Views of Sequim, the Olympic Peninsula. . .and beyond
There is a small, lovely rose garden in the Master Gardeners demonstration garden. It’s later in the season for some roses, but others, like these, are at their peak.
The roses are one of the bigger draws for me.
Some of the blossoms are, simply, perfect.
The Master Gardeners Demonstration Garden surely has one of the more interesting scarecrows I’ve seen. This one was not far from a robust berry patch.
A variety of vegetables are grown in raised beds including chard and onions. Tomatoes are slowly ripening in the second bed from the left. Behind the vegetables is a small apple orchard.
We hadn’t visited the Master Gardeners Demonstration Garden this year and dropped by late the other day. As it does this time of year, it’s looking good. This is a view of a small portion of the garden devoted to grasses.
The Master Gardeners program trains interested participants in all aspects of horticulture. The program’s devotion shows in the many plants, shrubs, and trees on display in the garden.
There are many examples of plants that do well in our environment. The garden has signage labeling most of the plants a visitor sees in its groves and along trails.
In normal years the Master Gardeners have plant sales and frequent educational seminars through the growing season. Weekly clinics are open to locals who have gardening problems and need an expert’s guidance. These public events have been cancelled for now.
I’ll show you more of these delightful gardens in the coming days.
Around here it seems that if you leave anything alone long enough Mother Nature will step in and reclaim it. She’s doing a handy job here of two pieces of equipment that ordinarily would hold their own. Do you see the smallish blue tractor on the left?
Behind the blue tractor is a larger piece of equipment that looks like an excavator.
They’re sitting by a one lane road, looking like they soon might be swallowed up and become a hedge.
These mourning Eurasian collared doves were not far from one of the eagles that I showed you last week. They were a mere wingbeat or two from talons that could make quick work of at least one of them. I didn’t stick around to see if I was correct that they were in peril.
While the dahlias are at their peak in Carrie Blake Park the bees are making the most of the pollen they offer. It looked a little like a “Happy Days Are Here Again” party as sometimes multiple bees would land and work their ways across blossoms.
They were such pretty additions to the already gorgeous blossoms.
I learned on this trip that the dahlias at this garden, the Sequim Botanical Garden, are donated by Lee Bowen who deserves a big thanks. They’re a beautiful addition to the landscape.
While dahlias are front and center in the landscape right now there are also some gorgeous old fashioned roses. And healthy but slowly fading lavender.
It’s a nice place for humans — and insects — to visit for a flower fix.
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Before I moved to Washington state I was always impressed with how beautifully dahlias seemed to grow here. They seemed to be in every other garden, thriving.
The other day I went to Carrie Blake Park to see how the Sequim Botanical Garden is doing during dahlia season.
In a word…great. Even on a grey day the flowers looked perky and colorful. I’ll show you some of my favorites tomorrow.