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Updated: Jul 14, 2009 9:23pm PST

Nature Galleries

Ball Gardens : The Ball Seed Company opens their gardens to the public one weekend a year. Absolutely beautiful - well worth the effort to get there.

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Ball Gardens

The Ball Seed Company opens their gardens to the public one weekend a ...

Updated: Jul 20, 2009 9:59pm PST

Joni's Garden : Joni has long loved the garden and gardening. Flowers and Foliage are her great passion in the garden. 

"Gardening is both an addiction and therapy all in one", she has been known to say often to friends. The hard work and sweat that it takes to have a beautiful garden is well rewarded with beauty and satisfaction. 

I (John) have grown to love these green friends also. However, I also enjoy photographing them - and prefer that to the hard work - dirty part of gardening. That is not to say that my hands are not often dirty and my back sore!

It won't take long for you to notice that the gardens are not perfect. As much as we would love to have "perfect" gardens, lack of time and nature itself contribute to the more natural look of Joni's Garden. We admire a well manicured yard yet are not driven to making ours precise. After all, it is more about the beauty that God has made than what we have done with it.

Joni and I both hope you enjoy Joni's Garden with us.

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Joni's Garden

Joni has long loved the garden and gardening. Flowers and Foliage are ...

Updated: Sep 21, 2009 7:05am PST

The Morton Arboretum : The Morton Arboretum is an internationally recognized nonprofit organization dedicated to the planting and conservation of trees.  Its 1,700 acres hold collections of more than 4,000 kinds of trees, shrubs, and other plants from around the world. The Arboretum was founded in 1922 by Morton Salt magnate Joy Morton. Arboretum grounds offer an oasis of magnificently tended trees, 16 miles of hiking trails, 9 miles of roads, and 900 acres of natural areas including the prototypical, restored 100-acre Schulenberg Prairie.

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The Morton Arboretum

The Morton Arboretum is an internationally recognized nonprofit organi ...

Updated: Jul 24, 2009 8:05pm PST

Cantigny Park : Mostly flowers and scenes at the Cantigny Park Wheaton, Illinois.

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Cantigny Park

Mostly flowers and scenes at the Cantigny Park Wheaton, Illinois. B ...

Updated: Mar 30, 2009 8:52pm PST

Chicago Botanic Gardens : The Chicago Botanic Garden, with its world-renowned plant collections and displays, is one of the country's most visited public gardens and a preeminent center for learning and scientific research.

The 385-acre Garden features 23 display gardens and three native habitats, uniquely situated on nine islands surrounded by lakes.

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Chicago Botanic Gardens

The Chicago Botanic Garden, with its world-renowned plant collections ...

Updated: Jul 14, 2009 10:01pm PST

Shari's Garden : Shari is our next door neighbor. She an Joni enjoy sharing a love of flowers.

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Shari's Garden

Shari is our next door neighbor. She an Joni enjoy sharing a love of f ...

Updated: May 26, 2009 8:31pm PST

Anderson Japanese Garden : Anderson Japanese Garden. The largest Japanese Garden outside of Japan. Rockford, IL

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Anderson Japanese Garden

Anderson Japanese Garden. The largest Japanese Garden outside of Japan ...

Updated: Mar 30, 2009 8:53pm PST

Nelson Lake :

Nelson Lake

Updated: Jul 28, 2009 7:32pm PST

Warrenville Grove :

Warrenville Grove

Updated: Mar 30, 2009 8:51pm PST

Sky : The sky changes all the time - Every day from first-light to sunset. Clouds have a life of their own and when sunlight plays through them it can be breathtaking. There is never much time to setup for cloud shots as they often change rapidly.

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Sky

The sky changes all the time - Every day from first-light to sunset. C ...

Updated: Mar 24, 2009 8:18am PST

The Growing Place :

The Growing Place

Updated: Sep 14, 2008 7:34am PST

Daylilies : All of these daylilies live in Joni's Garden (our yard). Somehow there are always a few new faces in our daylily family every year! It is astounding how many varieties of daylilies there are. We planted several more varieties this summer so there will be a whole new crop of beautiful new faces next year!

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Daylilies

All of these daylilies live in Joni's Garden (our yard). Somehow there ...

Updated: Aug 17, 2008 9:29pm PST

Landscapes :

Landscapes

Updated: Jul 24, 2009 8:44pm PST

Misc Gardens :

Misc Gardens

Updated: May 13, 2009 6:17am PST

Trees :

Trees

Updated: Jul 28, 2009 7:47pm PST

Fungi :

Fungi

Updated: Jun 05, 2009 6:31am PST

Rock Cut State Park :

Rock Cut State Park

Updated: Mar 30, 2009 9:06pm PST

Les Arends :

Les Arends

Updated: Apr 16, 2009 8:07am PST

Water :

Water

Updated: May 09, 2009 9:35am PST

Yew Dell :

Yew Dell

Updated: May 21, 2009 8:38am PST

Bernheim Arboretum :

Bernheim Arboretum

Updated: May 22, 2009 9:00pm PST