Welcome to Gardens at Effingham

Rhododendron Leaves Changing Color in the Fall

A delightful, whimsical look at Midwest Gardening told through the stories, musings, and journals of the cats who live there.

Red and Green Leaves of a Rhododendron in late fall in the midwest.

Welcome to Gardens at Effingham

A small white cat, "Most Beloved" photographed sitting on a stool beside a window. She is the indoor cat at Gardens at Effingham

Meet Most Beloved

What greater gift than the love of a cat.
Charles Dickens

A young striped male cat with green eyes and yellow and brown markings looks into a window from outside where he is sitting on a ledge of the house

If you want to write, keep cats.
Aldous Huxley

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Daddy Cat, Gardens at Effingham

Red, orange, and yellow colored leaves photographed at Gardens at Effingham in autumn — Red, Orange, and Yellow Fall Leaves

A silver kitten with cream paws and light gray fur with dark gray stripes photographed at Gardens at Effingham — Red, Orange, and Yellow Fall Leaves

Rhododendron in fall as leaves change colors photographed at Gardens at Effingham. Beautiful and vibrant red, orange, green, and purple leaves. Spring buds have formed and will open in spring. — Burning Bush in Fall, Gardens at Effingham

Itsy Bits and Little One, Kittens at Gardens at Effingham

Red and pink roses photographed in late fall at Gardens at Effingham — Red and Pink Roses in Late Fall, Gardens at Effingham

close up photograph of yellow roses from Gardens at Effingham — Yellow Roses in Full Bloom, Gardens at Effingham

Photograph of white snow on magnolia tree, hemlocks, brick wall from Gardens at Effingham in the winter — Snowy Winter Day at Gardens at Effingham

Burning Bush Changing Colors from Green to Red Leaves photographed in fall at Gardens at Effingham — Burning Bush Changing Color in Fall, Gardens at Effingham

White snow on green hemlock branches photographed in winter at Gardens at Effingham — Burning Bush Changing Color in Fall, Gardens at Effingham

Pink Water Lily in Koi Pond, Gardens at Effingham

Golden and green leaves of sun hosts photographed at Gardens at Effingham — Sun Hostas, Gardens at Effingham

Beautiful light and darker pink azalea in spring photographed at Gardens at Effingham — Sun Hostas, Gardens at Effingham

Pink and white striped phlox plus dark pink phlox photographed near water pond at Gardens at Effingham — Pink Phlox, Garden at Effingham

Vibrant purple lavender close up photographed in a cluster near water pond at Gardens at Effingham — Pink Phlox, Garden at Effingham

White and Pink Dogwood Blossoms close up photographed against a bright vivid blue sky at Gardens at Effingham — Dogwood in Bloom, Gardens at Effingham

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