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Dyer Garden

Date: 2004
Description: Is this a modern sculpture in the Dyer yard? No, Pam uses these ladders for her bean plants.
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Grulke Trellis

Date: 2004
Description: Fritz and Sandy Grulke have a nice trellis at the entrance to their garden.
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Fink Lawn Centerpiece

Date: 2004
Description: Having encountered some huge stones in their fields, Richard and Dorothy decided to make some into a centerpiece on their lawn. Richard estimates the top s...
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Sunflowers

Date: 09 2013
Description: Sunflower plant with giant weeping seed heads standing near a wire fence in a community garden in the autumn.
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That Time of Year

Date: 11 2013
Description: Several plots in a community garden on a slope sitting dormant in the late autumn. There are plants near several wire and wood fences, and in the foregroun...
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A Tropical Rainforest

Date: 07 2014
Description: Brugmansia are blooming on large bushes among plants and trees along a brick path in the Bolz Conservatory at the Olbrich Botanical Gardens.
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Leaving the Cafe After Visiting the Zoo

Date: 09 18 2014
Description: View of flowers and vines growing along the walls of ZuZu Cafe. A trellis is in a corner, supporting thick vines dotted with pick trumpet-shaped flowers. B...
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Buddha in the Rock Garden

Date: 11 23 2014
Description: A weather-worn statue of the Ho Tai (Happy Buddha) sitting on a wet rock surrounded by leaves and dead plant material.
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Hens and Chicks in the Rock Garden

Date: 04 23 2015
Description: Hens and chicks growing in the crevice of two rocks.
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Baptisia Plant on Birthday

Date: 05 07 2015
Description: Close-up view of a portion of a garden. Baptisia flowers are blooming, contained by chicken wire and surrounded by smooth rocks. Cedar chips are on the gro...
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Backyard at the Beginning of June

Date: 06 01 2015
Description: Elevated view of a woman, Solveig Quinney, pushing a wheelbarrow in her yard. Stepping stones in the lawn ring a garden plot. Other flowering bushes and pl...
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Picking Tomatoes in the Garden

Date: 08 07 2015
Description: Elevated view of a man, woman, and two young children standing in a garden. The woman is holding a green bowl filled with tomatoes, and a man and young gir...

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