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— BROOKGREEN
GARDENS, Part 4 — May 7, 2007 — Last week I hoped to conclude the series on Brookgreen Gardens, but I wasn't able to present all the photographs that I wanted you to see — so here we are again. This week is, I promise, the last installment in the series. I hope you've enjoyed it. First, let's take a look at some of the wildlife at Brookgreen. It's not all alligators...
Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax
nycticorax)
Barred Owl (Strix varia)
Fulvous Whistling DucK (Dendrocygna
bicolor)
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
Wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) in full courting
plumage
Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus
niger) I LOVE these creatures!
We see them infrequently on our own property, but Brookgreen is crawling with them.
Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus
carolinensis)
American Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus
leucocephalus)
Speaking of Bald Eagles, I particularly
liked this sculpture.
(Louise, do you know who did it?)
And speaking of Louise, here
she is with her 17" bronze, Lethal
Weapons.
It is currently on display at Brookgreen's Rainey Sculpture Pavilion.
While we're on the subject of
sculpture, everybody loves Derrick Wernher's
"Len Ganeway" (bronze, 1980).
" Flying Wild
Geese" by Marshall Maynard Fredericks (bronze, 1967)
"Diana of the Chase" by
Anna Hyatt Huntington (bronze, 1922)
And we'll look at another art
form — flowers.
I'm a fool for Dutch Iris.
I like to get up close and personal.
Even the unopened blossoms are
beautiful.
Poppies are another of my favorites.
I love their prickly stems...
...and their papery petals .
Their unopened blossoms are wonderful, too.
Here's a scene from one of the
gardens at Brookgreen.
And another
And another
This is in the Children's
Garden.
Spiderwort (Tradescantia virginiana)
It's considered a weed by
many, but I like it.
I'm not sure what this is.
We all know what this is, though.
Atamasco lily (Zephyranthes atamasco) This delicate flower could be seen in naturalized colonies throughout the Estate. I've since learned that all parts of the plant, and its bulbs especially, are highly poisonous. The atamasco — or rain lily, as it is sometimes called — is considered an endangered/threatened species in some parts of the country.
"Persephone" by Marshall
Maynard Fredericks (bronze, 1981)
"Circle of Life" by Howard "Tuck" Langland (bronze, 2001)
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