My garden is truly feeling like home now. We have a ways to go together but we are getting there. I especially enjoy the plants given to me by dear friends and family. This very cold spring has brought one or two glorious days and this is one. Please enjoy my amble through my garden.
This lady slipper was dug for me by a friend who knew it was on death’s row living beside a road that was being built
It is multiplying.
I first saw these in Thunder Bay and have loved Bunch Berries ever since
Rhododendron occidentale Western Azalea
Rhododendron Crane
Rhododendron Capistrano
White Lights Rhodendron Azalea
For-get-me- not … nor shall I!
Bleeding Heart, Dicentra spectabilis 'Alba'
Viburnum Annabelle
Yesterday, finally feeling safe to travel with my friend after Covid’s ravages I jumped in her SUV and went for a ride to “The Valley”. I had hoped to get some shots of apple blossoms but perhaps another day in another spring. What happened though, put me in awe and it was in our very own back yard. On our way home, she turned off the highway and took us through the hilly Dartmouth Streets to Park Avenue in Dartmouth a mere 25 minutes from my front door. Park Avenue runs along one side of The Commons.
The Dartmouth Commons is an approximately 120 hectares (almost 300 acres) area of land established as a commons for Dartmouth residents in the late 18th century. In that Commons Leighton Dillman Park nestles on the hillsides. Along the Easterly perimeter Park Avenue hosts its own celebration of flowers: Cherry Trees. Leighton Dillman was a volunteer caretaker of the park and it is for him that the park is named. Please enjoy the cherry blossoms with me on Park Avenue Dartmouth NS and someday we will go through the park.
