Seven to nine year olds discover mathematical patterns found in sunflowers, pine cones, and throughout nature while learning about a famous mathematician and exploring the Enchanted Garden. Held at the HCLS Miller Branch.

Seven to nine year olds discover mathematical patterns found in sunflowers, pine cones, and throughout nature while learning about a famous mathematician and exploring the Enchanted Garden. Held at the HCLS Miller Branch.

Cornus canadensis, produces petal-like white bracts around a cluster of flowers in the centre. Here the flowers are past and the plant is producing its berries (actually drupes) which will be orange in colour when ripe and while edible, lack flavour, so are rarely eaten.

Maybe not but another intriguing pattern from the hawthorn tree that we cut down, last weekend!

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Seven to nine year olds discover mathematical patterns found in sunflowers, pine cones, and throughout nature while learning about a famous mathematician and exploring the Enchanted Garden. Held at the HCLS Miller Branch.

Seven to nine year olds discover mathematical patterns found in sunflowers, pine cones, and throughout nature while learning about a famous mathematician and exploring the Enchanted Garden. Held at the HCLS Miller Branch.

Repeating stars in the head of a flower in my garden. I've no idea what it is though!

Seven to nine year olds discover mathematical patterns found in sunflowers, pine cones, and throughout nature while learning about a famous mathematician and exploring the Enchanted Garden. Held at the HCLS Miller Branch.

Two grey birds are sharing food to eat together, without competing.

A very pretty, and chilly, walk this morning.

Repeating stars in the head of a flower in my garden. I've no idea what it is though!

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Seven to nine year olds discover mathematical patterns found in sunflowers, pine cones, and throughout nature while learning about a famous mathematician and exploring the Enchanted Garden. Held at the HCLS Miller Branch.

Seven to nine year olds discover mathematical patterns found in sunflowers, pine cones, and throughout nature while learning about a famous mathematician and exploring the Enchanted Garden. Held at the HCLS Miller Branch.

Playing with multiple exposure and continuous shooting (x9) and varigated leaves on a shrub which I think was an Aglaonema.

Seven to nine year olds discover mathematical patterns found in sunflowers, pine cones, and throughout nature while learning about a famous mathematician and exploring the Enchanted Garden. Held at the HCLS Miller Branch.

Giant Kelp (Macrocystus integrifolia) leaves washed up on Shi Shi Beach, Olympic National Park, Washington State, USA, June, Point_of_Arches-86

Patterns on the water

Eastern White Pine, Pinus strobus, needles against a background of sun sparkling off a windy lake in Michigan, USA

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Seven to nine year olds discover mathematical patterns found in sunflowers, pine cones, and throughout nature while learning about a famous mathematician and exploring the Enchanted Garden. Held at the HCLS Miller Branch.

Black Oak leaf and ice on a vernal pond in Woodland Park and Nature Preserve in Battle Creek, Michigan, USA

Pachypodium baronii var windsori texture of the trunk.

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Seven to nine year olds discover mathematical patterns found in sunflowers, pine cones, and throughout nature while learning about a famous mathematician and exploring the Enchanted Garden. Held at the HCLS Miller Branch.

Seven to nine year olds discover mathematical patterns found in sunflowers, pine cones, and throughout nature while learning about a famous mathematician and exploring the Enchanted Garden. Held at the HCLS Miller Branch.

Maple tree bark.

Seven to nine year olds discover mathematical patterns found in sunflowers, pine cones, and throughout nature while learning about a famous mathematician and exploring the Enchanted Garden. Held at the HCLS Miller Branch.

Seven to nine year olds discover mathematical patterns found in sunflowers, pine cones, and throughout nature while learning about a famous mathematician and exploring the Enchanted Garden. Held at the HCLS Miller Branch.

One of the images for my Photography class final project - Patterns in Nature. I looked at different types of patterns, like migration, foot traffic, erosion, etc.

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Ropy Pahoehoe lave in fanciful forms in the Kalapana area of Puna District, Big Island, Hawaii, USA

Seven to nine year olds discover mathematical patterns found in sunflowers, pine cones, and throughout nature while learning about a famous mathematician and exploring the Enchanted Garden. Held at the HCLS Miller Branch.

Seven to nine year olds discover mathematical patterns found in sunflowers, pine cones, and throughout nature while learning about a famous mathematician and exploring the Enchanted Garden. Held at the HCLS Miller Branch.

I see a long-eared owl:). And two little black birds.

Chain Fruit Cholla, Opuntia fulgida

Seven to nine year olds discover mathematical patterns found in sunflowers, pine cones, and throughout nature while learning about a famous mathematician and exploring the Enchanted Garden. Held at the HCLS Miller Branch.

Seven to nine year olds discover mathematical patterns found in sunflowers, pine cones, and throughout nature while learning about a famous mathematician and exploring the Enchanted Garden. Held at the HCLS Miller Branch.

Seven to nine year olds discover mathematical patterns found in sunflowers, pine cones, and throughout nature while learning about a famous mathematician and exploring the Enchanted Garden. Held at the HCLS Miller Branch.

Week 6 of the 52 Week Challenge on Facebook, and I found this tree on Sullington Warren near Storrington, intrigued by the spiral pattern up the oak tree trunk. Presumably caused by a vine type plant climbing up and around sometime in the past.

Coccothrinax salvatoris is a palm native to Cuba.

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Seven to nine year olds discover mathematical patterns found in sunflowers, pine cones, and throughout nature while learning about a famous mathematician and exploring the Enchanted Garden. Held at the HCLS Miller Branch.

Low tide on Shi Shi Beach in Olympic National Park, Washington State, USA