{"id":239,"date":"2015-03-01T11:16:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-01T11:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/2015\/03\/melbournes-summer-parks-and-gardens.html\/"},"modified":"2015-03-01T11:16:00","modified_gmt":"2015-03-01T11:16:00","slug":"melbournes-summer-parks-and-gardens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/staging\/8794\/2015\/03\/01\/melbournes-summer-parks-and-gardens\/","title":{"rendered":"Melbourne&#8217;s Summer Parks and Gardens"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">We&#8217;ve had our last glorious day of summer.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">&nbsp; &nbsp;As the nights draw into winter,&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">we welcome our Aussie autumn!<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-3fevPxqmOeU\/VPLiyAF8dcI\/AAAAAAAAFaI\/dR5ZirD5SRQ\/s1600\/Summer2015g.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-3fevPxqmOeU\/VPLiyAF8dcI\/AAAAAAAAFaI\/dR5ZirD5SRQ\/s1600\/Summer2015g.jpg?resize=480%2C640\" height=\"640\" width=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Whilst we are all into the current ICC Cricket World Cup,<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">our sporting ovals, now full with kids playing cricket in the sunshine,<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">&nbsp;will begin to make way for the season of muddy soccer players.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-em1_A58FBao\/VPKU62ZJWBI\/AAAAAAAAFY0\/C844Ns_gUdM\/s1600\/Summer2015a.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-em1_A58FBao\/VPKU62ZJWBI\/AAAAAAAAFY0\/C844Ns_gUdM\/s1600\/Summer2015a.jpg?resize=640%2C396\" height=\"396\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Anderson Park, Hawthorn East with Melbourne city view.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Despite the feeling,&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">that we&#8217;d had a terrible summer,<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">our summer was spot on average.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">The past few years have been above well average&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">global warming heatwave summers.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">We&#8217;ve come to expect many days above 40 degrees C<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">and all, except the drought tolerant gardens, suffer.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-xwTl7Lqlzac\/VPKa245t9RI\/AAAAAAAAFZE\/CBRxd5yM2Fc\/s1600\/Summer2015d.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-xwTl7Lqlzac\/VPKa245t9RI\/AAAAAAAAFZE\/CBRxd5yM2Fc\/s1600\/Summer2015d.jpg?resize=640%2C640\" height=\"640\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Royal Botanical Gardens Melbourne Feb 2015<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">This summer&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">was a perfect Aussie summer&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">for this <i>Sweaty Betty<\/i> Brit&nbsp;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">used to calling any day, that is not freezing cold, &#8220;lovely weather&#8221;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">In February, we had several heavy downpours,&nbsp;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">the rain is always&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">welcomed by our plants!<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Here are some of my favourite photos from around the local parks and gardens<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Starting with my own garden of course!<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Last years post&nbsp;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/littlewanderingwren.blogspot.com.au\/2014\/03\/pottering-around-my-not-so-marvellous.html\">&#8220;Pottering around my (not so) marvellous Melbourne garden&#8221;<\/a><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">shows a dry and very different garden&#8230;<\/span><\/div>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-OxnYbm2RBes\/VPKTlH4wExI\/AAAAAAAAFYo\/JbPThCgqjBw\/s1600\/Summer2015b.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-OxnYbm2RBes\/VPKTlH4wExI\/AAAAAAAAFYo\/JbPThCgqjBw\/s1600\/Summer2015b.jpg?resize=480%2C640\" height=\"640\" width=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">No not the Google screen saver, my very own water lily!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">We renovated the pond&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">and so the first waterlily was particularly special.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Here the crazy poodle left, was delighted&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">to show off his big drinking bowl to a friend!<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-ak2VkhDhi5U\/VPKc1ykFKdI\/AAAAAAAAFZQ\/-6VUBu4x66M\/s1600\/Summer2015c.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-ak2VkhDhi5U\/VPKc1ykFKdI\/AAAAAAAAFZQ\/-6VUBu4x66M\/s1600\/Summer2015c.jpg?resize=480%2C640\" height=\"640\" width=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Crazy Poodle for Saturday&#8217;s Critters<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">We are not normally so green and lush at the end of summer.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Our recycled water tanks are still full&nbsp;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">and our grey water recycling from the showers&nbsp;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">not as critical to garden survival this year&#8230;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">On Friday I went with our Asylum Seekers women&#8217;s group&nbsp;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">&nbsp;to the&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Royal Botanical Gardens.&nbsp;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">It was a perfect day for our summers picnic.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-E9CE9V1Y2gw\/VPKhSllheNI\/AAAAAAAAFZc\/Hq27zxiW7HU\/s1600\/Summer2015.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-E9CE9V1Y2gw\/VPKhSllheNI\/AAAAAAAAFZc\/Hq27zxiW7HU\/s1600\/Summer2015.jpg?resize=484%2C640\" height=\"640\" width=\"484\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Royal Botanical Gardens, Melbourne<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Our Botanical Gardens have over 10,000 plants<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">our women are quick to spot lemongrass&nbsp;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">and other plants they like to cook with.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">One of the lady&#8217;s made me a cucumber banana!<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Have you ever seen this before?<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Neither had I!<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-TUldVIRSEas\/VPLDUDufFRI\/AAAAAAAAFZ4\/sRWmJHDNP2I\/s1600\/Summer2015f.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-TUldVIRSEas\/VPLDUDufFRI\/AAAAAAAAFZ4\/sRWmJHDNP2I\/s1600\/Summer2015f.jpg?resize=640%2C640\" height=\"640\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">I wondered whether this was the last time&nbsp;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">I would need my broad brimmed hat and sun screen until next summer?<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">We never go out in summer without sun protection.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">The sun is losing is strength&#8230;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">our brightly coloured flowers are fading&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-oA-tZWPyxIA\/VPLAauklNvI\/AAAAAAAAFZs\/fr6HxjpC0cc\/s1600\/Summer2015e.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-oA-tZWPyxIA\/VPLAauklNvI\/AAAAAAAAFZs\/fr6HxjpC0cc\/s1600\/Summer2015e.jpg?resize=640%2C640\" height=\"640\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Canterbury Gardens, Melbourne<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">So goodbye Summer, hello Autumn<br \/>looking forward to your balmy and mild days.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-Y1nr0d44MvU\/VPLlj2BmnSI\/AAAAAAAAFak\/1c23zHmSi6k\/s1600\/autumn2015.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-Y1nr0d44MvU\/VPLlj2BmnSI\/AAAAAAAAFak\/1c23zHmSi6k\/s1600\/autumn2015.jpg?resize=486%2C640\" height=\"640\" width=\"486\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Photo altered for Mandarin Orange Monday using Picmonkey<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"font-size: 13px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">I am sending our Summer with love&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 13px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">to the other side of the world<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 13px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">they are looking forward to seeing you!<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 13px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Linking with the following<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Saturday&#8217;s Critters &#8211; 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