Author: Julia Nichols

October 19 Week 3 Garden Photos

Oct 19, 2026 | Photo Blog, Photo Worthy Insects and Animals, Photo Worthy Plants

“October is a symphony of permanence and change.” —Bonaro W. Overstreet Voodoo Lily seeds (Amorphophallus konjac)Julia Nichols, ©2026 HGIC, Clemson Extension Winged Sumac (Rhus copallina)Julia...

October 12 Week 2 Garden Photos

Oct 12, 2026 | Photo Blog, Photo Worthy Plants

“I’m so glad we live in a world where there are Octobers.” -L.M. Montgomery (Anne of Green Gables, 1908) Plumed Celosia (Celosia argentea)Julia Nichols, ©2026 HGIC, Clemson...

October 05 Week 1 Garden Photos

Oct 5, 2026 | Photo Blog, Photo Worthy Plants

“And all at once, summer collapsed into fall.” -Oscar Wilde (The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1890) American Beautyberry (Callicarpa americana)Julia Nichols, ©2026 HGIC, Clemson Extension Autumn Fern...

September 28 Week 4 Garden Photos

Sep 28, 2026 | Photo Blog, Photo Worthy Plants

“Paying attention is a form of reciprocity with the living world, receiving the gifts with open eyes and open heart.” ― Robin Wall Kimmerer Blue wood-aster (Symphyotrichum cordifolium)Julia Nichols,...

September 21 Week 3 Garden Photos

Sep 21, 2026 | Photo Blog, Photo Worthy Plants

“With all these lovely tokens of September days are here, with summer’s best of weather and autumn’s best of cheer.” – Helen Hunt Jackson African Blood Lily (Scadoxus multiflorus)Julia...

September 07 Week 1 Garden Photos

Sep 7, 2026 | Photo Blog, Photo Worthy Plants

“Happily we bask in this warm September sun, which illuminates all creatures…” ~Henry David Thoreau~ Adanson's Monstera (Monstera adansonii)Julia Nichols, ©2026 HGIC, Clemson Extension...

August 31 Week 5 Garden Photos

Aug 31, 2026 | Photo Blog, Photo Worthy Insects and Animals

“Summer’s lease hath all too short a date.” ~William Shakespeare~ Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)Photo credit: Leslie Fried, ©2026 African Marigold (Targetes erecta)Julia Nichols, ©2026...

August 24 Week 4 Garden Photos

Aug 24, 2026 | Photo Blog, Photo Worthy Plants

“In summer, the song sings itself.” ~William Carlos Williams~ Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae) on a Zinnia (Zinnia elegans) bloomJulia Nichols, ©2026 HGIC, Clemson Extension Yellow...

August 17 Week 3 Garden Photos

Aug 17, 2026 | Photo Blog, Photo Worthy Plants

Part 2 of Barbara’s visit to the Denver Botanic Gardens. The DBG is home to North America’s largest collection of plants. These plants come from all over the world. There are also seven...

August 10 Week 2 Garden Photos

Aug 10, 2026 | Photo Blog, Photo Worthy Plants

Barbara’s first retirement adventure took her out West to beautiful Denver, CO. The Denver Botanic Gardens began in 1951 as a grassroots effort, originally establishing a 100-acre site in City...

August 03 Week 1 Garden Photos

Aug 3, 2026 | Photo Blog, Photo Worthy Plants

“Breathe the sweetness that hovers in August.” ~Denise Levertov~ Blue Passionflower (Passiflora caerulea)Julia Nichols, ©2026 HGIC, Clemson Extension Carolina Lily (Lilium michauxii)Julia Nichols,...

July 27 Week 4 Garden Photos

Jul 27, 2026 | Photo Blog

“And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the...