I visited the Heritage Museums and Gardens in June last year and reported on it. Spouse and I were there again a few weeks ago, at the end of April, finally with time to visit the two non-auto museums — permanent and visiting art exhibits — and of course to enjoy early spring in the garden.
I really appreciate that the museums, and in fact that place as a whole, encourage photo-taking. There are signs instructing visitors to take photos and post them to Instagram, Twitter, and other social media with hashtags. They have even imagined hashtags for each painting in the temporary exhibit of Painted Landscapes.
I rarely use my phone to take photos, so didn’t post to Instagram (whose requirement is to use the phone app to post; no posting from a computer or laptop allowed) but I took plenty of photos to post here, of the art and the gardens.
Trees and Landscapes
white star magnolia in bloomwhite star magnolia flowerswhite star magnolia blooming, woman in Adirondack chairpink magnolia bloomSargent cherry treeSargent cherry blooms
“What a strange thing! To be alive beneath cherry blossoms.” — Kobayashi Issa
spruce tree with small red and purple conesclose-up of spruce conesheather garden with Alberta spruce et al.sign for the Dragon Spruce treethe Dragon Spruce itselfumbrella pine and another conifer in frontpathway in Dexter rhododendron gardenlawn and tree canopiesKorean Stewartia’s wrinkled trunk — like elephant legsStewartia treevista with treestree house from museumbeech trees by riverlabyrinth with labelled trees all around itassorted treestrees!the windmill gardenwindmill garden and lawn
I like this photo of artist Terrell James with her dogs
Special Exhibition Gallery building
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Bulbs & Annuals
daffodilssea of muscarisea of muscarisea of muscaritulipnarcissiclose-up of narcissuspansies and flume fountain
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Heaths
‘Kramer’s Rote’ heath‘Golden Starlett’ heath‘Pirbright Rose’ heath‘Westwood Yellow’ chartreuse heatha grass flowering near the heaths and heathers
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Spring Perennials and Shrubs — I have no idea which are actually azaleas and which are rhododendrons, but they are closely related and I just went on feeling when labeling them
Brunnera bloomingBergenia bloomingBergenia bloomingpink azalea/rhodoPieris japonica bloomingPieris japonica flowerspink Dicentrapink Dicentra flowerspink Dicentra flowers, closeSargent’s barberry (Berberis sargentiana) floweringSargent’s barberry (Berberis sargentiana) floweringSargent’s barberry (Berberis sargentiana) flowers and toothy leavesSargent’s barberry (Berberis sargentiana) flowers closewhite Dicentra (bleeding heart)white rhododendron bloomspink rhododendron bloomspurple azaleapink azalea bloompink rhododendron in bloompink rhododendron flowerswhite magnolia shrubmaze with white climbing hydrangea … it will look amazing in summer!
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Woodland Plants and Creatures
pachysandra near labyrinthpachysandra flowermyrtle/vinca/periwinkle flowervery green mosstrailing arbutus (Epigaea repens) bloomingtrailing arbutus (Epigaea repens) bloomsskunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus) and Solomon’s Seal (Polygonatum sp.) near riverskunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus), closerJapanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica, aka Reynoutria japonica) – very invasivered squirrel eatingturkey running … not exactly in the woodland here but we saw it in the woods as well
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Pool, Waterfall, and Creatures Therein
pool, waterfall, daffs … saw a groundhog on the slope above this but s/he was too quick for mewaterfall, poollarge green frog along poolwaterfalltwo painted turtles on rock in poolpainted turtle in poolwater falling
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Final bits of art
1908 carousel1908 carousel lion and ostrich1908 carousel in motion with people riding
I just loved this painting, “Still Life with Squirrel”! I think it’s the pointy ears.
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