Posted in FotoFriday on March 8, 2013| 1 Comment »
Mary Ellen Babich sent us some photos for our first Foto Friday in March…Do you have something showing up in your yard you’d like to share?
Mary Ellen Writes:
The first flowers of Spring blooming in my garden are hardy bulbs, Galanthus nivalis, the common snowdrop. Snowdrops poke through the snow in late February and bloom for a few weeks. They grow in clumps, seldom need thinning, and eventually create drifts as the seeds fall to the ground and take hold. They are perfect for naturalizing.
Posted in FotoFriday, Uncategorized on February 25, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Posted in FotoFriday on February 8, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Gail Keane sent these photos for the Winter Interest Foto Friday. The plumes of the Pampas grass are beautiful with the light shining through them.
Posted in FotoFriday on February 1, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Jennie sends up a photo of her rose. “It is ‘Memorial Day’, a hybrid tea rose! When my Dad died it was given to me by my MSUE office colleagues, and while I would not have chosen a tea rose, it was the 2004 All-America selection and earned the award for being both disease-resistant and fragrant. It is both and I am glad to have it. The photo was taken on Memorial Day 2012.” What a beautiful rose! It’s just so full of bloom.
Sam DeCola from Temperance Mi sent us a photo of his Knock-out Roses. Sam is interested in becoming a Master Gardener. He has the perfect job too, he’s employed at the nursery area of Andersons. The roses are a nice contrast to the fence and accent to the petunias. Beautiful photo.
Don’t forget to include your favorite rose, or photo for next Friday’s Edition
Posted in FotoFriday on November 16, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Michele Buderniak added this photo from her back yard in late Fall.
Foto Friday is back. It is good to have activity again on the Blog. Don’t be shy and send me your photos to post. I want to thank Sue for all she did on our Blog and wish her the best. Here are some photos that Diane took at the Demo Gardens. For the next few Fridays I will post a few from the selection she gave me. The gardens are in great shape. Thank you volunteers, super job! It’s Fall, but we still have blooms.
Posted in FotoFriday on June 8, 2012| Leave a Comment »
I feel kind of guilty posting these photos. They are nodding thistle (aka musk thistle) and they are highly invasive, but, OH, they are so pretty, and they smell wonderful! If you are cleaning out your ditches or pastures, you can enjoy them for awhile in a bouquet, just be sure to burn them or bag them tightly in your garbage so no seeds get into your environment. (If you single click on a photo, they will enlarge on your screen and you can scroll through them.)
Posted in FotoFriday, Uncategorized on May 26, 2012| 1 Comment »
This week we have two very different kinds of garden photos. Linda sent in a fitting entry – a Memorial Day garden theme incorporating an eagle, stars, and poppies. Linda, you never cease to amaze me with your ideas! Our other photo comes courtesy of Diane, who captured (photographically speaking) a baby bunny nest while working in the demo gardens. Yes, I know that rabbits can be a garden pest, but you have to love looking at the babies!
Posted in FotoFriday, Uncategorized on May 12, 2012| 2 Comments »
FotoFriday is a day late this week due to computer gremlins, but is it ever worth the wait! Linda sent photos that demonstrate using plantings and hardscape to create a motif. Colors and textures balance and unify to create a visual theme. These images are sure to bring out your own creative landscaping mojo!
Posted in FotoFriday, Garden Showcase, Perennials, Trees and Shrubs on May 4, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Linda Welch sent in photos of her tree peony specimens. They are stunning! I posted these in “gallery” style. Click on the first photo and you will be able to view each of these as a large image and you can advance to the next photo by clicking on the arrow. These are definitely worth viewing large!
Posted in FotoFriday, Uncategorized on April 27, 2012| 1 Comment »
With my daughter’s wedding taking all my attention the past several weeks, I haven’t been able to work in my beds. The past few days I was able to at least walk around and re-discover what is growing. It is amazing how much pleasure seeing a few lovely things can bring! I took a few photos of some of those simple pleasures – little surprises that caught my eye. Not high art, but they made me happy so I’ll share them. (Click on the photos to view large.)
My flowering crab was shedding blossoms on my hostas. Something about them reminded me of a zen garden.
I liked the repeating vertical lines created by my ajuga against my wood fence.
Little surprises, simple pleasures – just about all the excitement I need for the time being!
Monroe County Master Gardener Association 