England 2018, Day 1 – Oxford
Our bank holiday day trip. In which I am totally distracted by medieval stonework.
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Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens – Boothbay, ME
I was in the Boothbay region last week from Tuesday to Thursday while I took a class at CMBG (Native plants in the Maine landscape – with a heavy dose of plant identification). It was a great class – made me wish I was retired so I had time to do more of
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Heritage Museum and Gardens – Sandwich, MA
This is a neat place to visit in Cape Cod – not only are there gardens, but there’s a collection of antique cars, and a few art galleries scattered about the grounds. They also have a really cool hidden children’s garden, and some great programs, even if it does mean that the adults are being
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Jardin Botanique Montreal – Indoor Gardens
The botanic garden also has a fantastic conservatory, which just kept going, and going, and going. There was an orchid room, and a fern room, and a begonia room, and a Spanish hacienda garden, and a bonsai room. And more. I really enjoyed our visit there, and absolutely must go back, because
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Jardin Botanique Montreal – Outdoor Gardens
On Saturday (6/17), we headed out to the botanical garden, which was an easy subway ride from our hotel. The place is huge – there’s also an insectarium and a biodome you can visit – I don’t know how people do it. We managed maybe a quarter of the outside gardens, and
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Governor’s Garden at the Chateau Ramezay – Montreal, QC
This garden was a really cool find – it’s attached to the Chateau Ramezay Museum and Historic site, but had free access. It’s set up with sections reminiscent of an earlier 18th century garden in New France. There’s a potager, an orchard and ornamental sections. I was so excited to see this – it’s
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The Lilac Festival, McLaughlin Garden – South Paris, ME
What I love about the Lilac Festival is that you go expecting lilacs (and boy do they deliver), but there are also just so many lovely spring wildflowers. This is probably my favorite spring garden in Maine. I brought my mother for a belated Mother’s Day outing, and we had a lovely
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