I'm whiling away our snowy winter with online lectures at my local botanical garden, the NY Botanical Garden, the Wisconsin Hardy Plant Society and a few programs from the UK. They are filling my desperate need for garden eye candy, ideas and inspiration.
Until I looked back to see what I wrote about on the blog last January and February, I didn't remember that I was getting a garden boost from revisiting all the gardens I'd toured the previous summer and was posting on the blog. This past year, I visited the gardens of two friends; masked and distanced. I was so thrilled to be in someone else's garden that I only took a few photos to remind me of plants and combinations to consider for my plot. I probably wrote down the names of these plants, but where those notes might be is anyone's guess.
Here's the sum total of my 2020 COVID garden touring!
Your photos make me so wish I could grow Hostas. But they didn't survive long even in the gentler conditions of my former garden.
Posted by: Kris P | Tuesday, January 26, 2021 at 12:31 PM
This is a not much from lady who like to do garden tours. Hopefully there will be a lot of gardens to tour this year and even the older gardens should have some new plantings, arrangements to see.
These are beautiful photos. I could have one of each. ;)
I have been organizing photos today. What a mess it is. It will take more than one day that is for sure. It all started off with me looking for Dead Mans Fingers (mushrooms) that I know I have pictures of...yet cannot find them. Argh...
Posted by: Lisa at Greenbow | Tuesday, January 26, 2021 at 02:22 PM
Oh what a strange year. As we come up on the anniversary of everything changing I still have a garden visit (public garden) from that last trip we took up to Seattle for the NWFG Show. I supposed it's time to dig in.
Posted by: danger garden | Wednesday, January 27, 2021 at 11:35 AM
Thanks for sharing your memories from last summer. I didn't tour any private gardens (except my neighbors'). Made a couple of trips to several public gardens and many, many hikes. It is good to remember those warm days this time of year, although this winter isn't too bad.
Posted by: Beth@PlantPostings | Wednesday, January 27, 2021 at 09:03 PM