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I live in southwest Missouri. I have been gardening since 1974. I also enjoy photography/visiting nearby public gardens such as the Mizumoto Japanese Stroll Garden, Close Park and Shaw's Garden (Missouri Botanical Garden). I am not sure how to categorize soil type in our area--it is not clay because it is not red or that compact. The soil does have a lot of limestone in it. We have a lot of white rocks (chat) in the soil with orange on the edges indicating iron in the soil.
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Missouri Ozarks Garden Springfield, MO

The garden mainly consists of ornamental grasses, May salvia, bee balm, hostas and ferns. I've been gardening for 40 years but it is still Survival of the Fittest. My garden is a sanctuary for displaced/abandoned vintage bowling balls and pagodas. (A poor girl's... » more
  • Last updated: August 23, 2011
  • Garden type: back yard

Mizumoto Japanese Stroll Garden & Close Park Springfield, MO

My photos of Public Gardens in Springfield, MO: Mizumoto Japanese Stroll Garden & Close Park. Mizumoto Garden is located on a 7.5 acre plot in Nathanael Green Park. The Garden was established in 1985. Assistance in developing the Garden was received from Springfield's... » more
  • Last updated: February 21, 2011
  • Garden type: garden visit

Missouri Botanical Garden (Shaw's Garden) Saint Louis, MO

Photos from 2007 Dale Chihuly exhibit at Shaw's Garden, St. Louis MO » more
  • Last updated: January 25, 2011
  • Garden type: garden visit

Garfield Park Conservatory Chicago IL Chicago, IL

Personal photos taken in 2005. » more
  • Last updated: January 20, 2011
  • Garden type: garden visit

Lincoln Park Conservatory - Chicago IL Chicago, IL

Public Conservatory - Lincoln Park, Chicago, Illinois » more
  • Last updated: January 11, 2011
  • Garden type: garden visit

April Dogwoods/Redbud Springfield, MO

This is a friend's yard in April. » more
  • Last updated: January 11, 2011
  • Garden type: garden visit

Nathaniel Greene Park Demonstration Garden Springfield, MO

Garden created and maintained by master gardeners for the education and enjoyment of Springfield MO & Greene County residents. Located in Nathaniel Greene Park in Springfield MO. » more
  • Last updated: August 10, 2011
  • Garden type: garden visit

Xeriscape Garden Springfield MO Springfield, MO

This Xeriscap Garden is located in front of Phelps Grove Park in Springfield MO. Created by City Utilities to display plants that require lesser amounts of water. » more
  • Last updated: March 27, 2012
  • Garden type: garden visit

Goiania, Brazil, Friends' Garden Goiana, Brazil

This is my friends' garden, in Goiana, Brazil. (population 2 million)  They are about 120 miles south of Brasilia (the capital).  The tree with the grape-looking fruit is called Jabutacaba (or jabuticabeira in Portugese).  It is a Brazilian grape tree.  It... » more
  • Last updated: April 17, 2012
  • Garden type: garden visit

Conservatory of Flowers San Francisco San Francisco, CA

These were taken on a recent trip to Golden Gate Park in San Francisco 9/27/2010.  This gem of Victorian architecture has a long and storied history, and is the oldest wood and glass conservatory in North America. A city, state, and national historic landmark,... » more
  • Last updated: March 22, 2011
  • Garden type: garden visit

Dahlia Dell Golden Gate Park San Francisco, CA

More photos from my recent trip to San Francisco in September 2010.  Dahlias have had a dedicated plot near the Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park since the mid 1920s.  In the 1980s Roy Takeuchi cultivated dahlias in both the oval and on the hillside. ... » more
  • Last updated: January 11, 2011
  • Garden type: garden visit

San Francisco Japanese Tea Garden San Francisco, CA

Welcome to the Japanese Tea Garden, the oldest public Japanese garden in the United States located inside Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, California. The Japanese Tea Garden in San Francisco, California is a historical Japanese-style garden originally built as... » more
  • Last updated: March 05, 2011
  • Garden type: garden visit

Gardens of Alcatraz San Francisco, CA

The Gardens of Alcatraz: For more than a century, the residents of Alcatraz created gardens to lift their spirits and soften the harshness of their environment. Families, staff, and prisoners gradually built a landscape of flowering terraces, rose gardens, greenhouses,... » more
  • Last updated: December 04, 2010
  • Garden type: garden visit

Winchester Mystery House Garden San Jose, CA

The Winchester Mystery House in San Jose, California, was the home of Mrs. Sarah L. Winchester, heiress to the Winchester rifle fortune, from 1884 until her death in 1922. Mrs. Winchester was convinced by a spiritualistic medium that the lives of her husband and... » more
  • Last updated: January 11, 2011
  • Garden type: garden visit

San Francisco Landscapes - Lombard etc. San Francisco, CA

Photos of the North Beach, Russian Hill, and Lombard Street neighborhoods of San Francisco taken in September 2010.  They really know how to landscape! » more
  • Last updated: March 22, 2011
  • Garden type: garden visit

National AIDS Memorial Grove, Golden Gate Park San Francisco, CA

More photos from my September 2010 trip to San Francisco.  The idea for the National AIDS Memorial Grove (NAMG) was conceived in 1988 by a small group of San Francisco residents representing a community devastated by the AIDS epidemic, but with no positive way... » more
  • Last updated: January 11, 2011
  • Garden type: garden visit

