Half Moon Garden, Silver Springs
Raindrops
Narcissus
Colour for a snowy day
Oak leaf and insect gall
Showy Milkweed with bee
Seedpod of Datura sp.?
A bright splash of colour
Fall colour
The centre of a labyrinth
Long gone, but memories remain
Like floral flames for a deep-freeze day
A welcome splash of red
Beginning to burst
The droplet
Beauty in the final stage
Remembering summer colours
A splash of colour on a snowy day
Colour for winter
Downy Woodpecker and bokeh
A splash of fall colour
Cheery sunflower
Unidentified fruit
Summer colour
Colour from Ornamental Cabbages
Typically Western
Just needed colour
Heart of a Snowdrop
Aloe Vera / Aloe Barbadensis Miller, Blue Waters I…
Tropical Mockingbird, Blue Waters Inn, Tobago
Allamanda, Blue Waters Inn, Tobago
Tropical tree, Blue Waters Inn, Tobago
Shiny Cowbird / Molothrus bonariensis, Tobago
Giant seedpod of the Flame Tree, Blue Waters Inn,…
Gorgeous orange flowers of the Flame tree
Ixora, Blue Waters Inn, Tobago
Down by the sea
Tropical Mockingbird / Mimus gilvus, Tobago
Ixora
Tropical Mockingbird with attitude
Tropical Mockingbird / Mimus gilvus, Tobago
Blue Waters Inn, Tobago
Tropical Mockingbird, Blue Waters Inn, Tobago
Steps from my cabin to main building, Asa Wright
A potful of owls
Ageless beauty
Artichoke, Saskatoon Farm
Himalayan Blue Poppies
Lilium martagon - the beauty of a Lily
Gaillardia
Summer colour
Hearts at the Rusty Bucket Ranch
Garden flowers at the Rusty Bucket Ranch
Nemophila sp.
Ruby-throated Hummingbird female
Celosia sp.
My new neighbour?
Day Lily
A pot full of colour
Splash of colour
Geranium sp.
Red Birds in a Tree plant
When the last petal has fallen
Ornamental Cabbage or Ornamental Kale?
That sinking feeling
Lest we forget
Simplicity
Snake's head fritillary, Fritillaria meleagris
The second owl
A colourful walk through the woods
A splash of different colour
A big splash of colour
Aging beauties
The Wall Garden - October is Breast Cancer Awarene…
Bark colour after the rain
Fall colours at Silver Springs Botanical Gardens
Always good for a splash of colour
Purple Petunias
Sunflower going to seed
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
Astilbe
Passion Flowers
As fall colours come to an end
Larch in fall colour
Owl sculpture at Silver Springs Botanical Gardens
Brightness on a cloudy day
Tenderness
Glorious colours of fall
Autumn berries
Juvenile White-throated Sparrow / Zonotrichia albi…
The colours of fall
A garden in the forest
Lovage / Levisticum officinale
Pine Siskin at Jackie's
Loved by Monarch butterflies
Memorial Rose for Carl Handfield
Splash of colour on a rainy day
Old cabin on Gottlob Schmidt's (Schmitty's) land
They can't see me
Bold and beautiful
Ladybug larva on Showy Milkweed
Showy Milkweed / Asclepias speciosa
Egyptian Walking Onion
Yesterday's summer hail
Iris at Olds College Botanical Gardens and Wetland…
Ornamental Spurge / Euphorbia polychroma (Cushion…
Red-edged petals
Needed a change of colour
Hollyhock buds
Farm seed elevator, Ellis Bird Farm, Alberta
Bee nesting box
A colourful little corner
The purity of white
Flowers of spring
Is this a Pink?
