We took a friend with us when we visited Laurelwood Arboretum in Wayne, New Jersey in mid May. It was our first time there. The landscaping is an enchanting. And the garden is well maintained. This is the first of 4 posts from that day.








We took a friend with us when we visited Laurelwood Arboretum in Wayne, New Jersey in mid May. It was our first time there. The landscaping is an enchanting. And the garden is well maintained. This is the first of 4 posts from that day.








I had fun editing these in Lightroom then Photoshop. I added things and altered colors in the background.





Some mixed greens that we enjoyed seeing. The last image is a granite moss covered glacial erratic.










I don’t have to look up the plants in the New York Botanical Garden because most of them are labeled. After many trips there I have memorized the names of some of them.








A mixed set from the greenhouses at the arboretum. I had about 600 images to start with. It took my a while to eliminate half of them and a couple of weeks to process them all. This is the last of 7 posts from February 25 at the arboretum.

















I used my 105 mm macro lens and my 70-200 mm on my Nikon Z7 and then had fun processing them in Lightroom adn Photoshop.











Sandy Hook – Wikipedia and Sandy Hook – Gateway National Recreation Area for information.








We went to see the green roof at the Sustainability – Javits Center (see the short videos for details) in late September with a group from the NYC Bird Alliance. Here are a few of the plants I found there.









