Garden Experiments
For the love of gardening and wildlife habitat
Try some of these fun, nature-based activities. You'll find gardens to visit, things to do outdoors, interesting facts about fungi and other unique things found in nature.
The fall migration of hummingbirds is underway, so you might be seeing more of the tiny birds in your garden this month if you live in the Southeast. Male hummingbirds are the first to migrate, followed by immature males and females. So keep an eye out for that flash of a ruby throat and keep your ears open for the buzz of their wings. This lovely …
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Suspended over 40 feet above the gardens and extended 600 feet, the Kenada Canopy Walk gives you a great bird's eye view of the landscape through the Storza Woods. It has been several years since I had a chance to visit the garden. This is a new addition to me - the Kenada Canopy Walk. At the start of the Canopy Walk Overlooking …
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There is a very special place inside the Atlanta Botanical Garden where an Earth Goddess, made of flowers and plants resides. She lay peacefully adjacent to a cascading water feature which adds to the tranquility of the spot. It's hard to believe this garden is deep in the heart of Atlanta. Here's a quick view of the earth goddess …
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On a recent trip to Michigan, some friends introduced me to the Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park in Grand Rapids. We spent a few hours walking through the gardens and enjoying the lovely cool weather. There are so many indoor and outdoor gardens and sculpture to see, it was impossible to view everything in just a couple of hours. Plan …
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Orchids are one of my favorite plants. I love the flowers. I have had a love/hate relationship with them for a few years because I could never get mine to rebloom. But this year, I have had all four of my orchids blooming happily. It turns out, that the house I lived in before, just didn't get enough bright sunlight indoors for them. So now I'm …
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I had the pleasure of touring the Frederick Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park in Grand Rapids, Michigan. These wonderful container gardens are from their 2015 plantings. The color combination of the tropical plants and the height of these planters really capture the eye. These very large planters on posts were in …
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