Welcome, to Saturday Morning Garden Blogging..
Merry Light and I , are sharing the gardening chores today..I have the morning drive and Merry has the AH drive time shift..
I know, I know.. we are Kossack gardeners...what were we doing in the Betty Ford Alpine Garden in Vail Co..I had the chance to meet up with Merry Light this summer in Colorado..Merry suggested it as a place to meet since it is between Breckenridge where I was and Glenwood Springs where she was. I thought what could be a more perfect place to meet than in a garden seeing as how we met in a garden blog....
Merry Light is the very first Kossack I had the pleasure of meeting in the dimensional world as opposed to just meeting here in the flat blog.. "They say a stranger is just a friend we have not met yet". We had a wonderful day wandering around the garden taking photos and sharing stories of our lives...it was like we had always known each other... Merry also brought me some lovely pansies to plant on my balcony garden in the Rockies..and I enjoyed them all summer, they have since been shared with a friend of mine out there.
Jupiter Surf and I were in touch with each other by phone prior to meeting, and I warned her the parking lot next to the gardens was a pay lot that day, so we found a parking lot further down and were able to take a shuttle. I parked and walked up to the main level and saw a lady walking along with a camera - I was just starting to open my mouth to say, "Are you Jupiter Surf?", and she said, "Merry Light?" So we recognized each other without ever having seen each other!
So enter along with us under the arch and into the Betty Ford Alpine Garden.
Down the steps and into the garden. Missys Brother, we thought of you when we saw the willow railing bridge over the stream.
One of the many spaces to sit and relax..Lilacs in the back.
Bellflowers.
No Republicans were seen at the Log Cabin.
I know these look like Coral Bells to me but the sign said Jame's Saxifrage
So nice to see a little one enjoying the flowers.
Peonies were spectacular in color.
After we entered through the Arch, we strolled past a really nice little water feature, on our way to the beautiful red peonies.....
The path wound around a big patch of iris and other flowers,
and then ascended a stair case to more waterfalls
and a beautiful pond, which was by the log cabin.
Then we circled around to another staircase down
and followed a rock wall with lots of rock garden flowers. Finally, some exotic flowers from other countries
and back to the beginning! If you ever get a chance, we would both highly recommend it. July and August are probably best for the flowers, but June can't be all bad! Fall would be a good time for the Rocky Mountain foliage change - I usually try to carry my camera around all of September, and into October, depending on the elevation.
All of this was followed by shopping in the garden gift store and a great lunch in Vail..to bad we did not take photos of our food that day.
Is this JupiterSurf and Merry Light? You decide.
Betty Ford Apline Gardens