Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens in August 2018 – Part I

Last week we made our last trip to Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens for this year. The lotus flowers are nearing the end although there were still a few plants blooming.

There are many more seed pods than flowers now…at all stages of development.

The button bushes have a few blooms still…but are also showing off seed pods.

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There was an oak leaf in the parking lot that looked a lot like a city map (white roofs) with noticeable greenways.

The rose mallows are still full of buds and blooms.

I was glad to see the water lilies still blooming. The extra rain might have prolonged their season a bit this year.

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Stay tuned for a post about insects and a turtle we saw at Kenilworth tomorrow…and then the birds we saw will be featured in the post for Friday.

Kenilworth Gardens – Other Stuff

Of course – lotuses, water lilies, buttonbushes and dragonflies were not the only things to see at Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens last weekend. Even in the island of garden in the parking lot there were things to see. The most interesting (to me), were some tiny acorns on a lower branch of an oak

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And a blue jay that seemed very acclimated to people.

I didn’t spend much time on the boardwalk out to the river but was there long enough to capture a sleepy duck.

There were some colorful canna leaves in the morning sun and

A gall on one of the trees with shelf fungus make it look something like a face (with a few too many eyes and eye brows!).

The showy flowers of the rose mallow seemed to be everywhere. I love the flowers with their deep red centers but maybe the tightly wrapped petal in bud form are ever more interesting. Enjoy the mallow slide show below!