New England Wildflowers
Trillium from Vermont, strawberries from my neighborhood, all others from the Coastal Maine Botanical Garden.
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Spring
A couple of extremely out of the ordinary 80 degree days have brought the flowers out early around here. It’s lovely, if a bit strange.
Wolfes Neck State Park – Freeport, ME
I took a walk by the sea in a short sleeved shirt, and the sea breeze was warm. I find it extremely hard to believe we’ll be back in 30s next week…
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Fall At Mackworth Island
Somewhat to my chagrin, I finally made it out to Mackworth Island, for the first time this year. I’ve therefore missed the flowers and the warm breezes, but it’s still lovely out there in the Fall, and today was an extremely lovely day. I should preface my remarks about the above pictures by mentioning how
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Crescent Beach – Cape Elizabeth, ME
I went to the Beach today. (As point of reference, my beach with a capitol B is Crescent Beach in Cape Elizabeth, which is, and always will be the epitome of beachiness to me.) This is normally not a statement of much import, but the last time I was at the Beach was a blustery
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Pineland Farms – New Gloucester, Maine
Yesterday’s impromptu road trip was to Pineland Farms in New Gloucester. They have a lovely fenced in garden right on the main road, that you might not even know was there when you drive by. We had the place to ourselves while we were there. It’s a lovely little spot with a number of benches
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Hamilton House – South Berwick, ME
We finally managed to make it down to Hamilton House on Saturday, for the first time this season. And finally, we managed to pick a time when the house was actually open for tours. It was both like and unlike what I was expecting inside. The house itself was built in the late 1700s, but
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Hawaiian Flowers
And last, but not least, flowers and plants from Hawaii:Row 1: Unknown, unknown, leaf, banana, pomegranate, plumbago, ohia lehua, plumeria, hibiscusRow 2: Unknown, bougainvillea, plumeria, Tahitian gardenia, ginger, hibiscus, Hawaiian Cotton, rhododendron, agapanthusRow 3: Green jade, plumeria, leaf, Helconia, unknown, unknown, unknown, hibiscus, hibiscusRow 4: Torch ginger, spider lily, banana, leaf, hibiscus, unknown, unknown, orchid,
United Stated Botanic Garden Conservatory
Here’s the indoor portion of the United States Botanic Garden, located inside a lovely old school glass conservatory, which you can see from the picture above certainly isn’t on the small side. It’s set up with a number of different room, representing a variety of habitats, including desert, Hawaii, the primeval forest, and the center
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