Seasonal Highlights

Spring Highlights

  • New green growth of orange jewelweed (paired oval leaves)
  • White-tailed deer browsing on the leaves 

Summer Highlights

  • Orange blooms of orange jewelweed
  • Yellow blooms of pale jewelweed 
  • Hummingbirds, bees, and butterflies drinking nectar from jewelweed’s long “honey-spur”
  • Long green capsules of jewelweed seeds—which spring open and launch their seeds when touched! (late summer)
  • Birds and dragonflies hunting insects in the driftwood  

Autumn Highlights

  • Orange blooms of orange jewelweed
  • Yellow blooms of pale jewelweed 
  • Long green capsules of jewelweed seeds—which spring open and launch their seeds when touched! 

Winter Highlights

  • Textures, shapes, and shadows of the driftwood
  • Water birds or overwintering songbirds darting in and out