A little controlled nature

This is a combo post. I visited the St Kilda Botanic Gardens once in early spring on my own and then late spring with R. I've combined the photos from two visits. There is never an off time in the gardens.

I never had much success growing poppies. They always seemed to bend and flop.

Rain Man is solar powered. The more sun, the higher the water flow. 

So green.

I missed the peak rose display this year.

I was a bit cross here. An older woman pulled of a rose bloom and separated the petals and then sprinkled them over, I assume her granddaughter, in this rotunda. She became aware of my intense interest and very pained expression from the bench where I was sitting.