Bird Feeder Heaven

Visits from the Colorado Blue Jays

The excitement that comes into my garden, in the winter, is created by my Bird Feeders.

The activity is programmed by my filling the feeders with peanuts, superior seeds & water.

It is amazing how quickly the birds react once I have set out the food. The open feeder gets filled with peanuts. Within minutes the Blue Jays start to fly into the hoppers.  

Are they waiting for me? How do they know when to stop by?

They cackle, screech, & swoop across the hillside giving me a fantastic view to watch them.  Squirrels join in.  The addition of water, to my winter garden,  has added an increase in bird population at all 3 of my feeders. It is a wonderful sight to see all the animals enjoying themselves.  Not to mention my Sheltie, Nola,  sitting with eager eyes watching the drama unfold from within.  When she goes out she races after them like a cat & mouse game. It is so much fun too watch!

Plant Placement & Design

Rock Garden Textures & Design

At Kendrick Lake Gardens I found a perfect example of form, design, texture, &  color in the landscape.  These grasses play out very nicely against the red rocks in the Rock Garden. The grasses also created movement in the garden. The depth of the garden alsovery satisfying to the eye.
Interested in adding native plants to your garden? What can you do in your garden to add these elements of excitment?

Winter Cactus

Kendrick Lake Park & Gardens

Today was a cold morning! The chill required a hat & gloves. To warm my heart and explore a new place, I decided to walk through Kendrick Lake Gardens in Lakewood, Co. 

Over the course of the last year, I had read that this public space had a grand presentation of Colorado native plants.  Despite the cold, I wander throughout the landscape and came across the most beautiful cactus. In the dead of winter this plant glowed! There was no sun to illuminate this cactus, just a million stickers stretching out to form this special sight!

Again,  I marvel at how a native landscape comes to life, even in the dead of Winter.