I met fellow blogger, Sharon at Chutney Garden, and she took me on a tour of Christopher Talma's garden, in Santa Cruz, Trinidad. Lush and lovely. Fragrant Hedychium Striking heleconia and anthurium lily Pomerac=luscious tropical fruit I love these bronze leaves backlit by the sunlight Fishpond Powderpuff Very old pandanus cascading down Bromeliads
Tira, I am amazed by the amount of shots that you got. It was so nice meeting you. Please call me next time you come. We have to go and visit Sandy Gibson and get some shots of the orchids. How is your potrot? Did he miss you?
Amazing colours and flowers! I envy your tropical climate. I did grow a spectacular hedychium in my greenhouse this Summer, I brought back some roots from Madeira.
I searched the blog for your email address, but could not find it, so I decided to post a message here. I would like you to kindly email me concerning writing a gardening column for a Caribbean women's magazine. Please email me at caribbeanbelle@gmail.com. Thank you very much in advance.
Nicole, those pictures are beautiful. We get together regularly with our garden forum friends over here. It is lots of fun meeting gardening friends in "real life". Take care, Andrea
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Tira,
I am amazed by the amount of shots that you got. It was so nice meeting you. Please call me next time you come. We have to go and visit Sandy Gibson and get some shots of the orchids.
How is your potrot? Did he miss you?
Dear Nicole, meeting a fellow blogger must be a wonderful experience...that too in such lush, beatiful garden! How I envy you...
We celebrated Diwali on November 4.My Diwali post might interest you, as Diwali is one of the main festivals of Trinidad too.
We Austin bloggers have enjoyed getting together and I'm glad you met Sharon. You took the meeting somewhere spectacular - lovely photos, Nicole!
Annie at the Transplantable Rose
A lovely walk - I enjoyed it very much. :-))
Amazing colours and flowers! I envy your tropical climate. I did grow a spectacular hedychium in my greenhouse this Summer, I brought back some roots from Madeira.
Such wonderful photos , as always, Nicole. the last one of the landscape reminded me of the vegetation around Victoria Peak in Hong Kong.
Hey Nicole,
I searched the blog for your email address, but could not find it, so I decided to post a message here. I would like you to kindly email me concerning writing a gardening column for a Caribbean women's magazine. Please email me at caribbeanbelle@gmail.com. Thank you very much in advance.
That must have been great fun - meeting up with a fellow blogger and touring an incredibly beautiful garden. What an array of gorgeous plants!
Beautiful tropical garden and great pictures
Nicole, those pictures are beautiful. We get together regularly with our garden forum friends over here. It is lots of fun meeting gardening friends in "real life". Take care, Andrea
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