Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden



I love flowers—tho I must say I have no green thumb at all. But to explore a flower garden: now that’s soothing to the soul.

With that end in mind, & a soul that perhaps needed some soothing, I headed toward the southeast this Saturday; a bit of a gray day, but with mild temperatures, my destination being the Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden over in the Reed College area. Here are some of the wonderful things I saw:




I’d like to thank fellow Portland blogger Emma Nolan for putting the Rhododendron Garden at the front of my mind—Emma’s blog, Emmakat is a delightful collection of Portland photos & experiences mixed with thoughts & observations from a talented creative person. & you can read her observations about the garden & see her photographs here.



The Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden is located at SE 28th Avenue & Woodstock Blvd. Admission is free to all from the day after Labor Day through the month of February. A $3 admission fee is charged between 10:00am-6:00pm, Thursday through Monday, March through Labor Day. Admission is free for children under 12 and Friends of Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden.
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14 comments:

  1. RoyMay 23, 2012 at 5:31 AM

    Nice shots, John! I especially like the Japanese bridge with the Weeping Willow.

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    1. UnknownMay 23, 2012 at 12:29 PM

      Thanks, Roy! The bridge is extremely cool, I agree.

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  2. L. D. May 23, 2012 at 6:57 AM

    Your flower photos are wonderful and the park looks like a wonderful place to visit. I really like the bridge.

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    1. UnknownMay 23, 2012 at 12:29 PM

      Thank you so much, RD; glad you enjoyed the photos!

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  3. Jacqueline T. LynchMay 23, 2012 at 7:15 AM

    Lovely.

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  4. UnknownMay 23, 2012 at 6:33 PM

    Thanks for the mention! Your photos are great too, I love the wall of ferns & great capture of just how many geese there are there, yeesh!

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    1. UnknownMay 23, 2012 at 8:12 PM

      Hi Emma: Thanks! I was really taken by the fern wall myself--& yes, lots of geese--but the most civil geese I've ever been around.

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  5. MartinMay 23, 2012 at 11:58 PM

    Some striking photography, John. Such colour!

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  6. zenMay 24, 2012 at 2:52 AM

    Beautiful, John! And not only are flowers and plants a sweetness for the soul, but for me photographing them is a kind of meditation.

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    1. UnknownMay 24, 2012 at 4:23 PM

      Thanks, Zen--really appreciate that coming from you. It's definitely true that photography, even as an amateur with a fairly basic camera, there's still a lot in thinking about what will make a good shot, & I think that is meditative in a sense.

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  7. Dominic RivronMay 29, 2012 at 12:40 PM

    Gardens are great. Been a member of the National Trust in the UK - it manages loads of historical properties (stately homes and so on), gardens, etc. Join and you get in to them all free. If we can get to one at the weekend it sets up my brain for the week!

    Do you know this poem? It's a bit of Victoriana that rattles around in my head from time to time, ever since I was exposed to it when little.

    http://www.recmusic.org/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=3238

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    1. UnknownMay 31, 2012 at 2:15 PM

      Dominic: That sounds like a great system indeed. & no, I'd never seen that poem--it's really quite good, thanks!

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