The "landscape" photos section of this site is intended to inspire and help NGA members visualize different plant arrangements in garden settings and learn about the tagged plants. But, what about our gorgeous landscape photos, the ones that show beautiful scenery? There isn't a section for those photos on this site, at least for now. Well, while we wait for one, let's share our scenery photos here!

I'll start with a few.

The Saddleback mountains, taken from Lake Elsinore side, in Southern California when the superbloom started, about a month ago:



Lake Elsinore:



Southern Orange County, last November:



So very looking forward to seeing the lovely landscapes you guys have captured.

NOTE: Here we want to share photos that we have taken ourselves and some information about the images we are sharing. If you need to add an image from the web to illustrate your comments, please be sure to credit the author.

Those are gorgeous photos Bleu! I especially love the last one - the beach.

Thank you, Frenchy! And you have the Potomac not too far from Falls Church, yes? There must be so many breathtaking spots along that river.😍

There is lots of beautiful scenery around this area. I have an old smartphone which doesn't do scenery very well. Hubby and I are planning to get a decent camera soon - then I will have to learn to use it.

thanks for the photo! What state are these places in?

That's in California, Serjio, the southern part of the state. To the east of those mountains is that lake, to the west is that beach. If you could go straight through the mountains, the distance between the lake and the beach would be 20 miles (32 km).

_Bleu_ said:That's in California, Serjio, the southern part of the state. To the east of those mountains is that lake, to the west is that beach. If you could go straight through the mountains, the distance between the lake and the beach would be 20 miles (32 km).

perhaps the mountains to some extent prevent air flow from the sea and create a special microclimate on the lake?

Exactly. And that may be the reason why the California poppies (all those orange spots on the mountains) only grow on the lake side of those hills. Coincidentally, today's site banner shows a detail of those mountains and the poppies.

at first I did not understand that it is poppies on the slopes of the mountains on the banner site. It's very beautiful

These "superblooms" happen when California gets very wet and cool winters, which is not very often. The California poppies are tiny. I took these photos the same day as the ones I posted above:



And other lovely native wildflowers also grow on the mountains:



Wow, it's way past bedtime! Time seems to fly when I'm on this site. Enjoy your day, Serjio!

What a great thread! I think these are all taken last spring. First one is from the garden in front of my guest house.

Second one from my annual check of the fences.

The third one from my kitchen window early in the morning.

Oh, Lola, thank you very much for that drink! What are we having?🍷😀

Love those photos! Your guests are very lucky to have such a great view. I've seen some wild yellow lupines in my area. What's the name of those mountains?

There are three mountain ranges in front of me. The start of the Great Western Tiers is on the left in the first photo above. In the third photo above in the right hand foreground is the Gog Range. Behind the water towards the left in the background is Mt Roland and Mt Claude, and way over the back in the middle is Black Bluff.
Black Bluff in the middle.


Black Bluff disappearing in the mists.

Hi
Took some pics today on my weekly visit to Clyne Gardens ( my spiritual
Home for 55 years ), this garden has been the source of inspiration in this area for years, it is not near full bloom yet, and my photography ( I pad ) is not the best.


This is Clyne chapel in the grounds of the park.
Rumour has it. Cathrine Zeta-jones and Micheal Douglas wanted to get hitched here, Cathrine was raised in this area, however it it didn't happen for securitie issues.

Love, lovely photos, John. What a place! So peaceful and inspiring...

Is that the same doggie as the one in your avatar photo?

since I live in the South of Russia, I wanted to show You the beautiful places of my region. This is the North Caucasus, Lagonaki plateau. Height 1800 - 2000 meters above sea level. Now it is the territory of the Caucasian state natural biosphere Reserve.

This part of the plateau is called the Stone sea. This unique mountain range consists of reef limestone formed hundreds of millions of years ago on the bottom of the upper Jurassic sea under the influence of tropical climate. It offers a beautiful view

_Bleu_ said:Love, lovely photos, John. What a place! So peaceful and inspiring...

Is that the same doggie as the one in your avatar photo?

Hi
Yes it is a lovely woodland setting, this place has been my spiritual
Home for over 55 years.
It's been an inspiration to gardeners in this area for many years, and will hopefully inspire many more in the future!!
Yes that's Billy my dog, and it's his all time favorite place, the gardeners
Here have always been dog friendly.
Here's a photo of the dog graveyard in the gardens.



I will take more photos when it really starts to bloom
Kind regards
John

Hi Sergio
Stunning photos Sergio really enjoyed viewing them, keep them coming.

Bleu
My wife's favorite flower bar none, is the California poppy, she was delighted
With your fantastic photos, very impressive To see a mountain bloom.
Kind regards
John

Hi, John! thanks for the photo of Clyne Gardens. How long ago was it founded?