Garden Wall

Just a parting shot from another one of Naumkaeg's lovely gardens.

Chinese Temple Garden

Naumkaeg

Stockbridge, Massachusetts

Linden Garden

Naumkaeg

Stockbridge, Massachusetts

Gardens

I've read that Naumkaeg's gardens and landscaped grounds were first designed in the late 1880s by Nathan Barrett, then transformed and expanded between 1926 and 1956 by Fletcher Steele and Mabel Choate.

Afternoon Garden

According to the National Trust for Historic Preservatio, the Afternoon Garden, complete with its Venetian poles  was Fletcher Steele's first landscape project at the Naumkeag estate in the Berkshires. The  boxwood hedges were shaped to resemble an Oriental rug.

Local Art

Flying out of Dulles two weeks ago, 

I spotted this display of art works created by local high school students. 

Quite striking, I thought.

Neighbors

Fall Iris

 Williamsburg garden

Flames

Colonial Williamsburg garden

Windmill

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Fruits & Veggies

The name Barbados Peppers, I think, probably says all that needs to be said about these little bombshells I spotted growing in one of our CW gardens.

A much safer alternative might be the squash.

Homegrown

Meanwhile, in our gardens back here in Colonial Williamsburg  . . .

 

Guest House

Frelinghuysen Arboretum

Morristown, New Jersey

 

Linking again today with Skywatch Friday.

Fir Tree

Frelinghuysen Arboretum

Morristown, New Jersey

Magnolia

Frelinghuysen Arboretum

Morristown, New Jersey

Japanese Maple

Frelinghuysen Arboretum

Morristown, New Jersey

Ferns

Frelinghuysen Arboretum

Morristown, New Jersey

Surprising how plants like these, arranged and layered so carefully, can make you feel cooler even on what was otherwise a terribly hot and humid afternoon.

Wall Fountain

Frelinghuysen Arboretum

Morristown, New Jersey

One of my favorites spots in any garden that has one.

1:45 PM

Frelinghuysen Arboretum

Morristown, New Jersey

Even now, I can't quite figure out how to read this dial.

Pond

Frelinghuysen Arboretum

Morristown, New Jersey