Non-creationists, show me your creations!!!

[Whateverist]

Most of you know I make a garden myself. But I also enjoy photographing a lot of gardens I visit. I'll show you some pictures I just took up at the Mendocino Coast Botanical garden up in Fort Bragg, California. If anyone wants to see photos of my own garden I'd be happy to post some of those too.

Photos of the perennial garden you see when you first enter:

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A bit further in there is a heath and heather garden I really like:

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TO BE CONTINUED ..

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Mendocino Coast Botanical photos - PART 2


Still further in there is an area where they grow a lot of fuchsias, hydrangeas and other garden plants but in a woodland, somewhat more natural setting:

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The garden meets the pacific ocean at its furthest point and they've kept the plantings native here to emphasize the natural beauty of the spot:

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A couple of plant families they're noted for are Dahlias and Rhododendrons. I was here this time when the Dahlias were in peak form:

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Naturally I like this garden because you can bring your dogs with you. But I think it is really a great garden besides, especially for incorporating the natural bits in too.

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Mendocino Coast Botanical Garden - continued.

They are also noted for their collections of Rhododendrons and Dahlias. The Dahlias were peaking while we were there this month.

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One of my favorite areas contains a lot of fuchsia's and other garden plants but in a woodland area that feels more natural:

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One of the best things they did here was to leave the area nearest the coast planted with just natives. The plants don't compete with the view of the pacific ocean, which is pretty great.

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Boy, sorry about the mess. I was trying to do it in two installments but I got the more-than-ten-images message when I went back in to try to sort it out. Now there are loads of duplicates where I though I was replacing the middle post. Yuck.