Niagara's Crab Apple Allee - Spring and Winter

I found some old pictures from 2006.  That was the year I decided to take a picture a day as a project.  By the end of the year, I decided to become a photographer, and within the next year had transitioned from my Management Consulting work, and was taking photography courses at Ryerson and online. It's a few years later, and I am enjoying gardening and photography as my major activities.  I still do some contract consulting work for the income.  

So, I found a 2006 image of the Niagara Crab Apple Allee, and want to show you the spring and winter comparison. It's that such a show when they are in bloom!  

Something I noticed was the difference in where I took the picture from then.  I missed out on capturing the infinity view.  This past winter you can see how extensive the Allee is and how far that view goes.  The giant urns - and they are giant - draw your eye all the way through the garden, and right to the end.  It is a masterful technique that we can consider using in our own little gardens - placing pots at regular intervals to draw the eye through the garden scape.

Niagara's Beauty

The butterfly conservatory was filled with children and butterflies on January 1st 2014.

Outside the crab apple allee was showing its infinity view with its giant urns drawing the eye to the vanishing point.  Spring will show quite a different picture.

Inside the butterfly conservatory, the Blue Morphos were fluttering everywhere.  But it is difficult to get a shot of them with their wings open.  Sitting on a tree trunk with the wings closed is an easy shot.