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Defries Gardens
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This lovely garden is also known as the Calendar garden. Here is some information on my favorite place to visit.

Nestled in the River Preserve County Park, DeFries Gardens is a reminder of our human connection to the environment. This 13-acre site was once a private homestead and hosts an 1880s Victorian-style home surrounded by perennial gardens and woodland plantings. The site also hosts the enchanting Calendar Garden. This one-acre showpiece is a giant circular garden and flowering calendar. Its design features the solstices and equinoxes with unique structures marking each. Native and horticultural plantings follow the seasons throughout the year. A 365-foot circular path marks each day as it leads visitors through seasons of bloom. The site also provides a drinking fountain, modern restroom facilities and a hiking trail. The garden is handicapped accessible.

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Tigs♥ =^..^=

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::Dunstickin
08/25/13 12:16 AM GMT
What a wonderful place that must be!...

I love that 'tiled' footpath..and the shrubbery, all in full bloom too
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"Never stop photographing. It is very likely that your best photograph has not yet been captured"
::Ramad
08/25/13 1:10 PM GMT
A lovely and colourful shot Sandi. What a great concept to make a garden like that! 13 acres - it must be a huge garden!
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::biffobear
08/25/13 1:41 PM GMT
A nice place to stroll...That looks lovely...R.
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.unclejoe85
08/25/13 3:19 PM GMT
I like the way the walk way leads me in and then back along the
flower bed to the pond with the lilies then around to the back ground and back up to the foreground and the other flowerbed. It sounds like a very nice place to visit with lots of photographic opportunities. Real nice work here Sandi.
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::trixxie17
08/25/13 3:23 PM GMT
This sounds and looks so lovely Sandi - one of these days I'm going to have to visit the Elkhart/Goshen area.
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. . . "What a desolate place would be a world without a flower! It would be a face without a smile, a feast without a welcome." A.J. Balfour
::danika
08/25/13 4:29 PM GMT
Absolutely lovely, Sandi. I would love to have my own flower garden like this. The colors are spectacular.
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I LOVE LABS!!!
.gizmo1
08/25/13 5:05 PM GMT
This garden is so beautiful looking and I bet the perfume from them flowers is like heaven to smell.The colours in this shot are dazzling and love the sharp focus,plus composition too.Plus thanks for the history behind this photo too.
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.icedancer
08/25/13 5:27 PM GMT
What a gorgeous garden with such a beautiful array of colours. Fabulous shot girlfriend
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Have a Beautiful Bright Day, Skates
.Marzena
08/25/13 6:29 PM GMT
Blazing colours in blazing sun ....
Hope it is also equally warm out there.
Here it is only sunny and the colours turn more towards yellowish and brownish. LOL
SAM & SAAB
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With all my love and respect, Marzena
.GIGIBL
08/25/13 6:33 PM GMT
VERY NICE CAPTURE WELL DONE
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.picardroe
08/25/13 6:36 PM GMT
BEAUTIFUL GARDEN,WELL CAPTURED SANDI
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.snapshooter87
08/25/13 7:22 PM GMT
You're very fortunate to have such a place that you can frequent, and you certainly do produce nice work from it.
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.Starglow
08/25/13 8:15 PM GMT
What a wonderful scene. It's a beautiful place to visit.
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.0930_23
08/25/13 10:04 PM GMT
Looks like Nature comes alive in this park, Tigz.
Good, bright colors.

TicK

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People are like cameras--sometimes they lose focus.
.bfrank
08/25/13 10:53 PM GMT
A great place for pictures Sandi. Good composition and wonderful colors.
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Life's moments are sweet. I just want to capture all that I can of them.
::braces
08/25/13 11:13 PM GMT
A beautiful garden that brings summer to the screen.
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"Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people." W.C. Fields. So I bet you'll go over to see My Gallery.
.Joanie
08/26/13 12:15 AM GMT
It must be like walking through heaven! Gorgeous and superb girl!!!
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Four eyes are better than two.
::CDHale
08/26/13 10:02 PM GMT
Just gorgeous, Sandi! I feel almost like Im standing right there. I love the idea behind this garden and after being over worked by mine this year, I sure appreciate all the hard work it takes to make it look as beautiful as it does. Faved.
-Christie
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.koca
08/27/13 11:12 AM GMT
Wonderful place and fantastic colors. You really made magnificent work, Sandi.
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.Tedi
08/27/13 11:32 AM GMT
Yes, this is what I call a garden. Great capture.
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.Eubeen
09/06/13 4:47 AM GMT
I'm some glad I don't have to weed the place; it would be a never-ending job. A great capture of the gardens Sandi. Beautiful colours and lovely lighting in the photo.
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Sometimes the appropriate response to reality is to go insane. -- Philip K. Dick, Valis

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