Showing posts with label garden. Show all posts
Showing posts with label garden. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 7, 2016

NYC Visit- Part 1 (The High Line)

Two of my daughters and I...

...spent Thanksgiving weekend in New York City. 


                                       We enjoyed a glorious Autumn morning...

                                                 ...walking atop the High Line...



         ...an 'urban promenade' built on an elevated section of a disused railroad line.



                    The lush plantings are inspired by the self-seeded landscape...



                         ...that grew on the tracks during the intervening years...

                                             ...after the trains stopped running...



                                ...and the views of the city from the former tracks...



                                      ...are filled with both architectural delights...


                                                        ...and natural ones.






                                            My darling daughters, en plein air! :)



                      Contemporary (and often controversial) art adorns the space...



                         ...and the High Line ends directly in front of our second stop...



                                                     ...the Whitney Museum!



                                           Next time: incredible American art.

Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Hometown Tourism- Part 1!

                                                      While my friend Paddy...


...was here in Philadelphia recently...


                                     ...we didn't spend all of our time in the studio!



                                                On this particular Autumn day...




                               ...we spent a glorious morning walking en plein air...



                                                ...at the Chanticleer Gardens!



                                     It's a lovely and human scaled kind of place...



                                      ...filled with unusual and regional plantings...









                                                   ...and whimsical touches...








                                                  ...like these Plant List boxes.












                                               If you ever come to Philadelphia...





                                                      ...it's well worth a visit!





                                      Next time: we tour another kind of garden! ;)

Sunday, August 14, 2016

An Urban 'Food Desert' Bears Fruit- Part 2 of 2

While in Erie, Pa recently...


                                       ...I toured this spectacular organic garden...





                                     ...which supplies over two-thousand pounds... 





                                  ...of healthy, fresh fruit and vegetables per year...


                                   



                                       ...to the Emmaus Ministries soup kitchen...





                                                         ...and food pantry.





                                                A colorful 'pollinator garden'...



                                           ...helps to revive the health of bees...  



                                                ...butterflies, birds and bats...  



                                              ...in the garden and its environs.



                                               The dedication and hard work...



                                      ...of a small group of committed volunteers...




                       ...makes it possible to provide healthy and satisfying meals...

                  
                                                    ...to hungry area families.