cooler weather that we had after returning motivated me though, and I created something!
Back to Portland, to the photos from the Garden Bloggers Fling in July. If you've been reading regularly you may remember that Saturday of the Fling weekend started with the Ernst and Fuller gardens. Next up on this rainy morning was Rhone Street Gardens, the small city garden of Scott Weber.
We've had more rain recently, which at least in my garden means that summer is back to normal. The cooler, drier air is gone, replaced with the hot humidity that we're accustomed to in St. Louis.
You know I love looking at insects in the garden, and that I especially love finding immature ones -- tiny copies of their parents or looking completely different from their adult form, it's always fun to discover the youngsters. It can be difficult though, as on top of their smaller size a propensity to hide keeps them from my eyes.
Since we got that rain recently and temperatures have been well below normal, the garden has been awakening, changing. It's usually a bit sleepy during this part of summer (except for the heat lovers), but there's so much going on. (Maybe it's just my attitude that makes it feel different?)
Yesterday I looked at the Fuller half of this neighboring garden pair -- today I'll look at the Ernst half. If you remember, I left off last post at the door separating the two back yards.
Sunday on last month's Garden Bloggers Fling in Portland started with a visit to two neighboring gardens that actually connect -- each garden has its own personality, but each spills into the other a bit. These are the gardens of friends and neighbors Joanne Fuller and Linda Ernst.
It's been a month already since our trip to Portland for the Garden Bloggers Fling, and I'm only about halfway finished showing you the gardens we saw. Today I continue with Saturday, a day when I wasn't with the rest of the Fling group but still ended up seeing a few of the sights that were on the itinerary: rose test garden, Japanese garden, and today's topic: Danger Garden.
After what I believe to be about 3/4" (2 cm) rain total over the past two months or so, we finally got a good soaking here in the St. Louis area yesterday. I'm so thankful for the rain...
My look at the Portland Japanese Garden continues. Part 1 was yesterday, where I mixed wide shots with macro.
Last month during the Garden Bloggers Fling in Portland, I excused myself from the planned tour for the day (Saturday) and spent the time sightseeing with my wife instead. It turns out that we went to a few of the same places where the bloggers would be touring, but as we had no schedule we could stroll at our own pace.
In spring 2013 I went to the native plant sale at Shaw Nature Reserve, the wild sibling of the Missouri Botanical Garden. (I've posted about this place before) I bought several plants, some that never got planted, some that are enjoyed by deer, and a few that have been integrated into the garden.
A few days ago, the cup plant (Silphium perfoliatum) that is next to the pond really started standing out.
A few days ago I showed you the front walkway, pointing out how difficult it was becoming to navigate, primarily because of the red whisker clammyweed (Polanisia dodecandra) that is getting leggy and leaning out, taking more space than it should.
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