Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden - January 20, 2007

The Canal Garden, looking across beds of blooming pansies to the Visitor Pavilion.

 

Entering the garden from the Visitor Pavilion. Entering the garden from the Visitor Pavilion. Entering the garden from the Visitor Pavilion. The Ragan Reflecting Canal.
Olay runs through the Tunnel Fountain's arching sprays. Ruth and Joe are Founding Members of DSBG. Olay and Thu Oanh. Olay enjoys sitting on the bench under the Windmill Palm (Trachycarpus fortunei) in the Canal Garden.
Camellia 'Ack-Scent' outside the Visitor Pavilion. Orchid on display in the Robert Lee Stowe Visitor Pavilion. Japanese flowering apricot Prunus mume 'Kobai'. Japanese flowering apricot Prunus mume 'Kobai'.
Japanese Black Pine 'Thunderhead' (Pinus thunbergii) putting out new growth in the Conifer Garden. Palmetto. Admiral Fokker Anemone, DeCain Mix, single blue flower. Crocus.
Orchid on display in the Robert Lee Stowe Visitor Pavilion. Orchid on display in the Robert Lee Stowe Visitor Pavilion. Orchid on display in the Robert Lee Stowe Visitor Pavilion. Orchid on display in the Robert Lee Stowe Visitor Pavilion.
The Tunnel Fountain in action. The Tunnel Fountain in action. Crown Fountain in the Serpentine Garden. Fountain at the end of the Canal Garden, flanked by Windmill Palms (Trachycarpus fortunei).

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Photos by Ruth at DSBG in Belmont, N.C.        Webpage by Ruth

Thu Oanh, her friend Olay, and I came to Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden

to photograph, picnic, and enjoy a girls day out together with lots of fun,

& we marveled at exquisite botanical illustrations by Linda Heppes Funk.

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