Blue Tit, originally uploaded by Drosophi|a.
Photographer Drosophila tells us about this April 19, 2009 image: This was taken in Scotland, near Fyvie Castle in Aberdeenshire. The Daffodils were well kept by the gardeners and provided the perfect backdrop for the little Blue Tit I managed to photograph.
Virginia ~ Blue Ridge Mountains, originally uploaded by smilla4.
Photographer smilla4 tells us about this April 11, 2009 image: It was taken along the road in Madison, Virginia…we actually stopped and did a fast u-turn to capture the image. At the time, we were driving from Washington, D.C. to visit Montpelier in Orange, VA.
More daffodils, originally uploaded by wendyb1214.
This is a cool Skagit photo. Photographer wendyb1214 tells us: This was taken in Mount Vernon, Washington – an area of Washington state known as the Skagit Valley. There are many farms here growing both flowers – daffodils, tulips, and iris – and vegetables. Each spring, the area bursts into colorful bloom, it’s really magical. Unfortunately, i don’t know anything about the daffodils themselves. Oh, and the photo was taken on April 14, 2009.
Here is the Skagit Valley page on daffodilfestivals.com.
daffodil arcs, originally uploaded by psyberartist.
Photographer psyberartist has posted a series of beautiful images from early spring at Laurel Ridge (April 17, 2009), and tells us: They were all taken at the same place: There’s a farm called “Laurel Ridge” in Northfield, CT, where there are acres of fields/hills covered in daffodils. The site is locally famous; between end of March and early May, people park along the side of the (rural) road and walk among the daffodils. The hills end at a lake or pond that has a small island in the middle; island also is full of daffodils.
If you google “Laurel Ridge” and daffodils, you can get more info about the place. It’s in Northwestern CT.
Here is the Laurel Ridge page on daffodilfestivals.com.
In the Springtime…, originally uploaded by boileraae.
We don’t see many photos of daffodils in NYC, and this is a great capture from March 31, 2009. Photographer boileraae tells us: The photo was taken 3 weeks ago in Central Park, New York City. I believe the body of water is officially known as “The Lake”. I geotag my photos, so check the link on the photo page to see a map of where the photo was taken.
For a cool look at boileraae’s photos, here is his flickriver page.
Field of daffodils, originally uploaded by my_southborough.
Photographer my_southborough tells us about this Massachusetts meadow: The photo was taken on April 18 at Tower Hill Botanic Garden (http://www.towerhillbg.org/) in the town of Boylston – a lovely spot in Central Massachusetts. I don’t know what kind of daffodils they are.
I have a few other daffodil shots: www.flickr.com/photos/mysouthborough/tags/daffodil/. All except the ones by the stone wall were taken at Tower Hill on 4/18. The ones by the stone wall were taken in Southborough, MA.
IMG_0756, originally uploaded by CS_McMahon.
Looks like spring is actually arriving in Chicago, though the trees don’t quite know it yet. Here’s the larger size of the posted photo.
Photographer CS_McMahon tells us about this April 19, 2009 photo: It was taken at the Chicago Botanical Gardens, this past Saturday. I have no idea which variety they are… I just thought they were gorgeous.
The Garden has a lot of beautiful daffodils. The American Daffodil Society National Show will be at the Garden this weekend.
www.chicagobotanic.org/
getting a little perspective, originally uploaded by t-squared.
Photographer t-squared tells us about this April 19, 2009 image: I took the photo last Sunday in the Skagit Valley north of Seattle. We were there for the tulips (Skagit Valley Tulip Festival) but were drawn to this lovely field of daffodils. I also try to do something beyond the cliche so I dropped my camera down to water level in the row between the flowers. It was a great day.
For additional perspective on things besides daffodils, here is t-squared’s imagekind gallery.
amid the daffodils, originally uploaded by steven brannon.
Photographer Steven Brannon tells us about this April 3, 2009 photo: It was taken in the gardens of Muncaster Castle in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria, UK just 15 miles from where I live. The daffodils in these parts can be truly fantastic, in fact a local poet – William Wordsworth – who was born about ten miles from where I live – wrote quite a famous poem about them.
Valley with daffodils Lundy Island, originally uploaded by l.j.george.
Photographer l.j.george tells us about this beautiful place: The picture was take on Lundy Island, which is in the Bristol Channel, about ten miles off the coast of Devon, England.
Lundy is a small island three miles long and half a mile wide. It is now mostly a nature reserve, but there are a few permanent residents. We were there on a short break because they do take visitors.
The valley is on the south east of the island which is more sheltered than the rest. The island is of course exposed to prevailing westerlies and most of it is grass and moorland. The valleys to the east do have more vegetation because they are on the leeward side of the island.
The photograph was taken on the evening of 21/03/2009.
National Arboretum Daffodils, originally uploaded by STphoto2008.
Photographer STphoto2008 tells us about this April 2, 2009 image: The photo was taken at the UK National Memorial Arboretum (www.thenma.org.uk). I have no idea what type of daffodils they are, they were just in the right place.
STphoto2008 has posted several additional photos of National Arboretum Daffodils on his photostream.
Fields of gold, originally uploaded by ayeupmeduck.
Photographer ayeupmeduck describes this April 2, 2009 image: The shot was taken at Highfields Park in Nottingham – given by Jesse Boot (the founder of Boots the Chemist) to the people of Nottingham in the early years of the 20th century. I don’t know what type of daffodils they are – just that there are lots of them!
Bowood Lake, originally uploaded by Canis Major.
