Our resort in Anand, Gujarat, India had beautiful pathways through the gardens, places to relax, and artistry on the walls.
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Indian Oleander
Known around India as Kaner (Hindi), Arali (Tamil), Karaveera (Sanskrit), oleanders have graced Indian gardens for centuries. They are likely to have originated in North Africa in the regions surrounding Morocco and Mauritania. The flower is sacred to Lord Shiva and is offered to the deity.
Flowers – Bright Orange
Orange lily (Lilium bulbiferum) a perennial; and Bird-of-paradise, one of the world’s best-known plants, bring out bright orange hues to the flowering gardens.
Succulent Garden
Spotted a Japanese style Zen garden with succulents in Santa Monica, California
Irises at the Gardens
How can you ignore irises at Swan Lake Iris Gardens, Sumter, SC? While not completely in bloom in the gardens, there were sporadic signs of irises.
Monochrome – Lamps and Shadows
Lamps, with fine lines, and shadows on a garden path are more dramatic in monochrome.
A Bench in the Garden
A natural stone and wooden bench, against a backdrop of wild flowers, in the gardens at The Highlands Biological Station, Nature Center, and Botanical Gardens, North Carolina
Winterthur Grounds
The views, at Winterthur Gardens in Delaware, in every direction are important to the whole. The paths are an integral part of the overall design, curving rather than straight, following the contours of the land, passing around trees and water, and drawing walkers into the garden.
Winterthur Glade Garden
Gardening was H. F. du Pont’s first love. He experimented with thousands of plants, refining the color combinations that are the essence of the Winterthur Garden in Delaware. Winterthur’s naturalistic garden is a masterpiece of color and design and is surrounded by nearly 1,000 acres of meadows, farmland, and waterways. We didn’t experience the blooming colors during our visit as the flowering season had ended.
Winterthur Reflecting Pool
The Reflecting Pool at Winterthur in Delaware is one of many charms at the elegant gardens of the former du Pont estate.
Winterthur in Delaware
More than fifty years ago, Delaware native Henry Francis du Pont began welcoming visitors to his childhood home, Winterthur, to see its magnificent gardens and view his amazing collection of decorative arts and architecture. Visitors to Winterthur Museum and Gardens experience a 175 room mansion and will be amazed by the nature and extent of its holdings.
A Decorative Landscape Bridge
A red, wooden bridge adds beauty to the Japanese Gardens at Duke Gardens, near Raleigh, North Carolina
Gladiator Reflections
Brookgreen Gardens contains the largest and most comprehensive collection of American figurative sculpture in the country, displayed in a stunning garden setting. Sculptures in the middle of ponds and fountains create neat reflections.
Gladiator Reflections
Art at Brookgreen Gardens
Brookgreen Gardens is a sculpture garden and wildlife preserve, located just south of Murrells Inlet, in South Carolina. Though the gardens were somewhat dormant during our visit, the sculptures were fabulous.
“Fighting Stallions” by Anna Hyatt Huntington at the entrance to Brookgreen Gardens. Two horses, rearing on their hind legs, are striking each other with their front hooves and biting. One has sunk his teeth into the other’s neck as it throws back its head in pain. Their muscles are taut with struggle, and manes and tails disordered in combat. One nude rider clings desperately to a horse’s back, while the other, thrown on the ground, protects his head with an upthrown arm.
Dueling Horses
Eden Project
Dubbed the Eighth Wonder of the World by some, the Eden Project in England is a dramatic global garden housed in tropical biomes that nestle in a crater the size of 30 football fields. More than just a huge, tropical garden, Eden is a gateway into the relationships between plants and people. Not only a mind-blowing visitor attraction, Eden is also fast-becoming a unique resource for education and knowledge towards a sustainable future. The project is located in a reclaimed china clay pit, located 2 km from the town of St Blazey and 5 km from the larger town of St Austell.
Eden Project
A Traditional B&B in Falmouth
A beautiful, Victorian country manor nestled in woodland gardens with a sea views, just a few miles from the busy port of Falmouth in Cornwall, England
A Traditional B&B in Falmouth
Colorful Landscaping at Christ Church Oxford
Memorial Garden is the main visitor entrance to Christ Church and the Meadow, in Oxford, England.
The south garden known as the Rose Garden was designed as an iris garden and now has changing seasonal bedding, replanted twice a year. The north east garden is roughly trapezoidal, and bounded by walls on all sides. It is known as the ‘Circle Garden’, the name derived from a former round bed. It now has a lawn surrounded with mature shrubs including Wisteria, Magnolia, Photinia, Viburnum, Abelia and some lower herbaceous planting.
Colorful Landscaping at Christ Church Oxford
A Converted Moat
Most probably a moat to protect Windsor Castle in olden times is now converted into a garden
Moat Converted into a Garden
Spring – Burst of Color
Colorful blossoms in the garden with the advent of Spring ……
Burst of Color
Bench View – Meditation Garden
A bench to view the garden wall and reflect at the Meditation Garden at St. Peter’s Catholic Church, Charlotte.
Meditation Garden
Photos by Ravi 