Laumeier Sculpture Park Saint Louis, MO

This is a very cool public sculpture park in St. Louis, Missouri. More than 80 works of contemporary sculpture within a 105-acre natural landscape. The park hosts several exhibitions and a multitude of cultural events each year.  Laumeier offers 105-acres of art... » more
  • Last updated: March 01, 2011
  • Garden type: garden visit

"The Castle" Fayetteville AR Point 7 Fayetteville, AR

An active spring emerges from behind the iron door with the Dogwood flower on it.  Prior to 1979 , there was an unsightly concrete spring house located over the spring.  The presence of this spring house is why this site was chosen for the "Castle".  In the late... » more
  • Last updated: September 27, 2011
  • Garden type: garden visit

Terra Studios, Durham AR Fayetteville, AR

Located about 15 miles from Wilson's Park in Fayetteville are the Terra Studios of Durham, Arkansas.  The studios are a few miles east of Fayetteville on Highway 16.  The studio produces the Bluebird of Happiness.(blue glass bluebird)  The studio features ceramics... » more
  • Last updated: February 21, 2011
  • Garden type: back yard

Close Memorial Park Springfield MO Springfield, MO

The 54 acre park also serves as an arboretum.  The gardens are maintained by Friends of the Garden, a local volunteer group of master gardeners.  The arboretum contains more than 60 native species. » more
  • Last updated: May 08, 2013
  • Garden type: garden visit

Honolulu, April 2013 Honolulu, HI

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  • Last updated: May 07, 2013
  • Garden type: garden visit

Spring Peonies & Iris Springfield, MO

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  • Last updated: May 09, 2013
  • Garden type: garden visit

Missouri Ozarks Garden Springfield, MO

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The garden mainly consists of ornamental grasses, May salvia, bee balm, hostas and ferns. I've been gardening for 40 years but it is still Survival of the Fittest. My garden is a sanctuary for displaced/abandoned vintage...

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    • lfin replied almost 2 years ago
    		Hi Queen City,  Happy summer, and hope all is well.     By chance, are you in a bee area or do you have any photos of bees in any of the garden travels you've done?   I am on the hunt to find photos of the critters - quick: the more native bees we can find, the better, and I thought you might have some interesting ones.   We are redoing  the homepage of the site with pollinators in honor of the US Department of Agriculture's Pollinator week June 20-26.  We are also going to be in Washington DC at the USDA Pollinator summit since they asked us to promote our pollinator initiatives - the birds, bees and butterflies  . We'll be taking it all forward to Facebook and beyond (with full attribution of course, and we can link to your blog/glog).  Again, looking for any bee photos by Tuesday and hope you might help out! And if you post it on your garden pages, I'll get to follow what's happening in your corner of the world. Best, Lisa
    lfin replied over 2 years ago
    		Hi June,  I already like 2011 better than 2010, and hope you are having a great year too.  I finally got to visit (thanks to you) the Japanese Garden you visited.  Knock out.  I was looking for the redbud but I haven't found it yet -- but I did get to the bridge and just stared at that -- not only is it beautiful and with an amazing arch, the water it spans is not of this earth!  Look forward to seeing you more in the new year.  Best, Lisa
    lfin replied over 2 years ago
    		Hope you're well, June.  Hope you are having a nice set of holidays.  We are starting to get things under control ourselves and want to start getting around a bit.   I saw that you have some berry plants and just FYI, we just this week unveiled The Greenhouse.   The Greenhouse has all of the questions and answers which have appeared over the past 50 year in regional newspapers. I'm trying to shake up a little discussion and get everyone with blueberries (I found 5 on the site but I know that there are more who might not have listed it in their plant inventory) to add a comment or two to one of the the Blueberry pages  (Topic of "Blueberry" is here and "Blueberries" as a topic is here -  we're working on changing this so both show up on the same -- good idea, right? ).   There are also topic and discussion areas on the Blueberry Plant pages.  Hopefully, you could pop on over there and find a discussion to join.  I'll be there! 
    lfin replied over 2 years ago
    		Hi QueenCityGardene... 72,I got a chance to revisit your MOBOT photos with the Chiluly visit.  The bonus for me was the 1970's images.  Gosh, that dome has aged well! We are putting together a blog on MOBOT for our blog pages and also for our 'outpost' on WeatherUndergrou... (http://www.wunderground.com/blog/#met) and will use some of these with an attribution to you.  Do you want us to use your name or the YGS site moniker?  If you want to reach me, write at lisa@yourgardenshow.com and I can call you if you send your phone.  (I had wanted to get a hold of you, too, when you were in SF this summer but never seemed to find the moment!  I am a big fan of you!)
    KatieSwietlik replied almost 3 years ago
    		I have heard really great things about the public garden in MO from friends who grew up around StLouis and your photos of them make me want to plan a trip out there even more! I am a native Chicagoan and Garfield Park Conservatory has always been one of my faves. Thanks for sharing all the great gardens!
    QueenCityGardener72 replied almost 3 years ago
    		@KatieSwietlik: Hi Katie, Thanks for your comment. It looks like you have a great garden project going on. Your one mystery flower could possibly be spiderwort. I have one with blue flowers but I understand they come in a yellow flowering variety. The buds are very round. Just a guess.