I love having the historic Minns Garden right outside the building where I work. It’s got great bones. But I’ll admit that there are so many things going on in there that my eyes glaze over when I walk by or through. I needed a break from a Saturday morning session in the office today. So I decided to make the most of it and take a closer look.
Filed under Annuals, Other gardens, other places, Perennials by on Jul 24th, 2010. 4 Comments. 
Cotinus outside the ‘garden level’ door to Plant Sciences (Tower Rd. side).
Closer
Minns, looking good in early summer.
Filed under Other gardens, other places, Woodies by on Jun 5th, 2010. Comment.
In case you missed it this week, Zonker and Zipper explore the erotica that is bulb catalogs. You can view Start with Monday’s strip and work you’re way through the week by clicking on the next tab.
Email from UPS says my bulb order arrives Tuesday.
While shooting pix the other day I heard the tell-tale squawks of crows harassing a hawk, then they flew right overhead.
Colchicums at Billie Jean Isbell’s garden. Billie Jean hosted our first fall 2009 program of the Adirondack Chapter of the North American Rock Garden Society. Love her garden.
On Billie Jean’s barn, ‘Flying fish’ sculpture that looks to be fashioned from a piece of warped slapwood.
Living, Growing Architecture – Great post over at Dark Roasted Blend, full of root and vine bridges, reed construction, espalier, arborisculpture and more.
Filed under Art, Other blogs,websites, Other gardens, other places, Wildlife by on Oct 4th, 2009. 3 Comments.
Come visit the flower research and demonstration area at the Department of Horticulture’s Bluegrass Lane Research facility, featuring more than 1,000 varieties of perennial and annual flowers — many new or just coming onto the market.
Everyone is welcome from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on July 25 and 26. Bluegrass Lane is located off Warren Rd. near the Robert Trent Jones golf course northeast of campus. (See map.)
For more information, contact Melissa Kitchen: mjb239@cornell.edu
For a preview, visit the Bluegrass Lane Annual Flower Trials website.
Filed under Annuals, Other gardens, other places, Perennials by on Jul 19th, 2009. Comment.
I like to travel vicariously. (See Nate’s China pix.) This summer, niece Becky is in Spain doing crow research. Even though she’s not a plant person, she sent back pix that make me think I should go live there. Tile roofs. Roses. Old world Mediterranean landscapes.
Becky: Please send more.
Filed under Other gardens, other places by on Jul 14th, 2009. 1 Comment.
