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Photo of the Week: Nancy Brown Peace Carillon

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Yellow yarrow and orange butterfly flowers lay a carpet in front of the gray stone Nancy Brown Peace Carillon, blue sky with wispy white clouds in the background.

As you travel the outer road around Belle Isle State Park near the Detroit River boat channel between Detroit, Michigan and Windsor, Ontario, Canada, you can’t miss the tall gray tower north of the road.

When I saw the Nancy Brown Peace Carillon this week, gorgeous early summer blooms of yarrow and orange butterfly milkweed in Oudolf Garden Detroit created a beautiful carpet of color in front of the tower.

Dedicated to peace, the 85-foot tall neo-Gothic tower has a rich history.

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Photo of the week: Dwarf Iris at Oudolf Garden Detroit

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Multiple spiky blue-with-white flowers in bloom, surrounded by brown mulch.

With a cold breeze off the Detroit River and temperatures at the freezing mark, it’s no surprise I found the Frozen Planet variety of dwarf iris in bloom this weekend at Oudolf Garden Detroit. The blooms have white standards with a slight hue of blue. The blue falls have white and yellow markings. Located in… Continue reading Photo of the week: Dwarf Iris at Oudolf Garden Detroit

Photo of the Week: One World…Under Michigan Stars

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Round copper-colored sculpture with insets of blue glass and multiple cutouts sits on a concrete slab, surrounded by grass, silhouetted by bare trees.

You can’t miss the large steel sculpture as you complete the curve on Lakeshore Drive from the U.S. Coast Guard Station on the Detroit River at Belle Isle State Park in Detroit, Michigan.

The copper-colored sculpture with blue glass stands out on a raised slope on the east side of the park, where the lighthouse trail starts.

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