“Washington, D.C. Government employee taking a nap on a bench in the [U.S. Botanic] Garden,” September 1942, by John Ferrell, via Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
Life in gardens: summer path
Children along a summer garden path, ca. 1900, via Nova Scotia Archives Commons on flickr. Click on the photo for a larger view.
Vintage landscape: huis Nijenburg
Another sketch by C.W. Bruinvis: the front of Nijenburg house with a wide pond, statues, and clipped hedges, Heiloo, Netherlands, 1895, via Regionaal Archief Alkmaar Commons on flickr.
Today the estate is a nature reserve. The house, of course, is a romantic wedding venue.
There’s a 2011 photo of practically the same view as above here.
Vintage landscape: Straatweg
“Heijlo, 1789,” the Straatweg (main street), Heiloo, Netherlands, ca. 1900, by C.W. Bruinvis, via Regionaal Archief Alkmaar Commons on flickr.
In a vase on Monday: one red zinnia
Yellow and pink roses and pink and pale green hydrangea blooms from the yard; zinnias from last week’s Stuttgart flower market.
To see what other garden bloggers have put in vases today, please visit Cathy at Rambling in the Garden.
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