We stayed with relatives in Hawkes Bay and in a welcome space of time away from the hospital I wandered about their lovely garden with the camera.
The climate in Hawkes Bay is so very different to our one here in Porirua and gardens grow luxuriantly there. Different plants thrive in the dry, scorching heat of summer and the frosty cold winters.
So here are some of the plants I photographed during my time out in nature. The intense heat and light of mid morning was not the best time for photography but I wanted to capture those extremes.
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Beautiful plants!
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lovely photos. Very similar plants to those in our garden
It is a lovely garden.
Beautiful. It’s fascinating how different our gardens are from North to South.
The owners of the garden are very keen and hard working.
I wish I could say the same about myself vis-a-vis the garden 😦 I should be watering but it just seems like too much effort.
The HB garden has an automatic irrigation system for the gardens and a separate one for the lawn!!! We tend to use a hand held hose:-)
I had an irrigation system but it always needed maintenance and I didn’t keep up with it. Then when there are water shortages it can’t be used anyway so if any watering gets done here it is by hose or watering can.
I will give these gardeners the benefit of the doubt about a bore they might have to use for watering but I suspect I might be being generous.
And East to West!
You are correct. I hope you were OK in the earthquake today? We had a shake around midnight last night which woke us all.
It gave me a bit of a fright but all was well. I didn’t hear about the Wellington quake 😦
I am pleased all is well but the nerves remember……our one was near midnight and a noisy wee rattle and jolt.
Oh the wretched nerves do remember. I am starting to get the tiniest understanding of how my grandfather felt post World War One 😦
That is not surprising. I avoided reading some horror “news” article about earthquake potential off the east coast. We live with great uncertainty.
I tried to avoid looking at that too.
Look at beauty instead 🙂
Yep! Someone has just given me a New Zealand Geographic magazine which is full of beauty, including a lovely photo of a Tui.
Lovely:-)
These look really tropical! All are unfamiliar to me. What a beautiful collection!
HB is very dry in summer but this garden has a watering system for plants and the grass! If you check the Tags at the bottom of the post you will see some of the names of the plants. There are some I don’t know. The garden is beautiful and laid out so well.
Your beautiful photos are so welcome during my winter day, Annie
Quite a contrast to your ice and snow Annie. I hope you are keeping safe and warm in the bitter weather. We have seen pictures on the television news here.
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I have very fond memories of our two visits to the Hawke’s Bay area 🙂
The gardens and produce in the Hawkes Bay are amazing. Glad you have happy memories from your visits.