Photographer Canis Major tells us about this Bowood Lake photo taken on April 4, 2009: The picture was taken in the gardens of Bowood House in the county of Wiltshire in SE England not far from the town of Chippenham. The grounds were designed by the famous landscape gardener Capability Brown. The house, built in 1725 is open to the public as are the gardens. One claim to fame is that it was at Bowood that Joseph Priestley discovered oxygen in 1774.
Interesting park!
Photographer ashzhish tells us about this bright-eyed April 2, 2009 image: I took the photo along the Witte Singel in Leiden, the Netherlands. I was charmed both by the luxurious carpet of daffodils lining the singel amd by the ducks wandering through them. After a long cold winter, the flowers – among the first harbingers of spring – were a warm and welcome sight.
Daffies and Trees, originally uploaded by catsbow.
Photographer catsbow tells us about this April 3, 2009 image: The photo was taking in Mount Vernon, Washington State. There are numerous fields planted in the Skagit Valley as a pre-viewing for the Tulip Festival, which happens during the month of April.
Photographer rojabro tells us about this pretty image: It was taken on the afternoon of 31 March 2009, when I noticed the sunlight catching these daffodils on the steep bank down to the River North Tyne, in the garden of the George Hotel, Chollerford near Hexham in Northumberland.
For people wanting to look at daffodils, I have some photos from past years in this set, which may be of interest:
www.flickr.com/photos/rojabro/sets/72157608255812240/
There are some 200 varieties of daffodils at Thorp Perrow Arboretum in North Yorkshire, where the above shots were taken.
Also the garden at Constable Burton Hall in Wensleydale is known for its variety and scale of daffodil plantings. Pictures from past years can be found in this set:
www.flickr.com/photos/rojabro/sets/72157605522983511/
We just hit the daffodils jackpot.
Skagit Valley Daffodils, originally uploaded by Ron Hanko.
Photographer Ron Hanko tells us about this cool Skagit Valley image taken on April 3, 2009: The photo was taken near Mount Vernon, Washington (it is geotagged). Near Mount Vernon there are extensive fields of tulips and daffodils that are grown commercially mainly for the spring bulb market, although there is also a large cut flower market for daffodils. The daffodils themselves are primarily the plain yellow variety and later the multiflowered “narcissus” type.
Ron has created a set of photos called “Skagit Valley Tulips” here.
Waves of colors, originally uploaded by La Route.
A beautiful garden in Paris!
Photographer La Route tells us about this April 4, 2009 image: It was taken in a lovely garden “Le Parc de Bagatelle” in the “Bois de Boulogne” in Paris 10 days ago. The garden is large, very beautiful with tulips and daffodils planted in the lawns every Spring. It is also famous for its large rose garden.
Mottisfont Gardens, originally uploaded by neonbubble.
Photographer neonbubble tells us about this March 31, 2009 photograph: The image was taken at Mottisfont Abbey and Gardens, a National Trust heritage site in Hampshire, England. You can find out more information regarding the abbey and its gardens including location, history, and a photo gallery at this website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-mottisfont/.
7,850, originally uploaded by Melissa @ PPC.
Photographer Melissa @ PPC tells us about this April 4, 2009 image: This photo was taken in Schenley Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This bed is part of an effort the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy has started called The Daffodil Project, which aims to plant 50,000 daffodil bulbs in the parks over the next few years. This is the pilot site, where 5,000 bulbs were planted in 2007 and another 7,850 in 2008.
These daffodils are at their peak now. Melissa sends us this link to a panoramic image taken today, April 16, 2009: It’s a stitch of 48 images so you can dive and see how many daffodils you can count. 
Double-click to zoom in, and use your arrow keys to navigate.
Photographer Genuine dabber tells us about this April 2, 2009 image: It was taken in a park called “The Dingle” in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England.
The photographer comments: I got down really low for this shot and got some funny looks from the people sitting around.
Wordsworth Daffodil Garden, Grasmere, originally uploaded by byamossygnome.com.
A daffodils blog would not be authentic without a photograph taken at Grasmere. Photographer byamossygnome.com tells us: The picture was taken in the Wordsworth Daffodil Garden in the village of Grasmere in the English Lake District. They are wild daffodils – the sort which inspired Wordsworth’s poem about them after he saw them growing by the shores of Ullswater, a lake just a few miles away. Because Wordsworth lived in Grasmere, and his poem is so famous, many daffodils have now been planted there.
English Countryside, originally uploaded by miaculpa1.
Photographer miaculpa1 tells us about this March 20, 2009 photograph: The picture was taken in Chawton Alton, Hampshire UK just down the road (about two minute’s walking distance) from the Jane Austen house museum This was about three weeks ago and the weather was unseasonably warm and clear.
The daffodils there grow absolutely everywhere and are apparently the first flowers to bloom after each winter.
Daffodils, originally uploaded by flipperman75.
Photographer flipperman75 tells us about this image: Picture was taken on April 5, 2009 in Washington, DC, in the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden. Building in the background is the National Archives.
We rarely see daffodil photos from Washington, D.C. We are glad to see this majestic composition.
Photographer Sue Combs tells us about this daffodils daffodils image taken on April 5, 2009: The daffodils I have taken recently were all shot in the South of Dayton, Ohio area – the towns of Oakwood and Kettering. Some were taken at Polen Farms in Kettering, and some were shot on Oakwood where a couple use their ample front, wooded, yard as a daffodil showcase!
There are literally thousands planted and it is a very popular place for folks to visit this time of year.
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