Desert hanging gardens elicit in me a sense of intimacy and an awareness of the preciousness of life. In these canyon alcoves, water seeps out and drips off the cliff wall and then onto the floor below, creating hanging gardens of Alcove Columbine, Yellow Monkeyflower and Maidenhair Fern. These gardens are especially exquisite because a desert environment lies very close by. The columbines in these photos are endemic to the Colorado Plateau.
Photos: Alcove Columbines and a weeping wall; Calf Creek Falls, Escalante - Grand Staircase National Monument, UT; May 26, 2014
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