The Cherry Esplanade at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Blog Widow and I both grew up in New York state. The annual spectacle of fall foliage never fails to leave us in awe. We usually try to make some kind of annual road trip out of the city to enjoy the foliage, but this year our schedules haven’t permitted it.

Friday we went to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. It was my first chance to get there this season. It was psychedelic. It was hard to take a bad photo, but these are some of the best of more than a hundred shots I took during our few hours there. Hope you enjoy them as much as we enjoyed being there. All are best viewed at screen-filling enlargement in a dark room.

Cherry Leaves

View toward the Cherry Esplanade from the Cherry Walk.

Cherry Walk

Foliage, Japanese Maple

Hill, Japanese Garden

Pond, Japanese Garden

Cherry Leaf with Koi

Magnolia Plaza

Japanese Persimmon

Bonsai Museum

Bonsai, Ginkgo biloba

Bonsai, Acer palmatum

Beautyberry, Callicarpa bodinieri var. giraldii

Beautyberry, Callicarpa japonica ‘Leucocarpa’