The sauna at Maki Talo, Brantwood, Wisconsin, is now complete with this new sauna bench made of cedar by Mike, the barefoot Finn.
Sauna Bench
Sauna Bench
July 25th, 2010Monotropa hypopitys
July 20th, 2010This Monotropa hypopitys is growing beside a trail near Maki Talo. It is also known as Dutchman’s Pipe, Yellow Bird’s-nest and Pinesap. It is a rare and endangered plant. It is related to the more commonly seen Monotropa uniflora also known as Indian Pipe which is also growing among the rhododendrons at Maki Talo.
Monotropa hypopitys
Sauna Door
June 2nd, 2010A new permanent door has been installed on the sauna at Maki Talo, Brantwood, Wisconsin. Made of spruce wood it features a hand-made wooden latch created by Mike and hinges forged by Dale Burton.
Sauna Door
Sauna Bench
June 2nd, 2010This stunningly beautiful bench was created by the uber-talented Mike for the sauna at Maki Talo. It is made of white pine, cedar and blue beech with a cherry burl centerpiece. A place of rest for the finest derriere’s.
Sauna Bench
Juhannusruusu/Midsummer Rose
May 30th, 2010Surrounding the museum is a beautiful blue and white flowered Finnish garden, the centerpiece of which is the Juhannusruusu or Midsummer Rose brought back from Finland many years ago by the late Helga Korpela, one of Brantwood’s most famous Finn’s. As colorful as Helga was, the rose is not. It is a beautiful, fragrant single white rose that blooms within a day or two of the summer solstice or first day of summer. Because of the early spring the rose is blooming about three weeks early.
Juhannusrussuu/Midsummer Rose
Rhododendron ‘Helsinki University’
May 28th, 2010Rhododendron ‘Helsinki University’ was developed in Finland. The subspecies was named in 1990, the 350th anniversary of the university.
Rhododendron 'Helsinki University'
Arisaema triphyllum
May 28th, 2010Arisaema triphyllum (Jack-in-the-Pulpit) blooming in the sauna garden at Maki Talo, Brantwood, Wisconsin.
Arisaema triphyllum
Rhododendron ‘Peter Tigerstedt’
May 27th, 2010Rhododendron ‘Peter Tigerstedt’ was developed in Finland. The subspecies was named after professor of plant breeding P.M.A. Tigerstedt, whose favourite rhododendron it is.
Rhododendron 'Peter Tigerstedt'
Cypripedium acaule
May 22nd, 2010There is a colony of Pink Lady’s Slipper’s (Cypripedium acaule) blooming in the woods at Maki Talo, Brantwood, Wisconsin.
Cypripedium acaule
Rhododendon ‘Hellikki’
May 20th, 2010This Rhododendron ‘Hellikki’ now blooming at Maki Talo was developed in Finland. Hellikki was named after the mother of its breeder, Marjatta Uosukainen.
Rhododendron 'Hellikki'