Yesterday's newspaper featured a full page about the director of the Kauffman Memorial Garden in which he talked about the gardens, color schemes, what they have been planting lately, what's currently in bloom, etc. So....this morning I drove down to the Plaza area to check it out. What a gem it is. The 2-acre garden is part of the Kauffman Legacy Park and was opened in 2000. The garden is free to the public and is open every day between dawn and dusk. There are about 7,000 plants and varieties planted in the garden includeing vintage and modern perennials, annuals, scrubs, bulbs and trees. The beds are changed out 4 times a year and they have just done the 2nd change for this year. In November, underneath the winter planting, will go 6,000 tulip bulbs for the spring season. Mr. & Mrs. Kauffman are buried in a secluded corner of the garden.
Behind the Green Garden is the Conservatory building.
Inside the conservatory, which is air conditioned for comfort, are six large pindo palm trees. These palm trees have orchard plant in discrete moss containers secured to the trunks of the palm trees. You don't notice the moss, what you see are the beautiful orchids.
One of the orchids on a palm tree. This is probably the largest orchid bloom I have ever seen. It was about 4-5" in diameter. Stunning!
The Parterre "Canal" Garden contains a long pool where bronze figures dance in the water. The pool is lined on each side with beds of annuals and tropical that are changed each season.
I have no idea what kind of plant this is but it sure is pretty. It is about 2 feet high and the blooms are in clusters like this.
Dahlia blooms.
And then there is the Hidden Garden located behind the conservatory. You don't realize this is a fountain until a periodic burst of water comes up out of the ground. There are 3-4 of these in the Hidden Garden. I stood there a long time trying to get the burst of water. 8-)
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