Miniatures! Examples in the Garden

I always enjoy visiting the local garden center.  I enjoy it more now that I have a awesome point and shoot camera with me all the time.  I'll never miss a photo opportunity like these wonderful miniature gardens.  Check out the clever planters they use.  How many tiny garden props can you spot?

How cute!

The BBQ grill is the planter

What a great way to reuse an old wagon!

Now that's creativity in the works!

Once More Around Our Yard

It's 70 degrees in my neck of the woods. The snow has melted and long gone. I head outdoors to take another trip around the yard to see anymore signs of Spring.

I won't bore you with more conifer pictures, but I do want to share with you some interesting shots I captured.

Paperbark Maple trunk...shedding its bark

Berries from a deciduous holly


Helleborous blooming

Another Helleborous blooming

Camera: Nikon D40
Lens: 18mm-200mm
Flash: Nikon SB-400
Media card used: San Disk Extreme III - 2GB

After the Snow Fall

DH reminded me that I needed to take some pictures of our conifer garden and basically any shrub that was green. Hint, hint. He is giving a lecture later this summer on Conifers. So, I grabbed my Nikon and headed outside to capture my adventure in our gardens. It was cold outside, only 18 degrees F. Brrrrrr!

I decided to test the camera with the flash attached to see how well the pictures turn out (with snow and sun). Interesting, the details that a flash will bring out.

Here is a nice sign that Spring is right around the corner:
A Witch Hazel in bloom


My favorite shot...I just love the yellow and gold colors of this shrub


Close up of a conifer


Back yard shot with Conifer garden to the right


Another conifer...I like seeing the mounds of snow on the branches


It's so peaceful taking pictures


This picture was taken without flash. Kind of looks ho-hum. Isn't the snow just gorgeous?


As you can see, I don't know the names of all the plants and shrubs in our gardens. A lot of this was planted over 10-15 years ago. Some grow slowly, some have grown enormous.

This was our first big snow fall for our area this year. Some of it has melted when the sun peeked out yesterday afternoon.

Camera: Nikon D40
Lens: 18mm-200mm
Flash: Nikon SB-400
Media card used: San Disk Extreme III - 2GB