Here are images from a visit to Millennium Park a week ago. We love the Lurie Garden whose perennials were designed by Piet Oudolf. This is the first year I've seen the Salvia River, above, flow fully. Previously rabbits and leaks took their toll.
The south end of the Lurie holds a small native section. This time of year most of the native plants are smart (given our mid-May last frost date) and not blooming. But the Geum triflorum (Prairie Smoke) was strutting its stuff and showing off why it gets its name.
3 comments:
wonderful photography!
Where is the millenium garden?
Friko: Thank you!
Millennium Park is in downtown Chicago, Illinois just north of the Art Institute on Michigan Avenue. The Lurie Garden is one of several gardens and sculpture exhibits and an amazing bandshell by Frank Gehry where much free music is played during the warm months. The Lurie garden was designed by a landscape architect (Kathryn Gustafson), a set designer (Robert Israel) and the great plants and nursery man (Piet Oudolf).
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