Wednesday, May 9, 2018

Japanese Gardens....

Our local city Toowoomba (we live about 20km out) has a lovely Japanese Garden and we enjoy a walk around in the different seasons..... a couple of weeks ago we wanted to see some of the Autumn colours....

I always love the stone patterns and shaped bushes....


The little lake always has lots of ducks and geese... the drake here thought the pretty girl was fair game but she wasn't having any of it!!!  


The bamboo area is always lovely.... 


... interesting bark on one of the paperbark trees.....


... fun to look up too sometimes.....


Our Autumn has been silly, we got cool then hot then cool and wet then very hot again.... so the poor plants haven't known what they should be doing....


The little stream they have in the gardens is bone dry..... a bit sad.....


... spotted some pomegranates..... not ready for eating  unfortunately...


as we stood on a bridge the turtle came to ask for bread.....


... a little bit of colour with Camelia's....


I love how the trees are shaped ....


very pretty water area....


... not much Autumny colours at all!


... but some trees were trying!


It's not a huge garden and a very gentle walk around.... nice to see some of the uni students (it is right next to the University) sitting there and enjoying the day....

Righto, just a little bit of our local area..... 

14 comments:

Jeanette said...

Beautiful garden. Hugs, xx

kiwikid said...

That is a lovely place to be, such a beautiful garden.

Janice said...

My aunt and uncle took us there a few years ago. It was an unexpected surprise. A real little oasis.

Queen Of The Armchair aka Dzintra Stitcheries said...

What a lovely garden Fiona! Our Autumn has been more like Summer but cooled down now! Mmmm I do love me a pomegranate!

Anonymous said...

Hi Fiona what a beautiful place to visit xx

WoolenSails said...

That looks like a nice place for a relaxing walk.

Debbie

Susan said...

A Lovely place to explore and relax in

Jennifer said...

What a lovely place.....but yes, it looks dry.

Karen S said...

This looks like a gorgeous area. Pretty pictures.

Allie-oops Designs said...

How lovely - very peaceful looking.

Chrissie said...

What a lovely place for a gentle stroll, so many textures and interesting plants xcx

Anthea said...

Your pics have taken me on a lovely walk Fiona... yes the change of seasons has been very confusing in many parts around the country.
What a pity that little stream is dry... hopefully it gets a good dose of rain soon!

Lin said...

I have seen photographs of many Japanese gardens - maybe one day I will see one for real. Looks like a lovely peaceful place to wander through. xx

Raewyn said...

It looks like a lovely peaceful place to visit, Fiona. Our weather is being so changeable too - an odd autumn!

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