This is a float bowl in the garden of E.G. Waterhouse's 1914 Historic House Eryldene. According to the Eryldene website: The garden is regarded as the 'spiritual' home of the camellia in Australia. Waterhouse planted, researched and propagated camellias, which earned him international fame and respect, and brought the camellia back to popularity as a garden plant. The camellias are at their best between April and August.
I took this photo in September. The camellias were on their way out but the charming thing about the gardens is that they have many large float bowls where the gardeners put the fallen blooms. It really is a very lovely idea.
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Happy Sunday all!
what a great idea...i believe i will have some float bowls around next summer. it's a beautiful photo...thanks for sharing.
Posted by: robin | November 07, 2010 at 02:26 AM
Sounds like a lovely place to visit. Wonderful photo
Posted by: Brandi | November 07, 2010 at 03:22 AM
What a lovely idea...very zen
Posted by: Teri and the cats of Furrydance | November 07, 2010 at 05:14 AM
Oh, such lovely flowers and wonderful spring shadows! Beautiful capture, Sam! Makes me long for spring, but I have a very LONG wait! Hope you've had a great weekend so far! Enjoy!
Sylvia
Posted by: Sylvia Kirkwood | November 07, 2010 at 09:40 AM
The three-dimensional feeling of this pond is artistic and wonderful. The surface has flowers of ruby, but I love the dark shadow on the bottom. A beautiful pond, a place to place flowers and contemplate...
Posted by: Ralph | November 07, 2010 at 11:32 AM
That's pretty!
Beautiful shadows!
Elephant Ears' Shadows
Posted by: Nostalgic Marveling | November 07, 2010 at 12:58 PM
I think I would be in heaven if I visited this garden and house. I adore camellias. And your shot of them floating in water is very pretty. Hope you had a fantastic weekend, Sam.
Posted by: ondressingup | November 07, 2010 at 03:08 PM
How pretty! I love the idea of garden float bowls. I think I'll look into getting one for all of my dandelions. It will need to be a very big bowl!
I hope you've been having a lovely weekend Sam and that the rain from yesterday has eased off a little. It's just so not fair when it rains on weekends! xo
Posted by: Tracy | November 07, 2010 at 07:13 PM
An unusual shadow shot! The colours of the cameelias are lovley!
Posted by: Anne Donald | November 08, 2010 at 04:33 AM
Oh, how pretty. I should do that in my garden as well. Nice photo!
Posted by: Amanda | November 15, 2010 at 11:04 AM