Good Bye Dillon!

For a few weeks this summer I had the pleasure of working with a young man named Dillon Thring. He is full of life, terribly handsome and can swing in a tree like no body's business. Today was his last day with Common Ground, so, we had an outing (and an obscene amount of Pizza). For all of his tough exterior, he fell in love with those bunnies even more than I did. (Check out my last Blog) (I can't be certain, but I think he even said that they were precious!) So, in honour of the sweet and sensitive male that lurks within, today I took the whole planting crew to the Humber Nurseries butterfly conservatory in Brampton.

 

Here we all are at the entrance, about to be "entranced" by these amazing butterflies, and the enormous selection of flora.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We carefully stepped inside, and it was like visiting a hot tropical free floating paradise. Butterflies were everywhere.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We were all filled with delight as we picked our favorites and hoped they would land on us. For a few seconds a huge moth landed on my left ear.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I was quite taken with the moth's wing patterns. It was difficult to photograph them in flight, but when they flew, the inside of their wings was the lovliest shade of electric blue.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It felt as if the Monarchs were dripping off of every flower.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After the Buttlerfly conservatory we wondered around the rest of the Nursery and loved every minute of it (although not the heat)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is Emma displaying my favorite flower of the day. The Calla Lily or Arum Lily is so damn exotic. There is such a purity in all of the folds of whiteness in this fleshy flower, that I cannot get enough of. In the tropical house Mathew was a little taken with the flesh eating plants and ended up buying a Venus fly trap, but not before having a little taste of this Pitcher plant.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In the pond section we found a variety of perennial Rose of Sharon that likes to be submerged in water. As you can see they are huge, thanks to the up close and personal shot of Alex snorking the flower.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Walter was feeling frisky today, and being very funny, I think he is pretending to be a wild lion in the African savannas. Very convincing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Later that day we were all going to install some Hens and Chicks or Semperivivum. The selection is definitely the best at Humber.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It was pretty amazing field trip.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

But eventually we had to go back to work.

Thanks for a great day guys. Good Luck Dillon!