Skylands

2021-05-072021-05-05Sherry Felix

The New Jersey Botanical Gardens at Skylands has a mansion and formal gardens. It is in Passaic County. I like going there because it is lovely and an easy place to walk around and it is very pretty.

Eunice 2021-05-14 / 5:16 pm

I love the first shot with the pump house and the third shot with all the colours, it’s beautiful 🙂

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- Sherry Felix 2021-05-16 / 9:31 am
  
  Thanks Eunice, glad you dropped by.
  
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shoreacres 2021-05-09 / 9:17 am

I usually don’t enjoy formal gardens, but I must say I enjoyed the photos of this place. It seems more relaxed, somehow. It was fun to see a familiar face: the little geranium. We have a related native species, Geranium dissectum, that’s almost identical. I especially liked your second photo, showing the variety of trees, and those of the lilacs.

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- Sherry Felix 2021-05-10 / 8:47 am
  
  Most of it is not too formal which is why I like it. I have discovered on Wikipedia that there are lots of wild geranium species. 🙂 👋
  
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Jess@thebookofjess 2021-05-09 / 5:04 am

This is such a magnificent place. 💛 Thank you for sharing!

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- Sherry Felix 2021-05-09 / 5:32 am
  
  Glad you like it. Thanks for dropping by.
  
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  - Jess@thebookofjess 2021-05-09 / 7:11 am
    
    Of course. I’ve been away from my blog for months now, and it’s lovely to be back and catching up on all the amazing posts I missed. 💛
    
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Vicki 2021-05-08 / 10:54 pm

Love this series of flower shots. Some of them almost look like botanical art paintings.

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- Sherry Felix 2021-05-09 / 6:17 am
  
  Thank you Vicki. Using a macro lens helps create that effect.
  
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Sheila Creighton 2021-05-08 / 3:33 pm

Wow! Lovely images, Sherry! What a nice place too.

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- Sherry Felix 2021-05-08 / 5:35 pm
  
  Thanks Sheila. I worked on them. I appreciate your comments. Critiques are good too.
  
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Amy 2021-05-08 / 8:26 am

These buildings are well preserved. I enjoyed the tour.

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- Sherry Felix 2021-05-08 / 11:15 am
  
  Thanks Amy. All except for the Pump House look to be in good shape.
  
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doerfpub 2021-05-07 / 8:14 pm

Quite a variety of images, nice post!

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- Sherry Felix 2021-05-08 / 8:20 am
  
  Thank you. Glad you enjoyed the virtual visit.
  
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Away We Go 2021-05-07 / 12:50 pm

Oh, what a lovely place! Very nice pictures Sherry. You would definitely like our Hamilton Gardens, New Zealand post. Will you let us know what you think? The gardens there are just incredible!

https://awaywegomk.com/2021/03/11/hamilton-new-zealand-3-27-3-28/

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- Sherry Felix 2021-05-08 / 8:39 am
  
  Hamilton Gardens looks a bit too formal for me. I prefer wilder looking gardens. I want to see NZ sometime. I enjoyed the Blue Mountains in AU.
  
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  - Away We Go 2021-05-08 / 10:09 am
    
    Ah. I see. What I enjoyed about Hamilton is that it was different. It showed the gardens of the world. And Blue Mountains you say? We have a post for that too. 😉
    
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Dan Antion 2021-05-07 / 8:07 am

That is such a beautiful place. Thanks for taking us along. the mansion is amazing. I hope they are able to restore/repair the pump house.

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- Sherry Felix 2021-05-08 / 8:20 am
  
  They need money to do so. That is why I posted the link. A hole in the roof is bad news.
  
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  - Dan Antion 2021-05-08 / 9:05 am
    
    I’ll see what we can do. Thanks for the link. It’s worth saving.
    
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picpholio 2021-05-07 / 5:22 am

Thanks for showing us this magnificant garden !
Have a nice weekend 🙂

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- Sherry Felix 2021-05-08 / 8:19 am
  
  It is worth a visit. Pity the rain this weekend spoiled my plans.
  
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Sue 2021-05-07 / 5:02 am

What an atmospheric, beautiful place, Sherry

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- Sherry Felix 2021-05-08 / 8:18 am
  
  It is and I try to emphasize that in my post processing. 🙂
  
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  - Sue 2021-05-08 / 8:51 am
    
    And you succeed!
    
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derrickjknight 2021-05-07 / 4:48 am

I can see why you like going there – and you do it justice. The B/Ws work well and the decaying stump is lovely

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- Sherry Felix 2021-05-08 / 8:16 am
  
  Thanks Derrick. The stump makes a lovely planter. I recently bought little flowerpots that look like tree stumps.
  
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