Wave Hill; "making pictures"

After I recovered from the disappointment of both the Wave Hill conservatory and the visitor's center/garden shop being closed during my October visit, I managed to pull it together and walk on...soon to be charmed by this monarch as it worked its way around the aster blooms.Such a great color contrast.
This next part of the garden is divided into three sections, three rectangles that work their way up the hillside; the herb garden, dry garden, and the T.H. Everett Alpine House. 

Photos above and below were taken as I walked up the wide paved pathway bordering the herb garden.
Naturally I also had to turn and peer into the backside of the conservatory.
Sonchus canariensis, I believe.
 I would have so liked to see what was going on in there.

Oh wow, I wasn't expecting that! I guess you never know what you'll see through the windows.
Turning back to explore the garden.
That's the Alpine house at the end of the walkway.

I paused in the dry garden and turned back towards the river. I thought the agave and teasel would frame an interesting shot. What I didn't know was just how differently my camera (a point and shoot) vs. my iPhone would see the scene. Here's my camera shot...
And here's the same image as my iPhone recorded it. Interesting.
Once I realized my phone camera caught the setting sun I played around a bit with the foreground of the shot.

This one was taken with the camera.
Recently I watched a great video on the Wave Hill website: "Wave Hill's Gardens: Past, Present & Future; Founding Director of Horticulture, Marco Polo Stufano, and former Director, Louis Bauer, take a tour of the garden and discuss its history and future" (here).