I enjoyed a spectacular rock garden this past week, while attending a conference at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College. The rock garden is ten years old now, and it's been a joy to watch develop. Happily, almost every year at the same time I attend the same conference there.
The plant material in the garden is out of the ordinary. And a lot of it is blooming just now. A week ago at the Nova Scotia Association of Garden Clubs Convention two men who are behind the building and development of this garden gave a presentation all about it. It has been a big project.
Not everything is 'rock gardney,' or alpine in nature (for instance, the Peony below), but there is a multitude of small, tough stuff (see above).
Most plants are not labelled, so I can only guess what many of these are.
The garden is often under construction. This donation box sculpture (below) was installed just the day before I took this picture. The floral emblem of the garden is the Bluet (Houstonia caerulea), represented by this bit of art.
In a day or so I'll post some other shots from the campus, including the Alumni Gardens.
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