Andy Smith Photography

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Jenkins Arboretum

Jenkins Arboretum & Gardens is one of eastern Pennsylvania’s great horticultural and environmental assets. As a botanical garden, the Arboretum maintains a collection of trees, shrubs, wildflowers and ferns in a tranquil, naturalistic landscape. In addition, the Arboretum features a diverse collection of rhododendrons and azaleas from around the world. The unique landscape and diverse plant collections provide sanctuary for a variety of birds, insects and other wildlife.

In 2009 the Arboretum completed construction of the John J. Willaman Education Center. The Education Center is a LEED gold certified “green” building that will serve as an activity hub for many years to come.

The grounds at Jenkins Arboretum & Gardens are open to the public 365 days a year from 8:00 am to sunset and the John J. Willaman Education Center is open every day from 9:00am – 4:00pm. Admission is free.

For the past 25 years I have lived a couple of minutes from Jenkins so for me it has been a prime location for photography, as well as workshops and a place to show my work.


yellow lady's slipper yellow lady's slipper yellow lady's slipper red rhododendron red rhododenron macro Rhododendron on a Foggy Morning batchelor's buttons

double bloodroot double bloodroot under the flower double bloodroot inside the flower double bloodroot rhododendron bloom

rhiododendron blooms spice bush toad trillium trillium trillium white trillium

pitcher plant Pitcher plant Pitcher Pland andLily Pads red pitcher plant red trillium red trillium smooth purple coneflower

 jack in the pulpit jackin the pulpit jack in the pulpit Jack in the Pulpit jack in the puplit white trillium with pink white trillium

  inside the rhododendron bloom puple rhododendron close up pink azalea blooms pink azalea pink azalea rhododendron blooms

 sharp-lobed hepatica sharp lobed hepatica scillia species sharp lober hepatica scillia species sharp lobed hepatica  

 maidenhair fern maidenhair fern Maidenhair Fern maidenhoir ferns Wood Fern 

Spring Reflection looking overhead in the spring River of Ferns River of Mayapples 

 spring growth buds in the spring ferns fiddleheads rising Pieris species snowdrop    

SPring on the Jenkins Pond Winter Aconite trout lillies trout lilly closeup two trout lillies single trout lilly

misty morning in the spring Jenkins Arboretum in the spring Spring morning at Jenkins azaleas at Jenkins mountain laurel mountain laurel 

 redbud blossoms spring oak water drop on rhododendron bud redbud willow in early spring

 lilly wwith bee wasp on pitcher plant Silver Spotted Skipper Epargyreus clarus dragonfly on pitcher plant syrphid fly in lilly

water lilly Eastern Tiger Swallowtaiol Papillo glaucus on summer Phlox Bumblebee feeding on Butterfly weed Syrphid Fly on Cup Plant Bumblebee on Cup Plant

Monarch cater[pillars feeding opn milkweed Purple Passion Flower Eastern Tiger Swallowtail on Joe Pye Weed  Dew Drops on a pink bud

fall atJenkins Fall Forest Acorns Fall Leaves fall foilage 

 spring color fall reflection on Jenkins pond Reflklection in the Fall Francolina in the Fall patterns of fall 

 foggy morning at Jenkins The Jenkins Woods Fall Reflection maple in the fall Fall Morning on the Pond Misty Morning at the Pond

winter sunrise Jenkins on a winter morning The GAte at Jenkins in Winter winter sun winter winter morning

 Curves in the Snow Winter Wonderland Snow Shadow Winter Morning Dogwood Pattern in the Dnow Snow Sculpture

ice encased leaf Looking up in winter at jenkins arboretum winter on Jenkins pond leaf caught in the ice strange frost frosty morning

GReat Oak in Winter frozen rhododendron bud rhododendron bud inthe snow rhododendron bud on ice frozen rhododendron bud oak leaf in the snow

fox footprints int he snow ice on the pine sitting in the snow bench in the snow snowy gnome The Pond in Winter snow sculpture

 

feeding thje fledgling wood thrush singing wood thrush feedding in nest woodthrush with young in nest woodthrush with a mouthful

Veery female black-throated blue warbler male black-throated blue warbler great blue heron in the fall great blue heron

FEmale Green Heron male northern oriole (baltimore) on nest malle mallard on pond pileated woodpecker common yellowthroat in pinkster azalea common yellothroat in pinkster azales

Painted turtles in the sun Eastern Painted Turtle