A little-known asset in downtown Des Moines is the Better Homes and Gardens Demonstration Garden. It's a working garden of the publishing company, used for various purposes including photos, events, and so on. As a working garden it's generally closed to the public except Fridays 12-2pm from May through September. It's a beautiful spot for lunch, sketching, garden browsing and simply for chilling out.
I go to the garden as often as possible during the summer months for all of the reasons I mentioned above. Today started rainy and dark, but by midday the sky cleared, so I spent an hour there. The sketch below of a sunny corner was the result.
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| "In the Garden," wc and ink on paper, about 3.5x6 |
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