Garden Visit

The front garden is terraced,

and entered on stairs.

Giant Staghorn Ferns are mounted on trees.

Found and rescued elements are everywhere, the gate, pots and even the ferns.

In the back is an Asian themed garden with a fountain,

stepping stones and a lantern,

a red bridge,

ferns and shade plants

with a tiny pagoda.

Visit to a Greenhouse

The Monarch

I have been wanting to pull out the Zinnias in my garden, it is the end of their season and they are looking a little bedraggled.

But then the Monarch arrived 

and spent a long time

going from flower

to flower. Perhaps to get nourishment before migration.

I like to think it is one that lived on the Milkweed in my front yard.

Some White Flowers

All blooming in my garden now: Iceberg Roses,

Sweet Alyssum and Santa Barbara Daisies,

Lemon Verbena,

Tuberous Begonia,

and Mandevilla. 

Back to the Vintage Garden Center

Looking for cactus,

or pots,

a Staghorn Fern,

furniture,

sculptural objects,

foliage and

flowers,

such a

variety

of different things.

October in my Garden

The year is winding down in my garden, but some flowers are still blooming and garden creatures are still making their homes.  This is a Reed-Stem-Epidendron,

a few autumn roses

are still flowering,

the Zinnias,

another rose,

Serbian Bellflower,

a monarch caterpillar,

the first Bird of Paradise flower of the season,

Japanese Anemone,

the Jeweled Araneus spider in its large web,

and hunting in the Zinnias, a Mediterranean Mantis.