Nature and garden

The Bridge of Flowers was originally a trolley bridge, built in 1908 for the Shelburne Falls & Colrain Street Railway. The trolley hauled freight between the rail yard in Shelburne Falls and textile mills of Colrain. It also carried milk and mail, and brought workers to the mills.

Eventually, trucking replaced the trolley for freight, and the railway went bankrupt in 1927. The bridge became a problem. It wasn’t needed for pedestrians being next to the 1890 Shelburne Falls Truss Bridge, which has a pedestrian walkway, but it carried a water main across the river and would be expensive to remove.

Shelburne Falls resident Antoinette Burnham thought of transforming the bridge into a garden, and her husband, Walter Burnham, wrote an article presenting her idea. The Shelburne Falls Women’s Club sponsored the project, and its Bridge of Flowers Committee still manages and maintains the Bridge through donations and volunteer labor.

The 400 foot bridge blooms with over 500 varieties of annuals and perennials from spring through fall, and has long been a popular attraction for visitors to the nearby Mohawk Trail.

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Flower / Blue lotus / Lotus – Blue Flower – yoga : PS7
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Blue flower:
Nelumbo nucifera From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Lotus flower)
Blue flower / Lotus:
Nelumbo nucifera, known by a number of names including Indian lotus, sacred lotus, bean of India, or simply lotus. Botanically, Nelumbo nucifera (Gaertn.) may also be referred to by its former names, Nelumbium speciosum (Wild.) or Nymphaea nelumbo. This plant is an aquatic perennial. Under favorable circumstances its seeds may remain viable for many years, with the oldest recorded lotus germination being from that of seeds 1300 years old recovered from a dry lakebed in northeastern China.[1]
A common misconception is referring to the lotus as a water-lily (Nymphaea), an entirely different plant as can be seen from the centre of the flower, which clearly lacks the structure that goes on to form the distinctive circular seed pod in the Nelumbo nucifera.[citation needed] It should also be noted that water-lilies come in colors of white to yellow where as the lotus only in hues of pink.[citation needed]
Native to Greater India and commonly cultivated in water gardens, the lotus is the national flower of India

Flower / Blue lotus / blue / Lotus – Blue Flower – Yoga – IMG_0597 – زهرة اللوتس, ハスの花, 莲花, گل لوتوس, Fleur de Lotus, Lotosblume, कुंद, 연꽃

This tree Prunus padus belongs to the family of the Rosaceae. This flowers can be infected and I have such a picture on my photo stream.

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Red and white rose bushes in the garden!
Dedicated to Patricia!

Here’s a sneak into my backyard. My gardens have been neglected the last couple of years with all my travel and this year I am reclaiming them! I spent about 17 hours gardening last week , whew. I found this amazing vintage table and chair set this past weekend at a sale! A perfect place to relax and enjoy the yard!

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Explore, 27feb2011
everywhere we walked in Kyoto, there were beautiful gardens, even in december.

Nature Photos Here are a few favourite nature pics. Some nice detail and color in these.
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A slightly overgrown herb garden in Ruhpolding, Bavaria. But I liked the angle of the sun with the white wrought iron furniture.

Majorelle Garden, founded by the French painter Jacques Majorelle in 1923. His studio built in 1931 houses a small Museum of Islamic Arts.
The garden is a green (blue and yellow) oasis in the new town of Marrakech and has groves of palms, bamboo, agave, a cactus garden and a couple of ponds.
Before his death (2008) Majorelle Garden was owned by Yves Saint Laurent.

Path with blue, green and yellow pots.

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Flowers

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