Looking Into Their Eyes – A Place to Live and Grow Naturally
When we strive to provide an environment which welcomes wild creatures
Green Frog
We are creating not only habitats where humans and wildlife coexist
Northern Mocking Bird
We are creating opportunities to look into their eyes and see
Green Frog
Nursery Web spider with her egg case
They are more than feathers
Juvenile flycatchers
Scales
Eastern Garter Snake
Or fur
Eastern American Grey Squirrel
Working in a garden that is also designated a Certified Wildlife Habitat
Green Bottle fly on Daisy mum
Allows an individual the time to commune with the natural world.
Tussock moth
Ribbon snake
Beauty abounds
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail on Tiger Lily
And life is everywhere
Mining Bee
Joy is contagious!
Silver-Spotted Skipper butterfly on Flat-leaf parsley
CERTIFIED WILDLIFE HABITAT #139,583
Praying Mantis on Coleus plant
Green Frog
Caterpillars-Contemplating Their Transformative Nature
IT’S COLD OUTSIDE!
I live in eastern Pennsylvania and like millions of others along the eastern coast of the United States we are in a deep freeze. The sun is shining through the skylight but the warmth is deceiving. Just tried to drive to a local winery, the back roads were drifted over thanks to wind gusts of up to 40 miles an hour. I need a warm weather connection! So enjoy with me one of the most transformative creatures – caterpillars!
All the beauties you see here have called the gardens their home before transforming and flying away…
Black Swallowtail caterpillar on dill plant
Evergreen Bagworm moth caterpillar
Variegated Fritillary Caterpillar
Silver-spotted Skipper caterpillars on Harry Lauder’s Walking Stick
White-marked Tussock moth caterpillar
Milkweed Tiger Moth Caterpillars
Saddleback moth caterpillar next to acorn caps
Tussock moth caterpillar
Juvenile Saddleback caterpillars on native Spicebush
Wooly Bear caterpillar
Monarch caterpillar
Pale Tussock moth caterpillar
Butternut Wooly moth caterpillar
The Coldest Days
The skies are seldom blue
Whites and greys are the dominant colors
But in a four season garden
Subtle color shades begin to appear through the snow-covered earth
But at this moment in time I long for a rainbow covered landscape
Proliferation: The Self-seeded Garden
Winter in the Gardens
For those who have never walked a garden during a snowfall it is difficult to perceive the quiet beauty that is the winter garden
In hidden spaces remnants of flowers are found frozen to the ground
Snow adds new dimensions to garden sculptures
Paths are hidden save for those that are outlined by their protruding borders
Melting snow creates droplets of ice which reflect next year’s new growth
Evergreens brighten otherwise neutral areas of the gardens
Twilight only adds to the ambient atmosphere
Balance is achieved
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