Stinzenflowers flowering again

In my garden and on the estates in 's-Graveland, Netherlands the special bulbflowers are flowering again :-) Grape hyacinth, Hellebore, anemone blanda, chionodoxa, petasites, scilla, daffodil....

special job

Wednesday and thursday an inventarisation job for Econsultancy. Hired to educate a couple of fieldworkers in recognation plants and vegetation types. Project leader is my son :-) Not so good weather, cloudy and on thursday almost whole day raining. But very special places in the west of Brabant. several types of orchids, sedges, grasses and so on. Here a couple of dactylorhiza species and a Himantoglossum hircinum, one of the most scarce species in the Netherlands.

Sunset and flowers

Wednesday a beautiful sunset in De Wieden, a lake and swamp area, famous for its nature and Natura 2000 protected. Iris foetidissima in my garden is after years in flower for the very first time. Grown from seed... and sometimes I'm experimenting imaging flowers and seeds...

France

Some time between the postings.. I've been busy with traveling and other things. Here a brief impression of South France. Orchids, villages. .

Stinzen estates again. Tulip and garden

One of the last days I made images for the stinzen book. Wild tulips, special wood anemones, Leeuwarden, Dekemastate, Franeker, Wijckel...