I often visit St Luke’s Garden in Greenwich Village (http://www.stlukeinthefields.org/about/the-gardens-at-st-luke-in-the-fields.) It is very small but lovely little oasis. A quiet place where people come to sit, read or stroll through.
When I passed by and saw the beautiful fall berries and flowers I had to go home to get my camera.
Cast Iron, St Lukes Garden
Oakleaf Hydrangea, St Lukes Garden
Oakleaf Hydrangea, St Lukes Garden by Marc Felix
Rose Bud, High Line
American Beautyberries, St Lukes Garden
Hydrangea, St Lukes Garden
Pink, St Lukes Garden
Little Fuzzy (Mint Family), St Lukes Garden
After seeing the picture of the beautyberry, which is native, I was reminded that three years ago I visited the High Line for the first (and only) time and was disappointed that many of the plants I saw there weren’t native to New York. Only then did I notice that the pictures above and to the side of the beautyberry in your post are from the HIgh Line and aren’t native plants.
Only the rose was photographed on the High Line. I also saw roses in the St Luke’s Garden but the one taken on the Highline came out better, so I used that one instead. Sorry if I confused you.
I agree, the High Line should stick to native NY plants in keeping with the original plants that seeded naturally there. According to them they are doing that http://www.thehighline.org/about/
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Thank you Lee
beautiful soft and pastel tones- soothing!!
Thanks Dune. That is how that garden makes me feel.
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What a wonderful and peaceful place, Sherry. I’m so glad you went back for your camera, as I really enjoyed your photos. And I saw from the link they have counted 100 bird species there too — how marvelous!
Thank you so much Jet. There is a local birder who writes stories about the birds he sees in a local paper who visits St Luke’s Garden a lot. Manhattan is a catch all during migration.
Lucky you to have this in your neighborhood!
Those purple berries….that color purple can’t be their true purple, can it???
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They are purple.
Ah! Well, in the future, if I don’t see a name under the photo, I will comment with anything I can ID 😉
Iron= need better photo to ID.
Oakleaf hydra – quercifolia
Pink = weigela possibly
Purple fuzzy = something in mint family (square stems). Salvia, nepeta… 😃
I’ll be going to London this December. If that is the one with the Greenwich Observatory I will try to visit it again. As a cartographer I love the place. I will be in N11.
Wow! A cartographer. That is a great talent!
I’ve always felt the cartographers in early times were the human gods of the land. It was their feather pens that would make or break a nation. I’ve read how victorious countries would kill cartographers and destroy the maps other nations drew and implement their own maps, usually bloating their boundries. Very interesting history!
So true. I have a few books on the subject.
I learned hand map making then switched to GIS, ArcMap.
Very beautiful captures there! I really like the purple beauty berry. I want one for my garden. Birds and furries love it and they can be made into jam.
Thanks for the compliment and the name. Now I can put the Latin name fro American Beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) in the metadata. 🙂
Wow, beautiful photos. I visit Greenwich Park quite often but didn’t know this garden, must visit next time.
Thank you. The Jefferson Market Garden is also lovely http://jeffersonmarketgarden.org/. As far as I know, there is no Greenwich Park in Greenwich Village, New York City.
Oops, sorry! I was thinking about London!