The meadows and fields at Glen Villa are white with snow in December, but in June and July, they are alive with colour.
Lupins brighten meadows and fields in late June and early July.
Buttercups and dandelions colour a field yellow.
Ragged robin turns this field rosy pink.
Closer to the house, colours appear in smaller doses.
Hawthorn trees are a froth of white.
Old-fashioned day lilies brighten a dark path.
In the Lower Garden, irises add a touch of purple among the shades of green.
Clematis ‘Inspiration’ blooms faithfully each summer.
I wish I could remember the name of this Iris. The colour is stunning.
I started this Sanguisorba from seed many years ago. It makes me think of the brushes I used to use to clean baby bottles.
The Aqueduct is satisfyingly colourful throughout the summer.
Nepeta blooms continuously for a solid six weeks.
A close-up of the scene above shows Gillenia trifoliata, or Bowman’s root, combined with Nepeta ‘Walker’s Low.’
Perhaps my favourite combination this year was the Eremurus ‘Cleopatra’ rising up from the Nepeta at the Aqueduct, with Gillenia in the foreground and boxwood peeping out here and there.
Animals played their part in the garden.
My son and grandson spotted this fawn very shortly after the baby was born.
I spotted the same fawn with its mother, grazing in the field a few weeks later.
A robin sings away, its red breast blending nicely with the rusted steel container.
Tadpoles galore!
A turtle suns itself at the Skating Pond.
Butterflies love Joe Pye weed.
Sculpture and art installations appear throughout the property.
Bridge Ascending, by Louise Doucet and Satoshi Saito, is in the Upper Field.
This section of Abenaki Walking chronicles the story of the original inhabitants after the arrival of Europeans.
The Sundial Clearing is the destination for In Transit/En Route, part of the Timelines trail.
The Past Looms Large is another section of Timelines.
The barn at Lilac Cottage is typical of this part of Quebec.
June and July — memories of warmer days.
