Leonard J. Buck Garden

Visited Leonard J. Buck Garden today, "It consists of a series of alpine and woodland gardens situated in a 33-acre wooded stream valley" their words not mine. Traffic was light and it was easy to get to, though there was a detour which put me a few miles out of my way.

Was surprised to see Primula in bloom. Might be an idea for the front garden, it could use a bit of color this time of year.

Tiarella 'Iron Butterfly', was white flower stalks when in bloom, but the foliage is nice too. The leaves have a black/purple center and is in the same family as Heuchera.

The garden has quite a few troughs. Some had small shrubs in them, I wish I knew how often they need to water the troughs to keep the shrubs alive. These three were all 2 foot or longer, but most troughs in the garden were smaller.

This one had bits of blue china strewn about in it, at first I though they were blooms. There is also Erodium there which I can't seem to keep over the winter.

A large (8 foot across) planting of the Heath Erica Carnea 'Springwood White' almost in flower.

There was work being done on one of the ponds and this lumber trackway was to provide access for the backhoe without tearing up the grass.

Cyclamen

 Most of the hilly trails had either wood or rock slab steps.