I was enamoured by this display of Baby Blue Eyes, Nemophila menziesii. I have always been a sucker for blue eyes and when I came around the corner and these Blue Eyes were winking subtly I could hardly take my eyes off of them.
Even as I walked on the calm mesmerising sea of blue called. This is one blue eye I will have to try to work into the garden even though it is an annual.
The Chicago Botanic Garden is so large and chocked full of gardens to be admired I couldn't resist the lure of the Railroad Garden. You see, I have always wanted a railroad garden. Not many people have known this about me. Now you know.
I don't know what it is about them that I like so much. Maybe it is a perfect life style displayed...
Or familiar places that can be brought right into your garden...
Or the minature plants used to landscape the scenes...
Hearing voices from the past...
Or the marvelous display of the trains themselves. Tiny versions of various trains whizzing around the tracks...
like the garden fairies that wander the garden. Only...
you can keep an eye on these sprites as they roam the garden wheter they are low or...
riding high as my spirit was while viewing the many trains.
This would be a great way a gardener could combine the past with the future and arrive at the best of places...in the garden.
