In my last post, I showed some of the flowers from the Koeze Stable Garden at Historic Barns Park. Today, I’ll show some more images from the rest of the grounds. For more information about the gardens, visit their website.
I’ve been asked how I identify the flowering plants in my posts. I use an app for my phone, Seek. It is available for both Android and iPhones. It is great for identifying plants, wildlife, and fungi. It is as simple as taking a photo of the unknown item and Seek gives the identity, in most cases. (I have no affiliation with Seek and am only sharing the tool I used.)
Of course, there are barns. These brick barns are part of the working farm that supported the state hospital. The Cathedral Barn can be rented as an event venue.
There are several gardens around the property. This fountain is near the visitor’s center and is surrounded by flowers.
The blossoms on this dogwood tree glowed a pastel pink with the sunlight shining through them. They made a nice contrast to the very blue skies.
These two are members of the Allium family, but I don’t know which ones.
This is a tall blue wild indigo.
This is a fringed blue star.
This is another I can’t identify, but is in the polypodiales family.
This labyrinth is at the edge of a couple gardens, inviting visitors to walk its paths.
This is just a sampling of the beauty at the Historic Barns Park at the Traverse City Commons. It is constantly changing from one season to the next. Visit often.
Mark
Beautiful,interesting pictures.I enjoyed seeing all of these.Thank you Mark for sharing.
What a magnificent barn!!! Wow. Would love to see the timber frame under that roof! I use the iNaturalist app, which works pretty good, too. The first allium you show looks like coreopsis/tickseed, but your app is probably correct. Another wonderful tour of blooms. Your dogwood is just now blooming? So pretty with the sunlight filtering in.