A little slice of heaven in a very formal garden at NYBG

I just want to sit and stare at this garden for hours and imagine that I am in a geometrically designed garden somewhere in France. Maybe Versailles....

Perfect symmetry in a formal garden at NYBG

I love this garden at all times of the year. Perfect, ordered symmetry and balance.

Shades of yellow and orange at NYBG last Friday

Just look at the ingenious use of yellow and orange shaded spirea, euphorbia (a variety I've never seen before!) and tulips at the NYBG. My eyes were literally about to pop out of my head with all the color bursting forth everywhere I looked. I kept stopping to stare and take pictures and almost lost my class....again.....I lost them the week before with another fellow student, Cathy, because I just couldn't get enough of the views so I had to take a zillion pictures so I could study the plants later...over and over again!

A 'Sky Pencil' sentry

The use of Ilex crenata 'Sky Pencil' in this garden looks like a sentry or a guard protecting his charges. This is another garden at the NYBG last Friday.

Cornus florida in full bloom at NYBG

Last Friday the dogwoods were in full bloom and were glorious, along with the redbuds and so much more. Now, finally, the dogwoods are in bloom here at home in Fairfield, Connecticut. This is my favorite time of the year with all the shades of blue, lavender, pink, white and yellow -- and of course, endless shades of glorious green.

Shade garden at NYBG

Ligularia, Astilbe, Dicentra and Brunnera hold court in this shady spot at the New York Botanical Garden last Friday.

Yellow peony about to pop at NYBG last Friday

Paeonia 'Empress Wu's Yellow', single hybrid peony

This is a gorgeous yellow peony that is just about to pop...I took this picture during my class last Friday, May 6. I bet it's just about open now.