First it was the California poppies. Then the lupine.And now it's coreopsis, aka tickseed.It's...
Trio of Banners
TRIO OF BANNERS will accent the Campus Buzzway at UC Davis. One features lupine, another California golden poppies, and the third, coreopsis or tickseed. These are the three plants featured in the quarter-acre garden. Here Garry Pearson, UC Davis greenhouse supervisor, adjusts a banner. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Coreopsis
COREOPSIS, aka tickseed, is blooming in the Campus Buzzway, a quarter-acre wildflower garden at UC Davis. A banner touts the blooms. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bee on Coreopsis
HONEY BEE on coreopsis in the quarter-acre Campus Buzzway at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Tuesday, June 29, 2010 at
7:39 PM
One of the many enduring features of the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven at the University of...
Huge Artichoke Plant
HUGE ARTICHOKE PLANT graces the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, UC Davis. Here are two of the key people involved in the management and maintenance of the garden and the volunteer coordination: Melissa "Missy" Borel (left) the program manager of the California Center for Urban Horticulture at UC Davis, and newly graduated UC Davis student Alyssa Andersen. Andersen, majoring in environmental horticulture and urban forestry, worked at the garden until receiving her bachelor's degree this month from UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Onion Seed Ball
HONEY BEES work the onions planted at the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Foraging Bee
HONEY BEE forages in onions at the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Wednesday, June 23, 2010 at
7:31 PM
"The tower of jewels" ought to be called "the tower of bees."
This spectacular plant attracts...
HONEY BEE zeroes in on a ruby-red blossom. (Copyrighted Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
LADY IN RED--A honey bee amid the bright red blossoms of the tower of jewels. Note the blue-gray pollen from the plant on her leg. (Copyrighted Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
BLUE SKIES, red blossoms, busy bees. A honey bee heads for a tower of jewels. (Copyrighted Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Monday, April 26, 2010 at
8:40 PM
The half-acre garden, the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven planted last fall at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr....
View of the garden
THIS VIEW of the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven shows the almond tree where a giant bee sculpture will be. To the left, by the front gate, will be a two-column hive sculpture. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Donna Billick
ARTIST Donna Billick shows a ceramic tile she created that will be placed on the donor bench. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Diane Ullman
ENTOMOLOGIST-ARTIST Diane Ullman looks at the two-column hive sculpture that will be placed at the entrance to the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. The public opening is set Sept. 11. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Thursday, April 22, 2010 at
6:35 PM
Bee connected; save the date.
The grand opening of the half-acre Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven at...
Artichokes
GIGANTIC ARTICHOKE PLANTS fill one of the planters at the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Crimson Clover
ADDING SPLASHES of red to the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven are multiple plantings of crimson clover (foreground). Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Almond Tree
ALMOND TREE in the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven is finished blooming. A gigantic bee sculpture will be placed on the hexagonal platform. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
In the Clover
HONEY BEE nectars crimson clover in the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Tuesday, April 20, 2010 at
9:04 PM