Today ’s photos are from Alan Donges , assistant curator of gardening at theToledo Zoo . He says,“Although it is near the end of the season The Toledo Zoo ’s turn out garden and lily pool is still a favorite spot for our visitors to stop and linger .
“ The garden consists of close to 40 different varieties of hybrid teatime , grandiflora , and floribunda roses . Mixed in among the roses are some 20 unlike varieties of perennial . The lily pool contains chromatella and hollandia hardy piddle lily . Containers of annuals are used as accents around the pool and pergola making it an call for topographic point to block and take a rest , a photograph , or just enjoy the view . ”
Darnit ! I was in Toledo this spring visit theToledo Botanical Garden , and if I ’d known about this , I would have visited here , too ! It looks astonishing , Alan , thanks so much for clueing us in .

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Photo/Illustration: Courtesy of Alan Donges








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