Back from a trip, and I have lots of plant pictures :)

[electric.chowder]

So this past month I spent in richmond and three weeks at twin oaks www.twinoaks.org, a commune I'm hoping to live in (hopefully within the next month) but the flowers there were amazing, so without further ado, here's some pics to oggle over

These are flowers a group of us cut from the Ornamental Flower Garden, they sell them at the Farmers Market in Charlottesville each weekend.

Close up of some of the flowers for sell, I believe they called the pink one in the foreground a spider flower

There were tons of these in the garden, they called them Catacombs (and I think they sold them $0.75 per stem, not to bad imo)

More flowers for selling

The entrance to the herb garden

A flower in the herb garden, this one was HUGE at least 6" in diameter

An arch in the herb garden

The cutting bed, it's in the middle of the herb garden, and you can go and cut flowers for your room, hair, whatever you want, at anytime, it was really nice having freash flowers in my room almost daily

A statue in the cutting bed

One of the flower beds along a path

This leave was over two foot tall

Asparagus!!

One of the veggie gardens early in the morning, I was up at six thirty taking care of the chickens most mornings, so I got to see some gorgeous sunrises over the fields


That's it for now

-Chowder

[PhalPal]

Chowder what a lovely place!! There's just something magical about a cool, foggy morning. Everything looks different. Thanks so much for sharing.

[Mercedes]

EC, that looks beautiful. I'm glad you enjoyed your time there! I love hearing about really successful communal living experiences. Keep me posted when you go back, I'd love to hear more!

[Vivienne]

EC - thanks so much for sharing the pictures of your wonderful trip. It really is a beautiful place!

[joan gero]

Lovely, lovely, lovely. Makes you want to leave your job!

[electric.chowder]

Joan, that's just what I did

Mercedes, I most certainly will keep you all updated

PhalPal, It was a beautiful morning, but the fog and dew was so heavy it sounded like it was raining, and I was not wanting to get out of bed that early and have to feed the chickens that early

They have a labor system there, and I get labor hours for working with all the flowers

I should hear from them in less than a week about if/when I can live there

-Chowder

ps. I have pics to post from the Richmond botanical as soon as I can get back on my own computer

[Anton]

Are you allowed to have computers at the commune ?

Some don't allow it.

If you go there, maybe you can introduce them to the best flowers on this earth..........ORCHIDS ! They would fetch a good price at the markets.

[Tobi]

Chowder,
Looks like a great place. Very serene and beautiful. Thanks for sharing your
pics.

[fred]

yes I have to agree as well
a very nice place
thank you for sharing with us

[pikevi]

It looks like a great place, electric.chowder.

Thanks for the photos.

I wonder if they will allow foreigners to live there too

[electric.chowder]

Anton, they do allow computers, infact many of the houses have wireless and they have a T-1 connection, plus 10 or so public computers that anyone can use. I am also hoping to introduce them to some more orchids, a few members have one or two, but while there I really want to learn how to breed and make different crosses. The best part is they have a sister community (Acorn) right down the road that has a seed business, so they should have most of the necessary equipment and conditions for it

Pikevi, there are people there from all over the world

If/when I move there, you all will be getting tons of flower pics as all the seasons change