Should you have wondered where I disappeared to for a week, I recently returned from the
2017 Garden Bloggers' Fling, held in the Washington D.C. area. Although I've been blogging for four and a half years now, this was my first Fling. It was both wonderful and exhausting. I came home with almost 900 photos and it will be a while before I've sorted them out. I'll share my tour in installments once I've done so but, for today's Wednesday Vignette hosted by Anna of
Flutter & Hum, I thought I'd show you some randomly selected shots.
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| Engraved stone tablet in the Virginia garden of Jeff Minnich |
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| One of several similar sculptures at Marjorie Merriweather Post's Hillwood Estate, this figure of a woman with the limbs of a lion was simultaneously captivating and creepy |
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| Scene from the US Botanic Garden on the National Mall, featuring Cercis canadenis 'Rising Sun' (right), a tree I've long coveted |
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| A beautifully designed and intricately layered combination of plants in Barbara Katz's garden, one of my favorites on the tour |
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| One of the many inhabitants of the Butterfly Conservatory at Brookside Gardens in Maryland |
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| Steps in the backyard garden of Tammy Schmitt, the Capital Region Fling Director |
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| Tammy and her sweet dog |
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| A frog (or toad?) enjoying the pond in Linda Hostetler's fabulous Virginia garden |
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| View from the back patio of the Stone Tower Winery, where Fling participants had a wonderful lunch |
These photos reference less than half the sites we visited but I promise to share many more at intervals over the next couple of months. In the meantime,
visit Anna at Flutter & Hum for more Wednesday Vignettes.
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