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Botanic Garden Photos

Australian Pied Cormorant Posing
Friday, November 29, 2019
Australian Pied Cormorant Posing

Well this guy sure knows how to pose for his portrait! I found him preening outside of the Royal Botanic Gardens in Melbourne, Australia. Perhaps he was hoping to meet the Queen. He seemed to be encroaching on the territory of some other birds who were repeatedly divebombing him, but that didn't seem to bother him all that much. He hardly looked up from his important feather arranging. The range of birds, and particularly the calls from the unseen multitudes made the stroll through the gardens seem more like the middle of the rainforest than the middle of a large city.

Australian 2 | Australian pied cormorant 1 | bird 83 | birdwatching 1 | Botanic Garden 4 | cormorant 1 | feather 36 | garden 23 | great pied cormorant 1 | Phalacrocorax varius 1 | pied cormorant 1 | pied shag 1 | preening 1 | RoyalBotanicGardensVictoria 1 | unretouched 10 | waterfowl 2 | webbed feet 1

Portland Japanese Garden
Tuesday, June 19, 2018
Portland Japanese Garden

Stone Lantern and Waterfall at the Portland Japanese Garden. I've always loved botanic gardens, and the Pacific North West has no shortage of beautiful gardens and parks, but one of my favorites is the Portland Japanese Garden. They even have some great Bonsai demonstrations and classes, just in case you're a crazy plant person like me and you want to try to get a little taste of a Japanese garden at home.

Botanic Garden 4 | garden 23 | japanese garden 1 | lake 37 | lantern 14 | Oregon 11 | pond 23 | Portland 4 | Portland Japanese Garden 1 | stone lantern 3 | water 273 | waterfall 9

Oregon Garden Fronds
Thursday, May 18, 2017
Oregon Garden Fronds

Another image from our recent stroll through The Oregon Gardens in Silverton. Everything was enjoying the nice spring day, it looked like every plant was in a race with its neighbor to see how much new growth it could get out in the beautiful afternoon light. These beautiful fern fronds were no exception, you could almost imagine them unfurling as you watched.

Botanic Garden 4 | branch 18 | curl 3 | fern 4 | frond 4 | gardening 2 | leaf 59 | nature 82 | Oregon 11 | Oregon Garden 3 | spring 11

Dr Seuss' Garden
Sunday, June 16, 2013
Dr Seuss' Garden

This ever so slightly other-worldly garden is at the beautiful Seaside Gardens in Carpinteria. Seaside Gardens is both a Botanical Garden and a nursery. So you can not only be inspired, but they can send you home with the plants to make your own garden paradise. (and no I don't work for them, but I really love to wander their beautiful gardens with my camera).

Botanic Garden 4 | Carpinteria 1 | garden 23 | palm tree 131 | plant 24 | Santa Barbara 534 | Seaside Gardens 1

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