Snake's head fritillary / Fritillaria meleagris
Red Baneberry
Much-needed colour
The joy of spring
Periwinkle / Vinca minor
Colour
Snake's Head Fritillary / Fritillaria meleagris
Hepatica
After the rain
One of my favourite spring garden flowers
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Clematis after the rain
With our autumn colour pretty much gone, it feels good to be able to look back to photos from 1 October 2016. On that day, I finally had my very first visit to the Silver Springs Botanical Gardens, thanks to friend, Sandy. I first heard about this beautiful place from my daughter, but I had never been, because it is way out of my city driving comfort zone. In the morning, it was raining, at least in my part of the city, and I wondered if going would turn out to be a big mistake. However, the rain stopped and stayed away while we were there and, though the sky was overcast, I was still able to photograph to my heart's content. I was surprised at how many flowers were still in bloom on the first day of October and I was extremely impressed with how meticulously these gardens are kept - every inch of them. So many different kinds of trees and plants, and it was very obvious that each area had been planted with so much thought and care. Amazing that dedicated volunteers have been, and continue to be, the ones to thank for these gardens.
Thanks so much, Sandy, for giving me the chance to spend an afternoon in such beauty and peace! We all knew that snow wasn't far away and about a week after this visit, Calgary had its first snowfall of the season, for the whole of the Thanksgiving weekend. At least I now have some bright, colourful photos that I will be able to post in between all the coming white, snowy images that will be taken during the seven, long months of winter.
"The Botanical Gardens of Silver Springs is without doubt one of the Seven Wonders of Calgary, Alberta. It boasts 1350 square meters (14 600 square feet) of gardens which includes a spectacular Wall Garden that runs an uninterrupted 1300 feet. In the gardens you will find an endless variety of annuals and perennials ranging from artemisias to zinnias. Here indeed is a place to stop and smell the roses and the peonies and the delphiniums and the chrysanthemums and the …
What makes these gardens so very special is that they were created and continue to be maintained by a band of green-thumbed enthusiastic volunteers. These hale and hearty diggers, planters, seeders, weeders, mowers, waterers, pruners and community builders work two to three mornings a week to keep the gardens in primrose shape and their efforts are truly appreciated by the many walkers, joggers, and cyclists.
On any given day, hundreds of people walk the wall garden with their families, friends and out-of-town visitors. It has become a treasured destination site for many.
For anyone who has spent time in the gardens, it is hard to believe that they have only been here since 2006 when a humble ornamental garden (400 square feet) was developed within the existing BirthPlace Forest tree beds.
The BPF, by the way, saw 7000 trees planted in the area. The project was accomplished through a partnership of BP Energy, Calgary Parks, Regional Health and Golden Acres." From the gardens' website.
www.botanicalgardensofsilversprings.ca/
Thanks so much, Sandy, for giving me the chance to spend an afternoon in such beauty and peace! We all knew that snow wasn't far away and about a week after this visit, Calgary had its first snowfall of the season, for the whole of the Thanksgiving weekend. At least I now have some bright, colourful photos that I will be able to post in between all the coming white, snowy images that will be taken during the seven, long months of winter.
"The Botanical Gardens of Silver Springs is without doubt one of the Seven Wonders of Calgary, Alberta. It boasts 1350 square meters (14 600 square feet) of gardens which includes a spectacular Wall Garden that runs an uninterrupted 1300 feet. In the gardens you will find an endless variety of annuals and perennials ranging from artemisias to zinnias. Here indeed is a place to stop and smell the roses and the peonies and the delphiniums and the chrysanthemums and the …
What makes these gardens so very special is that they were created and continue to be maintained by a band of green-thumbed enthusiastic volunteers. These hale and hearty diggers, planters, seeders, weeders, mowers, waterers, pruners and community builders work two to three mornings a week to keep the gardens in primrose shape and their efforts are truly appreciated by the many walkers, joggers, and cyclists.
On any given day, hundreds of people walk the wall garden with their families, friends and out-of-town visitors. It has become a treasured destination site for many.
For anyone who has spent time in the gardens, it is hard to believe that they have only been here since 2006 when a humble ornamental garden (400 square feet) was developed within the existing BirthPlace Forest tree beds.
The BPF, by the way, saw 7000 trees planted in the area. The project was accomplished through a partnership of BP Energy, Calgary Parks, Regional Health and Golden Acres." From the gardens' website.
www.botanicalgardensofsilversprings.ca/
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