The season for Sunday strolls through the Botanical Gardens is ending here in St. John's, but as long as the gates are open, there's undisturbed paths to explore.
Bright red dogberries festoon leafless branches around Oxen Pond. They taste like coffee beans - I'm told they make excellent jelly and wine.
The bogs and fens around the lake are fresh green, even though the predatory pitcher plants have all curled into crisp sentinels of fall. I forget what this hardy sort is.
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