W/NW Public Parks, Gardens and Reserves

[lynnb]

Share your pictures of public parks and reserves, and gardens provided for public enjoyment, e.g. city, suburban and small town public parks, sculpture parks, botanic gardens, gardens in public places such as around public buildings, pocket handkerchief parks, public reserves... i.e. places for public enjoyment of civic space.

 

[lynnb]

I'll start this off with Sydney's Hyde Park north, right in the centre of Sydney. A favourite place for office workers at lunch time..

 

[lynnb]

Circular garden in Hyde Park north, Sydney

 

[lynnb]

Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney

 

[lynnb]

cyclist in a public park along the banks of Sydney's Parramatta River, an oasis amongst sprawling suburbia and medium density housing.

 

[lynnb]

public park and "authorised dog exercise area" behind the beach, Northern Beaches, Sydney

 

[kxl]

Infrared

 

[ABrosig]

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Fort Worth Botanical Garden, Fort Worth, Texas

 

[lawrence]

Greenwich Park, London. September 2015

Greenwich Park, London. September 2015

Fujica GL690. Plus-X at EI 64 in Rodinal.

 

[lynnb]

Hyde Park, Sydney

Nikon F, Nikkor 5cm f2, FP4+ in XTOL

 

[Alfasud]

 

[Yokosuka_Mike]

Yama$hita Park - Yokohama

A7II, Sigma 70mm f2.8
Yokohama, Japan - October 2020

All the best,
Mike

 

[Yokosuka_Mike]

Yama$hita Park - Yokohama

Fujifilm GFX 50R, Fujinon GF 45mm f2.8 R WR lens
Astia film simulation
Yokohama, Japan - Oct 2020

All the best,
Mike

 

[Doug]

Machu Picchu, Peru

Pentax K-1, 1.8/31mm

 

[Doug]

Parque Vargas. Puerto Limón, Costa Rica.

Pentax K-1, 1.8/31mm

 

[Out to Lunch]

City park, Groningen, The Netherlands. Winter 2010 and Spring 2011. Epson R-D1 - Zeiss Biogon 2.8/28.

 

[robert blu]

Interesting thread, a good one, thanks Lynn to start it.

One contribution from my town, a small park.

photo taken after the past lockdown and before next one...

 

[Austintatious]

Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs

Garden of the Gods by Carlos Yashinon, on Flickr

 

[Out to Lunch]

Saigon Botanical Gardens in the heart of the city. Created by French botanists in 1864.

 

[Yokosuka_Mike]

Harbor View Park - Yokohama, Japan

Fujifilm GFX 50R, Fujinon GF 45mm f2.8 R WR lens
Astia film simulation
Tottori Prefecture, Japan
Oct 2020

All the best,
Mike