A cool and wet spring/early summer means that everything is very lushly green. The sunny bed by the bittersweet (more about that later) is full of different green shades and textures. The Proven Winners petunia from Spring Fling provides a bit of color among all the herbs. The a/c hasn’t been turned on yet this [...]
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1 Jun
Spring Fling, Days 2 & 3
Whew – all the hubbub with Spring Fling kept me from posting more photos until now. I kept forgetting my camera, too, so this is yet more iPhone as landscape camera. What with the bus running late and Rick Bayless‘ garden being “my” event, I didn’t take any pictures there. Other gardeners were more on [...]
29 May
Spring Fling, Day 1
The first day of Spring Fling had a couple of glitches (including my forgetting my camera), but it was otherwise a fine day. I met all sorts of interesting people whose name I may not remember and saw some amazing things at the Chicago Botanic Garden. Above is a field of Icelandic poppies near the [...]