Garden Blogger Fall Color Project: From Tennessee to the Blue Ridge Mountains

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Today is a great day for fall color here in Tennessee. I went outside a few minutes ago and took some pictures for my Garden Blogger Fall Color Project Post which will come later this week. We also have a hat trick of fall color from several Tennessee bloggers!

Peaceful and tranquil beauty grace the grounds of Gail’s Garden, the blogger who gardens in Clay and Limestone. Golden yellows of the leaves join the grasses and seed heads of her fall garden in a showcase of fall. The yellows really come alive against the blue background of a rainless sky. Fall color has come to Nashville, TN!

Frosts, fothergillas, and fall foliage abound at Frances’ Faire Garden. Coral bark maples, red maples, and Japanese maples (Acer palmatum dissectum ‘Crimson Queen’) fill my fall color post maple quota (to me maples are a must!) The photograph of her disrobing dogwoods and slope garden makes one understand why her garden is a truely Faire Garden!

Although fall color hasn’t quite reached Georgia, Skeeter just couldn’t wait to find fall color! She traveled to the Blue Ridge Mountains in search of the elusive fall foliage and found much more than just colorful trees. Among the reds and yellows of the deciduous trees and the evergreen foliage of the pines and cedars she found a hidden treasure. I won’t spoil the surprise as Skeeter takes us In the Garden, in the Shenandoah National Forest!

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  4. Hi Dave, Thank you for your delightful intro to the garden colors of all the
    posters today! I just stepped outside after being trapped inside all morning to experience even more golds and yellows all around. Can’t wait to see your post later this week!

    Gail

  6. Hey Dave…
    Letting you know that I’ve posted on my blog the beautiful fall colors we’re experiencing here in south middle tn. thanks for the fall color project which I’ve so much enjoyed.

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Garden Blogger Fall Color Project from Ontario

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It’s time for another Fall Color Project Update! For those of you on Blotanical who haven’t seen The Home Garden for a while welcome back! The Feedburner issues with my blog have been resolved finally but unfortunately you’ve missed the announcement of my fall color project. To sum up the project I’m asking bloggers of all venues to do a post about the fall colors in their area. Then I sum up the posts here and put the most recent 5 posts in my sidebar. In this way we can track the fall colors as they journey from north to south! We’ve already seen some amazing posts from some great bloggers. For more details check out the Garden Blogger Fall Color Project Information Post.

Today’s fall color update comes to us from Algonquin Park in Northern Ontario. Dan, who writes the blog Urban Veggie Garden Blog, returned from his trip with some amazing wildlife shots among the cool colors of a Canadian autumn. The heron in the picture to the right is the shot I find the most impressive. I’m never able to get them to stand still, or rather stand period! Dan takes us around the Ragged Falls, Muskoka Falls and Smoke Lake while showing us pictures of fascinating wildlife like moose, chipmunks, red-breatsed merganser ducks, and a wild turkey that has so far escaped the dinner table!

2008 Garden Blogger Fall Color Project Participants

George in Vermont (The Vermont Gardener and Vermont Gardens)

Nancy in Nova Scotia, Canada (Soliloquy)

TC in Western Pennsylvania (Write Gardener)

Liisa in Vermont (Liisa in Vermont)

Dawn in Maine (In the Garden)

Anna in the Shenandoah Valley, Va. (FlowerGardenGirl)

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  2. As soon as we have some fall color I will join you! The understory trees like the dogwoods, Blackhaws and even the redbuds are colorful but that is it! I do love visiting the northern gardeners and seeing their beautiful maples and other lovelies! Thanks Dave for hosting the Fall Color Project!

    gail

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