A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....05-13-03...How Does Your Garden Grow?

Billie

[Billie]

A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day

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How Does Your Garden Grow?

Butchart Gardens, Victoria, BC

The Butchart Gardens in Victoria, British Columbia, are rated as one of the most beautiful garden displays in the world....50 acres of beautiful flowers, trees, and the most lush landscape. You can stroll through a Sunken Garden, Japanese Garden, Italian Garden, the majestic Ross Fountain and the English Rose Garden. Each garden is linked by spacious lawns, streams and Lily ponds.

Since Spring is in full bloom, and Summer is almost here, we thought it might be fun to let those who enjoy their gardens - whether flower or vegetable - do a little bragging. We can't all look out our window and see a beautiful view like the two photos above, but then, unless we had a huge full-time garden staff, we wouldn't have time to visit the Finest. :)

I don't claim to have a green thumb nor spend a lot of time digging in the ground, but this is where I enjoy early morning coffee, listening to the birds sing, and watching the goldfish. It's peaceful and quiet and relaxing. Low maintenance - ground cover and concrete and brick - that's the lazy man's garden. :)

Your turn! Let's see some of FR's Finest Gardens.

THIS WEEK'S THREADS 05-12-03 Military Monday

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[Billie]

I think this shows a bit of FReeper deadhead's gardening, with Lucy taking center stage, of course. :)

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America; and to the Republic for which it stands One Nation Under God Indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for All.

[Billie]

I think that I shall never see
a poem as lovely as a tree...

Gardening Day....come dig in - this is good, clean dirt.

[Aeronaut]

Good morning Billie.

[nicmarlo]

get your gardening gloves on!

Like this, Billie?

[Billie]

Good morning - would you like a cup of coffee? :) Listen to those birds chirping!

[Billie]

LOL! Wrong gloves. :)

[nicmarlo]

Wrong gloves.

Ohhhh.

[Aeronaut]

Aaaahhh! coffee.

(Hey, same minute you posted the thread - how's that?)

[Temple Owl]

Good morning Billie and all. have a great day.

[Billie]

Joyce Kilmer. 1886–1918

119. Trees

I THINK that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree.
A tree whose hungry mouth is prest
Against the sweet earth's flowing breast;
A tree that looks at God all day,	5
And lifts her leafy arms to pray;
A tree that may in summer wear
A nest of robins in her hair;
Upon whose bosom snow has lain;
Who intimately lives with rain.	10
Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree.

[Billie]

(Hey, same minute you posted the thread - how's that?)

Magic! :)

[Billie]

Good morning, Finest Owl! :) You have a good one, too!

[dixie sass]

Mud pies?

[dixie sass]

Morning, birds singing, honeysuckle in bloom, forsythia, jasimine. All the windows are open!

[HiJinx]

Trees come in all different shapes and sizes.

Welcome to the oldest and most spectacularly situated arboretum and botanical garden in the American Southwest, The Boyce Thompson Arboretum. In the roaring 1920s mining magnate Colonel William Boyce Thompson founded this 320 acre collection of desert plants at the foot of towering Picketpost Mountain near Superior, Arizona. He wanted to create in this place the most beautiful and useful arboretum of its kind in the world, and to instill in people an appreciation of plants. Now more than seven decades later the Arboretum has grown to include two miles of walking paths, a place for children to learn and for all ages to appreciate the beauty and importance of our desert ecosystems.

The three-acre cactus garden features cacti and other succulents from all over the Western Hemisphere. The garden , set on the north side of Magma Ridge offers several winding trails to allow patrons to enjoy the beauty of the plants and scenery.

[dixie sass]

You are starting early today!

[dixie sass]

Pretty.

[nicmarlo]

[dixie sass]

Oh how precious! Where did you find that, Nic?

[nicmarlo]

Figure I'd better get some licks in early, as today's aother busy day!! : )