Grasses:

Well, not exactly a day in the county, but off the beaten path.

As part of this holiday weekend’s festivities (actually, the only festivity), we went to a garden center we had heard about outside of Benton Harbor, MI – Amber Waves Gardens.

Doesn’t seem that impressive, just a farm house surrounded by beds of grasses, but, wow, nice grasses.

And – at this time of the year, the seed heads of many of plants were out, which is a great sight.

The pictures – samples on the right, more in the gallery – really don’t do the plants justice. Part of this is the light at the time – not enough contrast, part was that the digital camera I had makes it hard to capture what you want (great little camera, however).

They’ll give you an idea of what they have.

I love ornamental grasses – easy to maintain, great summer, fall and winter interest (very unusual for most perennials).

I’ve a feeling the front yard is going to see less and less of fescue/rye grass and more oranamental grass.

Works for me…