Rhododendron (etc.) Quest 2008 - Part I (DIAL-UP WARNING)

The Coastal Rhododendron is the official state flower of Washington, so it naturally tends to be planted all over the place up here, and is currently just around its peak season.

First stop is Kuboda Garden, a "hidden treasure" in South Seattle. Originally, the home of Fujitaro Kuboda, the founder of the famous Kuboda Gardening Company, it was built up as a semi-public Japanese garden in the '20s and '30s (and, although this is glossed over in the official publicity materials, re-built in the late '40s after the family had been sent to an internment camp for four years :grr: ). Expanded during the next forty years, the garden was eventually sold to the Seattle Parks Department by Fujitaro Kuboda's descendents, and is now a public park.

















And, of course, it wouldn't be one of my posts without a few examples of Water (Artificially) Falling Over Things, would it?

1, 3 and 4 stand out to me. :thumbsup: