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MBG - Boxwood Gardens
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Taken on the recent Caedes MO Get Together - St. Louis, MO 2010.

The Ruth Palmer Blanke Boxwood Garden is designed to display the Missouri Botanical Garden's outstanding collection of boxwood, which is notoriously difficult to grow in the Midwest. Boxwood has been valued in gardens for thousands of years, from the "pleasure gardens" of ancient Persia and the landscapes of Greece and Rome, to the formal gardens of Europe. There are no native North American boxwoods; the first plantings in this country were made by colonial settlers who imported cuttings from England, France, and Holland. Boxwood then moved westward with the pioneers. The elegant beauty of boxwood gives shape, structure and evergreen foliage to any garden setting.

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Logun7
06/17/10 10:19 PM GMT
-:¦:- EXCELLENT-:¦:- -:¦:- SHOT-:¦:-
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every day is a gift......that's why it's called the present!!
::wheedance
06/18/10 12:22 AM GMT
I did not know that! Thanks for the info and the opportunity to relive the beauty!
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All of earth is crammed with heaven And every bush aflame with God But only those who see take off their shoes. - Elizabeth Barrett Browning<p> mygallery
::0930_23
06/18/10 12:44 AM GMT
Are the red trees/bushes the Boxwood Rocker? Beautiful entrance and well captured.

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.Joanie
06/18/10 12:45 AM GMT
A gorgeous sight and excellently taken Randy! My, how the colors just jump out!
Joanie
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::jswgpb
06/18/10 2:44 PM GMT
Why that looks just like my backyard........yeah right. lol Nice photo in the bright sun bud. ya done good here. :)
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Always remember - Follow the Yellow Brick Road, it will lead you to OZ and the Emerald City. A very nice place to live. Trust me on this one, I live there. The Lion **** MY CAEDES GALLERY****Another Site I'm AT - MY DA HOME PAGE
::Hottrockin
06/18/10 9:53 PM GMT
Thanks to all for peekin' in at this one!!
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Why do the pictures come out square when the lens is round??
.icedancer
06/19/10 12:08 AM GMT
Superb and such a gorgeous garden
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::LynEve
06/19/10 11:57 AM GMT
You captured the sinlight as well!
A quite formal garden made bright with such colour - composed and presented to show off its beauty.
I agreee with Mr Lion - ya done good buddy !
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The question is not what you look at, but what you see ~ Marcel Proust
::PatAndre
06/20/10 7:55 PM GMT
I missed seeing this one. But I knew you would capture it. Nice.
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.J_E_F
06/21/10 2:11 AM GMT
Lovely composition. My only quibble would be that there is more foreground concrete than foliage/gazebo. But nonetheless, very nice.
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10s for everyone in the VB today!

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