What a curious name for the new garden at the BioPark, "Lebanon and Beyond." I keep wanting it to rhyme, "Lebanond and Beyond." All in all, it's a young garden with its new plantings all spaced apart as per the instructions.
Right now all the hardscape features seem too large and out of scale: 3 giant arches to nowhere, a towering chimney, and a hulking dark brown arbor. With only young plants, it looks ridiculously out of proportion. I hope I'm around in 15 or 20 years to see the cedars taking form.
I took the docent training yesterday and it was an hour of minimally useful lecture and 90 minutes in the gardens themselves. Cesar's talk about the Lebanese Garden proper was informative and helpful.
Of interest for the herbarium, I see that the queen of the night is about to bloom, but someone or something is snatching the lotus blossoms before they can mature to fruit.
Of interest for my plant labeling gig, the Lark labels have arrived. It's 232 days until National Public Garden Day and I've got a list of 232 plant labels to get in the ground. I'll be a busy boy until first frost.
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