Bodega Bay, CA

Rock gardens are one of my favorite type of gardens.  To create a harmonious rock garden takes vision and learning from nature.  On my trip to Northern California I observed a lot of natural rock formation and plants that grow among them.Different textures and colors of coastal plants.

Plant layering.

Plant groupings

Magical fog effect.

Common Ice Plant (Carpobrotus edulis)

Naked Ladies (Amaryllis belladonna)

Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden – Miami, FL

Evening sun at Fairchild.

One of the Fairchild’s lakes

Benches and palms

Bromeliad garden

Rainbow Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus deglupta)

Victoria amazonica

Water garden

Madagascar plants exhibit

 

Madagascar Plants Exhibit

Glass sculpture by Chihuly

I believe this is an Aechmea

Pachypodium lamerei

Cycas revoluta

Adenium obesum