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.

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

Gazebo

Frelinghuysen Arboretum

Morristown, New Jersey

New Growth

Frelinghuysen Arboretum

Morristown, New Jersey

Emerson

Frelinghuysen Arboretum

Morristown, New Jersey

"The landscape belongs to the person who looks at it." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Hydrangea

Mount Sugarloaf

Deerfield, Massachusetts

Torch Lily

Mount Sugarloaf

Deerfield, Massachusetts

There's a small garden being lovingly maintained next to the tower on Mount Sugarloaf's summit. 

Landscape Architecture

Smith College

Northampton, Massachusetts

My compliments to the landscape architects who are helping make the Smith College campus an exceptionally attractive as well as environmentally friendly place to work and study.

Vertical

Smith College Botanic Garden

Northampton, Massachusetts