We have visited the Sunken Gardens before, [read details about the garden here] but I was thinking with all the Springing going on these gardens would be awash in awesome color. Well, not really so much…
There were certainly large patches of beautiful flowers, but a small fraction of what it will be in a few weeks. We’ll have to return!
Some interesting residents of the gardens:
A church across the street was also showing some spring colors.
The day before our time in the Sunken Gardens we had lunch in Wilderness Park. The trees all look pretty dead to me.
There is a little bridge built by Bob the Builder. Maybe if it was muddy, it would be helpful. Otherwise it’s fine to just walk the main path alongside the little bridge.
The amusing thing about this forest… We were thinking a lot (if not most) of the trees here look dead. And then, in the middle of a lot of them, we found this sign.
Living Memorial Trees
Burr oak trees in this grove are over
150 years old. Some of these trees
were growing when Thomas Jefferson
and John Quincy Adams were alive.
If I’m doing my math correctly, this marker must have been placed by 1976… which doesn’t sound that long ago, but it’s been almost 50 years. I’m afraid many of these trees have gone the way of Jefferson and Adams.
Landscaping
We have been doing research into landscaping, and what landscaping company we would like to work with. Our yard right now is just a large rectangle of grass. We want to create something of natural beauty, a place where we can enjoy trees, bushes and flowers. We also want to make it a haven for birds, with native plants arranged in patterns that attract birds. We have chosen a firm a ways out of town, and headed out there today to finalize (kind of) our plans.
This nice old barn is close to their yard:
Here are a couple of the trees that will be moved to our yard!
It will be more exciting to see the trees once leaves start appearing!
I will hopefully photo-document the transformation of our yard. It will be a couple more weeks till work actually starts… I guess May 10 is the date when they no longer fear frost. I’ll keep you posted!
Not sure why I included this picture, but not only is the sky beautiful, but seeing a couple of guys at the top of the bank building, in a bucket truck, interested me. That would feel like an awful long way up!
Yay! A native plant garden habitat for birds! I like your transition into semi-permanence and taking advantage of some opportunities you don’t have when you’re on the move.