After visiting Rowan's yesterday, we moved along the highway to Scott's Nurseries, where I set myself up at the rhododendron display, trying to get a nice photograph of both the flowers and the dozens of bumble bees that were enjoying them. (Unfortunately, by the way, auto-focus and busy bees don't seem to mix.)
One of the staff members saw me there and said, "If you like rhodos, you should check out the display at the grounds keeper's house at the Experimental Farm. Right now, it's pretty spectacular."
So we made a special trip out to see them. Wow. Was it ever worth it! The mounds of flowers in vibrant colours amazed us. There were so many, not even my wide-angle lens could capture them all. And on an overcast day, the light wasn't sufficient to transfer the vibrancy of the many colours into the camera's memory. This large photo is the most vivid of the bunch and it only conveys a small taste of the intensity of the experience of actually being there.
The rhodos must fill an area the size of a football field, with paths in, around and through them. In places, they rise more than twenty feet in the air (see lower photo and, remember, those are not short women). The bugs, mind you, were absolutely insane near the bushes but even that didn't stop us from spending a half hour "browsing" the area, taking pictures and enjoying the experience. It helped that the many bugs and the millions of flowers served to attract a number of birds to the area, adding to the already spectacular visit.
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