Tag: Carrie Blake Park Sequim

Feeling Artistic

I took this photo at the Japanese Garden in Carrie Blake Park. It was good but I like this painterly version better.

This is an AMAZING park in Sequim with botanical and japanese gardens, dog parks, a fishing pond, pickleball courts, playgrounds, an amphitheater, soccer fields and more.

I brake for flowers

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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Time for dahlias

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.