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Wolverlei Martin Stevens

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Personal photoblog of outdoor photographer Martin Stevens, based in The Netherlands but traveling around. Nature, landscape, architecture, travel ... but mostly flowers.

Recent Posts Tagged With 'flora'

• Sunset and flowers

  Posted on Saturday May 31st, 2008 at 11:11 in bloem, de wieden, flora, flower, iris, natuurmonumenten, seed, sunset

  Wednesday a beautiful sunset in De Wieden, a lake and swamp area, famous for its nature and Natura 2000 protected. Iris foetidissima in my garden is after years in flower for the very first time. Grow...

• Enkhuizen, Urban nature

  Posted on Sunday May 25th, 2008 at 05:39 in enkhuizen, flora, urban nature

  Enkhuizen, old VOC town and most important harbour in the 17th century http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enkhuizen Yesterday imaging some urban nature. Important for nature because this little places act a...

• Hilversum

  Posted on Friday May 23rd, 2008 at 16:24 in dudok, flora, flower, garden, hilversum, natuurmonumenten

  I've been around Hilversum today. May be possibility to sell images for a walking guide. My own garden, Gooilust, Hilversum townhall, rhododendron in Pinetum Blijdenstein. ...

• More France

  Posted on Thursday May 22nd, 2008 at 16:06 in flora, france, frankrijk

  We were in France for about 10 day's. That gives a lot of images. ...

• real spring

  Posted on Sunday April 20th, 2008 at 16:20 in dandalion, duck, eend, fauna, flora, jong, paardenbloem, young

• Kaapse Bossen, Jagtlust en tulp

  Posted on Sunday April 13th, 2008 at 16:38 in 's-graveland, bloem, flora, flower, jagtlust, natuurmonumenten, tulip, tulp, wijdemeren

  Yesterday been to the "Kaapse bossen" near Doorn, Utrecht. Remarkable tower (the Kaap), remarkable sight. And a colony of southern wood ant or horse ant (formica rufa) with tracks of the Green Woodpec...

• Friesland stinzengardens again

  Posted on Wednesday April 9th, 2008 at 16:22 in bloem, flora, flower, friesland, stinzenplant

  Today very good weather for working for the Stinzengarden book. Several new estates (Stinzen) en new fowers on different spots. Blue anemone: Anemone appenina, blue wood anemone:  Anemone nemerosa cv...

• wood anemone and others

  Posted on Monday April 7th, 2008 at 16:22 in 's-graveland, bloem, flora, flower, natuurmonumenten, schaep en burgh

  Today prfect weather, but cold. Some wood anemones (anemone nemerosa) purple deadnettle (lamium purpureum) Peach at the fruit-wall, daffodils, crocus (planted by visitors.. not really wild) shadbush (...

• Stinzen en Limburg

  Posted on Sunday March 16th, 2008 at 11:21 in bloem, fauna, flora, friesland, limburg, stinzenplant

  Friday beautiful weather after a lot of dull day's. Been to Wolvega in Friesland for the book about stinzengardens. The gate was open and worked a lot and when I wanted to leave the gate was closed.....

• Colchicum hungaricum

  Posted on Sunday January 27th, 2008 at 16:08 in bloem, colchicum, flora, flower, herfsttijloos, meadow saffron

  This form of Colchicum of which I couldn't find a proper English name, but translated it could be Hungarian Meadow Saffron, is from the Balkan and flowers december-march normally. Its a rather difficu...

• Winter aconite, Winterakoniet

  Posted on Monday January 21st, 2008 at 15:59 in bloem, flora, flower, photostock, stinzenplant, stockfoto

  Winter Aconite is winter flowering. In tje Netherlands its now starting, in the north a week later. Winter Aconite is an ornamental flower from south europe and mostly planted in estate gardens which...

• Jagtlust

  Posted on Saturday January 12th, 2008 at 16:45 in 's-graveland, flora, jagtlust, muurvaren, natuurmonumenten, tongvaren, tuin, vrijwilligerswerk, wijdemeren

  Jagtlust aan de Leeuwenlaan in 's-Graveland is net aangekocht door Natuurmonumenten en er moet nog veel achterstallig onderhoud gedaan worden. Vandaag ben ik met een aantal Natuurmonumenten collega's...

• Sneeuwklokje, snowdrop

  Posted on Friday January 11th, 2008 at 16:05 in bloem, flora, flower

  Vandaag bloeide het eerste sneeuwklokje in de tuin. Niet het gewone sneeuwklokje maar het Groot of Turks sneeuwklokje, Galanthus elwesii. Herkenbaar aan de vroege bloei en de extra groene vlek boven h...

• Cyclaam

  Posted on Wednesday January 9th, 2008 at 09:57 in bloem, flora, flower

  De tuin wordt met het huidige zachte weer steeds bloemrijker. De rondbladige cyclaam Cyclamen coum, staat in volle bloei. Deze soort is niet inheems in Nederland maar komt grofweg uit Turkije en omgev...