Category: botanical gardens
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Step Into the Garden
These hot summer days are helping to precipitate some lovely blooming up at the Montreal Botanical Gardens. Armed with our hats, water and cameras (of course) we strolled the garden and witnessed some of the most amazing flowers bursting forth in full glory… Including the favorite of many – lotus blossoms. The eventual result after…
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In the Monochrome of Winter
A little color to awaken the eyes! In sorting through my photo archives I came across some pics I took for fun with a smart phone at the Jardin Botanique. So sweet to see flowers and color this time of year… They brighten ones mood and awaken the senses. Hope you enjoy!
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The Day of the Fox
As the leaves fall from the trees and the frost hits the north country our scenes turn more monochromatic. There is a peace in the simplicity of the winter landscape… Soothing browns, golds, whites combined with the blue of the sky or layers of gray clouds. Once the snow flies and the snow geese leave…
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The Magic of Lanterns
A recent trip to Jardin Botanique in Montreal to photograph the lantern festival netted some fun shots. We arrived in the Chinese garden just at dusk and began trying to record these wonderful, whimsical designs. The lantern exhibit happens every year from early September to early November and is always a treat for the eyes…
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Fox Spirit I am Paying Attention!
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Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) are common in North America. Indeed, Red Fox is one of the most geographically widespread of the carnivores in the world, not endangered by any stretch of the imagination. But these wild, night wanderers are not often seen. When you are fortunate enough to see one, even from a distance, it’s…
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Wandering Through Mosaïcultures Internationales
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I had a final look at the Mosaïcultures Internationales exhibit at Jardin Botanique in Montreal a few weeks ago just before they began dismantling them all… my previous visit was while the sculptures were being constructed in June – see more here https://wanderartist.com/2013/06/14/a-feast-for-the-eyes-imagination/
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Jardin Before & After
Here is a further installment of before and after photos from the mosaïcultures internationales exhibits at the Botanical Gardens in Montreal… I love seeing the change three months has made in the plantings!
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The Grill Garden
On June 10 I photographed many of the mosaïcultures internationales exhibits at the Botanical Gardens in Montreal… this truck was one of my favorite motifs (I love old cars and trucks). The above photo shows the exhibit just after it was created, literally planted in the truck! The surrounding flora in the exhibit were either not…
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A Feast for the Eyes & Imagination
At the end of this month (June 22 to be exact) the “mosaïcultures internationales” exhibit will open at the Botanical Gardens in Montreal. Also called “the Giants of the Horticultural Arts” it features large-scale horticultural sculpture in a lovely setting. On a recent trip we were able to get a sneak peak at some of the…
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Butterflies Go Free
This time of the year winter starts to smell like your brother’s dirty socks. Maybe that’s too extreme a metaphor… but the cold weather and grey skies get a little old. In order to ease the body’s discomfort a trip to the botanical gardens with their warm and bloom filled greenhouses is definitely refreshing! Currently…
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