Photos: Coles County Community Garden

[ysabetwordsmith]

These pictures show the Coles County Community Garden on Saturday, August 2. (Begin with Part 1: Right Side, Part 2: Left Side.)


This is the entrance to the Coles County Community Garden. The sign stands beside the greenhouse.




The left side has a couple of garden sheds and a big flower garden.




The right side has rows of raised beds. They are kind of a mess. Most have fences around them so you can neither weed them nor pick anything unless it spills out through the mesh.




Here is a closeup of the sign.




This vine seems to be producing some sort of melon or squash. I am pretty sure it belongs to the famiy Cucurbitaceae.




Many of these little purple flowers are blooming, but I don't recognize them.




Many plants are producing these little lanternlike pods, which are likely some sort of Physalis such as goldenberry, ground cherry, or tomatillo.




This bed has some purple echinacea blooming. It is a useful herb.




I continue to covet this reddish-purple sedum in the flower garden. It's near the greenhouse.




Something is putting up spikes of hot pink flowers.




This stand of flowers is producing longer purple-pink flower spikes.




Here is a closeup of a purple flower spike. This might be blazing star.




There is a big patch of zinnias blooming. These attract many pollinators.




Orange butterfly weed is blooming. I got mine to bloom this year too!




A butterfly perches on a Buddleia flower, also known as butterfly bush. As it is not native, it is less valuable, but they do like the flowers. The butterfly is probably a monarch but might be a viceroy. With the lower wings covered, I can't tell. Viceroys have an extra bar there that monarchs don't.




A hidden path runs between the garden shed and the big flower garden, toward the other garden shed and the greenhouse.




It's hard to see amidst all the grass and weeds, but there are yellow coreopsis blooming here.




This is a big patch of purple echinacea.




Blanketflowers spill over the path.




It's a bit hard to see, but these zinnias are planted in five or six rows.




Single, semi-double, and double zinnias bloom in many colors.




Here is a closeup of a blanketflower.

Comments

[trepkos]

Very cool! I love the Zinnias!