JUNE GARDEN STROLL ~ GRAND HOTEL

"On a bluff looking west across to the Mackinac Bridge nearly half a mile from town. Grand Hotel is a living Victorian resort on a grand scale indeed, one of only a dozen remaining in the United States."

Visit this site for more history on Michigan's treasured hotel and the memorable gardens ~

(http://hunts-upguide.com/city_of_mackinac_island_grand_hotel.html )

Comments

Gotta Garden said…

What a divine looking place! And, topiary horses!! Imagine that!

Tuesday, June 19, 2007

joey said…

Mackinac Island is indeed a divine place and one of Michigan's many treasures. Please come for a visit ... you'll see for yourself and leave with haunting memories (and return again and again).

Tuesday, June 19, 2007

OCTOBER JOY ~ AUTUMN MINI-ROAD TOUR (HUBBARD LAKE, MI)

"There is no season when such pleasant and sunny spots may be lighted on, and produce so pleasant an effect on the feelings, as now in October." ~ Nathaniel Hawthorne Up driveway and overhead sky (Click on all photos for larger view ) 'Wa-gi-daa-king' Autumn South shore drive South Shore view West Branch River West Shore Drive Tamarack Island Old Marina Down hill Mt. Maria view Down hill Mt. Maria Remains of the Day (October Sunset)

AS THE GARDEN GROWS (MID-JUNE GARDEN STROLL) ~ 'BURSTING BUDS'

"In June, as many as a dozen species may burst their buds on a single day. No man can heed all of these anniversaries; no man can ignore all of them." ~ Aldo Leopold WAVE PETUNIAS ROCK GARDEN WONDERS STREPTOCARPUS BLUE WONDERS GERBERA DAISY IN THE ROSE GARDEN CHOCOLATE COSMOS JOHNSON'S BLUE GERANIUM EVENING PRIMROSE ( Oenothera) - ASTILBE HYDRANGEA (ANNABELLA - MACROPHYLLA) ASTILBE KOUSA DOGWOOD JAPANESE PAINTED FERN - HOSTA

FAREWELL JUNE GARDEN (GARDEN STROLL)

"When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world." ~ John Muir Stokes' Aster (Stokesia) EARLY DAYLILY (Hemerocallis) ASIATIC LILY SHASTA DAISY (Leucanthemum) Lilies, Daylilies, Rudbeckia, Coneflowers, Chocolate Cosmos Hosta, Red Begonia, Gerbera Daisy, Coreopsis 'Moombeam' RUDBECKIA (Cherry Brandy) 'New Kid on the Block' (Rudbeckia - 'Cherry Brandy') CONEFLOWER (Echinacea purpurea 'Doubledecker') HYDRANGEA MONKSHOOD (Aconitum) ASTILBE

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