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Paul Goldfinger © Sept. 19, 2019. Ocean Grove. Click to enlarge.
Dahlia. Paul Goldfinger. Photo note: selective focus and exposure with manual camera. 9/19/19 ©
Hydrangea: Paul Goldfinger © Photo note: intentionally underexposed for color with a manual camera. ©
MICKEY GILLEY
Posted in Ocean Grove gardens, tagged Gardens in the Grove on September 15, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Eileen tends her OG garden during a spectacular September day. Paul Goldfinger iPhone photo. Look for the rainbows. Click to enlarge. ©
AL JOLSON
Posted in Ocean Grove gardens, tagged ocean grove gardens on July 11, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Southside Ocean Grove. Paul Goldfinger © 7/10/19 Click to enlarge
THOMAS HAMPSON WITH THE LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. From Cole Porter Night and Day.
Posted in Ocean Grove gardens, tagged Hydrangea in Ocean Grove on September 21, 2018| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Ocean Grove gardens, tagged dahlias and daylillies, Eileen's garden, OG garden report on June 15, 2018| Leave a Comment »
Dahlias from Eileen’s garden. Reposted from June 14, 2012. Ocean Grove, New Jersey. iPhone4S photo by Paul @Blogfinger
By Eileen Goldfinger, house and garden editor @Blogfinger
I love dahlias in my garden because they bloom from June until the frost. They are tubers, and unless you bring them into the house for the winter, they will not survive. But last fall I left some in the ground, expecting that they would have to be replaced this spring, but because of the mild winter, we have had some return and bloom this month in the front beds, which have a southern exposure.
Also coming up this month are the daylilies, which are perennials that return year after year. Each bloom lasts one day, and the plant continues to bloom for 1-5 weeks.
Daylilies. These daylilies were planted in Chester, NJ in 1985, transplanted to Heck Avenue in 1998, and then brought over to Mt. Hermon Way in 2002.
Sign up and/or attend the 4th annual OG Peoples Garden Tour—a walk-around neighborhood event on Sunday, June 24. 10 am to 2 pm. For more information scroll down to the Garden Tour list.
FAITH PRINCE from Guys and Dolls:
Posted in Ocean Grove garden tour, Ocean Grove gardens, tagged People's Garden Tour Ocean Grove on June 13, 2018| Leave a Comment »
Many OG gardens can be enjoyed by strolling by. Main Avenue. Just give us your address. Blogfinger photo June, 2018. ©
By Paul and Eileen Goldfinger, Editors @Blogfinger Botanical Gardens
Ocean Grove has more lovely small gardens per square mile than any other town in the Garden State. And these Grover gardens are largely accessible by people walking by.
So our OG People’s Garden Tour on Sunday, June 24, from 10 am to 2 pm, gives the town’s gardeners a chance to share their botanic accomplishments with neighbors and visitors.
You don’t even have to be present or conduct a tour if your garden can be viewed by someone walking by. And it doesn’t matter if you haven’t finished your gardening…it’s always a work in progress. No need to fuss. The visit is the most important. There’s always something to see.
It’s necessary that our community of residents show that simplicity and spontaneity can be rewarding too. It doesn’t always have to be car shows and gridlock tourist events dominated by out-of-towners.
It’s not important to spend a lot of money. Even one nice plant can be of interest.
Main Avenue. OG 6/13/18. All photos by Blogfinger. ©
And you may find some surprises:
Don’t step on the flowers or else off with your heads.
Pond and fish. 113 Mt. Hermon Way—backyard Delaware side. Walk right in. —-Something fishy by Paul and Eileen
All we need is your address (mail to BlogfInger@verizon.net) so that our online list can show places to visit for those who want to visit gardens, even if it is just a walk-by.
For those who can be home for garden visitors, that would be even better because of the conversations which can be sociable and educational. But you don’t have to be there.
And if your garden is accessible only by walking into your back yard then we can note that on the list; presumably you will be there to admit the visitors.
So far we have three gardens on the list, but consider emailing us with your address and perhaps a short description of what you will be displaying. And we will have a souvenir Ocean Grove prize for all those who show up at 113 Mt. Hermon Way.
And, as a cardiologist, I will give a prize to anyone who can show me foxglove.
PINK MARTINI:
Posted in Ocean Grove gardens, tagged roses in Ocean Grove on May 31, 2018| Leave a Comment »
Walkway garden on Heck Avenue. May 31, 2018. Blogfinger photograph. © Click to enlarge.
A side yard along Delaware Avenue. June 1, 2018. Blogfinger photo
ISABELLE FONTAINE “Roses of Picardy” with the Hot Club of San Francisco.
Posted in Ocean Grove gardens, Ocean Grove lifestyles, tagged OCEAN GROVE SPRINGTIME on April 26, 2018| Leave a Comment »
Founders’ Park. April 24, 2018. Paul Goldfinger ©. Click to enlarge.
ART GARFUNKEL:
Posted in Blogfinger Presents, Ocean Grove gardens, tagged Gardens in Ocean Grove on September 22, 2017| Leave a Comment »
Autumn begins today, September 22, 2017. Note how the yellow flowers at the right edge match the yellow street stripes. Blogfinger photo © Click to enlarge
PINK MARTINI: “The Gardens of Sampson and Beasley”
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Eileen’s hibiscus. Ocean Grove garden. August 31, 2017. Eileen’s photo ©
Multiple blooms erupt at end of August, 2017. Eileen’s photo. ©
By Eileen Goldfinger, house and garden editor @Blogfinger
Eileen’s secret recipe for her large potted hibiscus plant: She has brought it into the house each of the last 4 winters, before the frost, placing it in a sunny window. This is a tropical plant, and frost will kill it. It goes dormant in the winter, so it requires just light watering.
This spring, she took it outside into the rear garden where it gets partial sun, especially in the afternoon. Hibiscus needs sun. Then she removed it from the pot and pruned off one-third of the roots. After that, she replaced the potting soil and added timed release fertilizer (“Osmocote”). Then she placed it into the soil and pruned back the branches by a third. Watering should be light, weekly, and with weekly liquid fertilizer ” Organic Bloom” by Espoma.
All summer it has bloomed more than usual, and the blooms only last one day. Then, during the last week of August, the plant erupted with a record-breaking (for our garden) 8 simultaneous blooms occurring at one remarkable point.
MAKAHA SONS OF NI’IHAU “I’ll Remember You.”
