Sunday, May 10, 2026

Pollinator Plants at Leach Botanical Garden

17Here begins a series of scenes at that hidden east side Portland gem, the Leach Botanical Garden.

There's an upper area and a lower area. The geography places it along the brow of the gully that Johnson Creek cascades down before adopting a more leisurely course going west from the Lents area of Southeast Portland. This part was on the upper area and was in deliciously bright sunlight.

Click on each photo to embiggen.

Along the start of the pollinator walk.

Closeup on some pollinator blossoms

Lovely light blue blossoms. The scent was wonderful.

Even More!

One of the things I adore about plants is the way some take the light an multiply it. They don't become brighter, though, but more luminous. More vivid.

Watercolor works the same way. 

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