My last post covered the Mayor's Garden Party which was held in City Hall Park. Now I didn't attend the Garden party. I used my time to take some photos of the park. I also ran onto many people I knew so I had some good visits. Now that I think about it, I should have got some people photos.
Our city hall Park make excellent use of shapes, colors and sizes.
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| The park is a great combination of trees, shrubs flower beds , grass and walks. |
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| This was a weird one. I thought I'd take a shot and see what I'd get. When I looked in the view finder there appeared to be words written with the flowers but I could only see it in the camera. This is a small part but the whole thing says stop and smell the flowers. I wonder if very many people see this when they visit the park. |
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| Figures emphasized with colors |
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| lots of grassy areas. |
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| The center is a circle surrounded by flowers and shrubs. |
some pretty impressive landscaping designs!
ReplyDeleteIt gets lots of complements.
DeleteThat is very smart and money well spent.
ReplyDeleteWe are all very proud of it.
DeleteThat is a very colourful park with lots of flowers. Nice to see some photo's you made. You have at last figured out how the new camera works?
ReplyDeleteThe head planner and gardener has always been Dutch so the influence must come from Holland.
DeleteI am impressed with the design of the flower beds - woe, lot of work there and very nice. In fact I am impressed with your city hall and the grounds period. I noticed some tents in the background. Rally or Market, sure adds to the gardens. Real nice photos Red.
ReplyDeleteI have to admit that this is the first time I noticed the patterns. The awnings in the background were to protect food and servers. One was for first aid.
DeleteI like it:) B
ReplyDeleteThanks.
DeleteJust like a painting, very remarkable
ReplyDeleteThanks. We are proud of it.
DeleteUp north the bedding plants seem to hold up so well.
ReplyDeleteWe have more sunlight but much less heat.
DeleteIt's a labour intensive design, which requires planning. Good sign for the city!
ReplyDeleteI've watched the crews put this in. There are many thousands of plants.
DeleteThat is beautiful landscaping! Very impressive. And certainly photograph-worthy. I think people who take a lot of pictures might notice the 'stop and smell the flowers'.
ReplyDeleteMaybe if I had been closer I may have picked up the writing.
DeleteNice place, Red. Our grass is already all brown, everywhere, so my pictures would not be nearly as pretty. I'm worried about the heat of summer and fires this year. :-(
ReplyDeleteThis garden doesn't spare any waer.We are dry but our plants are more drought resistant.
DeleteYou have some great gardens! What a fun place to spend some time:)
ReplyDeleteIt's a great place to stop. there are benches but it's the kind of place where people like to sprawl out on the grass.
DeleteA lovely park. I'd love to lay on the grass and smell the flowers.
ReplyDeleteYou have the right idea.
DeleteWhoever handles the gardening does beautiful work!
ReplyDeleteYes, the guy spends the winter planning and ordering the plants.
DeleteThat's a lot of intricate bedding designs. Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI have to admit that I never noticed it before.
DeleteLovely to see such well planned and cared for gardens. It must be a great place to walk around with a camera.
ReplyDeleteThis is the first time I've spent time there with a camera.
DeleteHi Red, That is sure a nice park. You are making me want to visit Red Deer. :-)
ReplyDeleteRed I just love seeing the color and are they ever creative with their flowers in your city. An enjoyable way to spend time without a doubt!
ReplyDeleteI had never really noticed the patterns until I started taking photos.
DeleteThat's a lovely park and I love all the colorful flowers. Visiting with friends and acquaintances is also a nice bonus.
ReplyDeleteThank you for leaving a message for my father-in-law. He appreciated very much people taking the time to do that, made his day.
This is so beautiful. Now that I think about it, this is something they don't do with flowers in Hawaii. The parks don't use flowers in designs. I guess it must be because flowers here are year around and it would be too difficult to maintain. I'll just enjoy yours instead.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like in temperate cooler zones annuals are used. In warmer temps they seem to go with perennials.
DeleteThose flower beds are so pretty!! Somebody put a lot of thought into that.
ReplyDeleteUs Canadians are for sure proud of our Parks.
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