Today’s photos are from Marilyn Regnier (we featured Marilyn’s garden back in October of 2011–refresh your memory HERE). She says, “On our trip back to Minnetonka Beach, Minnesota, from our winter stay in Arizona we took the long way home up the coast of California before heading east. One sightseeing stop we made was at Temple Square in Salt Lake City on April 27th.
“We were amazed at the spring flowerbeds everywhere we looked and managed to take over 100 photos in just the one hour we were there. Seeing those flowers set my spring exuberance in motion and I was eager to get home and be digging in the rich brown earth of my own gardens.”
Beautiful, Marilyn! It’s amazing how even a large-scale, public garden like this can give us inspiration for our own, more humble gardens. If nothing else, standing among all those flowers and their scents is enough to get you motivated, for sure!
***OK, everyone, I’m starting to run low on photos (not OUT, just low…), which is ridiculous, since spring is JAMMING out there! PLEASE send me photos of your garden. I love having more than I could possibly process to choose from!***
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Comments
i always love seeing public gardens/displays in an urban setting having not been in SLC in probably 30 years i especially enjoyed seeing these "postcards" thx!
Simply beautiful...wonderful color combinations. Even though my area is well past tulip time, I feel re-energized just looking at these pictures.
The 5th photo of a large tree with pink tulips in front and those lovely lavender and purple flowers in front of the tulips......what are these amazing coloured (perennials or bulbs maybe?) lavender and purple flowers?
I'm with Peaceofpie on this - that grouping is stunning!!! Thanks for sharing!!
INSPIRATION- Bring it on!!
Have truly enjoyed capturing this gorgeous slide-show of
Springtime beauty esp. in this public garden at Temple Square. Marvelous color combinations!
Thank you Marilyn for sharing to some of us who may not have
the opportunity to ever visit!!
I had totally forgotten I had visited Temple Square some 45 years ago. Salt Lake City is a gardener's mecca, every square foot of ground in the city is planted. Thank you for the reminder.
Your photos are wonderful, Marilyn. You must have been grinning from ear to ear during the hour you wandered Temple Square!
Wow, that is a whole lot of flowers! I have never been to Salt Lake, but it sure looks like a beautiful city. Thank you for the e-tour.
Thanks for sharing these wonderful photos of the gorgeous public gardens in Salt Lake City. It's very special to see such a natural/informal use of tulips in a public garden. I especially love the garden with the sculpture of the woman dancing with the children....totally delightful! Oh, yes, that pink and purple garden is scrumptious!
I had the privilege of visiting these gardens some years ago and I have never forgotten the beautiful combinations of flowers and sculptures. One large, beautiful sculpture is worth half a dozen small cheaper objects. Your pictures are lovely and took me back to a wonderful time in my life. I remember thinking I had never seen so many pansies in one place. Thank you for sharing with us.
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