The Terrace Gardens are the historic heart of Duke Gardens. Topped by a wisteria-covered pergola, the Terrace beds are filled each season with marvelous combinations of bulbs, annuals, perennials, ornamental grasses, trees, and shrubs. Container plantings complement the landscape designs.
Mix of Colors
Palm trees provide a nice contrast to the sunset at Bonita Springs, Florida
It might be cloudy, but the suns creates a bright spot behind the silhouetted trees
A Bright Spot in a Cloudy Sky
A bench to escape the sun and rest in the shade with a view of the trees
A Bench in the Shade
From the beauty of winter to a marvelous sunset in North Carolina. The clouds and trees provide a natural frame to accentuate this sunset.
Framing a North Carolina Sunset
We end the winter series with a scene depicting snow highlights on trees against a blue North Carolina sky
Snow Highlights
Bare trees, snow and a cloudy sky frame the Blue Ridge Mountains in the far horizon
Framing the Mountains
Holidays at the Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens, Belmont, North Carolina has new displays of lights and an all-new musically-orchestrated topiary display, Posting images from the Gardens during the holidays.
Lighting on the clouds at dusk contrasts with lights on the trees waiting for darkness.
Holiday Lighting at the Gardens
Reflections on a window create a framed composition of a building, blue sky, greenery, trees and a path
Reflections for an Image
The sun sets over the trees at Belfast harbor in Maine ….
Belfast – Sunset over the Trees
The bright orange sun continues to disappear behind the trees on the horizon at a Florida sunset
Going Down
The sun performs a balancing act on the trees as it is about to set in Florida
Just Above the Trees
A converted slide image of viewing Minneapolis skyline through the trees circa 1980
Minneapolis Through the Trees
Scattered clouds, white streaks, blue sky, and bare trees make an interesting composition
Patterns in the Sky
The sun peeks through the silhouetted trees at sunset ….
Sunset Through the Trees
A warm. golden glow on the trees at sunset in Outer Banks, North Carolina
Golden Glow at Sunset
A row of trees lighted for the holidays cast their reflections in the water
Lighted Tree Reflections
The sun, hot air balloons, sky, and the trees combine to create a colorful rendering
Almost a Rendering of Balloons
A colorful hammock between two trees creates a perfect resting spot in nature
A Perfect Resting Place
The blueness of the Blue Ridge Mountains, North Carolina is accentuated by the striking formation of the clouds.
The Blue Ridge Mountains are noted for having a bluish color when seen from a distance. Trees put the “blue” in Blue Ridge, from the isoprene released into the atmosphere, thereby contributing to the characteristic haze on the mountains and their distinctive color.
Blueness of the Ridges