In the in-between time of late summer and fall in Nichols Arboretum, when summer flowers are done blooming and tree leaves haven’t changed to their brilliant reds, golds and yellows, you might not think to walk through Magnolia Glade. The more than two dozen southern Appalachian trees and cultivars from around the world are long… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Sweetbay Magnolia
Who would have thought 100 years ago that a donation of peonies by Dr. We. E. Upjohn, founder of Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company in Kalamazoo, Michigan, would expand to a 27-bed garden filled with blooming flowers attracting people from all over the Midwest?
This year marks the 100th anniversary of Upjohn’s gift and our recent weather couldn’t be nicer for a visit to the peony garden.
Continue reading Photo of the Week: Celebrating the Centennial of the University of Michigan Peony Garden
Since the weather has finally cooled down in southeast Michigan, and with all the rain we’ve had recently, I’m finding more mushrooms in the woods when I’m out birding.
Mushrooms on the ground near decaying leaves, at the base of trees, as well as nestled in the V of dead limbs of deciduous trees in the woods.
Including this yellow mushroom, which I’ve seen increasing in numbers under the white pines at Nichols Arboretum in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Continue reading Photo of the Week: American Yellow Fly Agaric Mushroom