Wednesday Walk Allen C Haskill Public Gardens New Bedford
This post if for Wednesday walk challenge And Make me Smile Collaboration challenge, initially our collaboration was once a month but due to the popularity of it we have decided to make the collab a weekly thing :)
Wednesday Walk is a challenge started by me, the idea is to get out for a short walk and get some shots of what you can see within a short distance of your home office or wherever you start. And this is my entry for this week, but first, let me explain the challenge.
This is my post for the Wednesday Walk challenge hosted by myself, let me first explain the guidelines
Try and get out once a week for a short walk, can be from your office, home or anywhere really and walk for a few blocks or a few minutes looking for things to get shots of.
Your walk does not have to be on a Wednesday I just ask if possible to share your walk photos on a Wednesday.
Try and get a few shots not just one
Add a bit of a write up about where you walked
You can look for anything in general or decide on one subject you want to get shots off.
Make a point of looking around and up and see what you can find to get shots of that otherwise you may miss
Do a post with the shots you get on a Wednesday and tag it with #wednesdaywalk, also if you happen to join, please leave a link to your post in a comment on this post and I will try and visit them all, especially if its not one of the first 5 tags or I may miss seeing it .
Following me and re-Hiving the post so more see it would be appreciated but isn't a rule just a suggestion.
I am not strict on these rules and hence why they are called guidelines and not rules
I will try and visit, and upvote all who take part in the Wednesday Walk.
Make me Smile Collaboration
As I mentioned above Wednesday Walk is collaborating with the [Make Me Smile] hosted by @elizacheng,
Here are the rules for her challenge
Your post can be writing, singing, video, poem,drawing, photography etc.... the most important part is your post Make me" smile, Remember, the ME is whoever read/view/listen to your post and this includes YOURSELF.
b. Your content must be ORIGINAL CONTENT
c. Please include at least 50 Words in your post
Wednesday Walk Allen C Haskill Public Gardens New Bedford
As I mentioned in a recent post I visited these gardens recently haven't seen a photo from there online and thought I would check it out, its a public gardens with free entry, and quite close to our house, infact its off a busy road we often drive down and we had never noticed it.
I went there to check it out but will go back again with Lulu soon so she can enjoy it, its a nice small area, with a few seats spread around and I think she will love it there.
I took many shots there and may well do a couple of posts on it, so this will just be an overview of the park and what I saw walking around it
This first photo I will talk about a bit later, just slipped it in here as it will look better on the thumbnail on the feed, than the first shot of this post
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the sign as you enter the gardens
and if your wonderign like I was who Allen C Haskill was, here you go
The late Allen C. Haskell, a lifelong New Bedford resident and famed horticulturist, assembled these six acres—the site of a traditional New England-style common, beautiful historic gardens, and one of the oldest homes in the city—over more than 30 years. Today, it’s a public park and unlikely botanical respite, blooming in the heart of New Bedford.
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As you enter the gardens you come across this building which was closed the day I visited it
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Walking to the left of that building you come across this pathway
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and when I followed the path to the right i came across this colorful greenhouse, when I left home to visit the gardens the sun was shining but clouds came in as I got there so it was a little dull, but this greenhouse with all its colored panes of glass really caught my eye, behind it there are 3 more greenhouses but not as colorful as this one
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The gardens we well maintained, as you can see in this shot a Gardener was at work mowing the lawns off tot he right of the container that has been repurposed
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in the field of the gardens
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A cool little display here Someone was actually under one of these dome like structures reading a book
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There are a good variety of trees around the gardens such as the two in this next shot
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And thats all for this post, but I will revisit these gardens both with another post and in person :)
Weekly giveaway of shares
As @elizacheng and I collaborated with our Wednesday Walk and Make me Smile Challenges
And one person is randomly drawn who joins both challenges to receive one Hive from me and this week it is @TBA
I hope a few of you may find this an interesting challenge and decide to join in.
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