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Seattle, spring, rhododendrons

These three words are strongly connected. I enjoy them every spring. I showed Meerkerk Rhododendron Garden last spring. But such nice place is worth to visit every year.

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Magnolia season

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Daffodil fields

Skagit Valley in the middle of the March.

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Kubota Garden

Many times traveled south on I-5 I saw signpost “Kubota Garden”. For me “Kubota” associates with bulldozers, excavators, and other mechanisms of such kind. So I imaged huge field of little bulldozers, shaken my head, and drove forward. Finally I asked Google. Of course, nothing about tractors, . . . → Continue reading Kubota Garden

Tulips as tradition

Tulip festival in Skagit Valley is my annual tradition now. This year full blooming was in March. This time everything from garden and fields of RoozenGaarde. Story about tulip farms and photos of last years here : 2012, . . . → Continue reading Tulips as tradition

Appples

If you drive from eastern part of Washington to western one you would see a sign that carrying of apple maggots is prohibited. It always remand me that apple gardens of eastern Washington not only nicely bloom, but also produce a lot of food for maggots. . . . → Continue reading Appples

Rhododendron time

May around Seattle is a time of rhododendrons. They bloom everywhere in different shape and color. But for real lover I would recommend little garden on Whidbey Island. Meerkerk Rhododendron Gardens – is small, but saturated with numerous rhodo species and hybrids.

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Future harvest

At the end of April we visited the north-east of Washington state including the Okanogan Valley and its blooming gardens. Okanogan is mostly gardens and wineries, from Leavenworth to Canadian board. The weather was not perfect for photography, but still it was good.

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