Our Visit to The State Botanical Garden of Georgia Part 2

Our Visit to The State Botanical Garden of Georgia Part 1

We really didn't see too many flowers while at the State Botanical Garden of Georgia, most of what we did see was kind of random. Like large bushes of rhododendrons with only a couple of flowers left, or random patches of peonies or poppies. 

While walking along we did see a cardinal that had landed in a tree pretty close to us. I managed to quickly snap a couple of pictures of him before he flew off. And then we saw a little bunny rabbit but I wasn't able to get a picture of him.

So while we didn't see very many flowers, we did enjoy walking around the garden. It wasn't too big but wasn't too small either. Just big enough to be able to spend a few hours walking around. I'm sure we will visit again in the future!

Do you enjoy visiting botanical gardens?

Our Visit to The State Botanical Garden of Georgia Part 1

A couple of weeks ago my mom and I drove down to Athens, Georgia, to check out their state botanical garden. I had been searching for a garden closer to us but wasn't able to find one. Luckily I was able to find the State Botanical Garden of Georgia! It was even free to visit!

Since it gets so much warmer in the south sooner, we were kind of between seasons as a lot of the more spring time flowers (like tulips, azaleas, and cherry blossoms.) had already bloomed yet it was still too early for more summertime flowers to be start blooming (like roses, southern magnolias, and crepe myrtles). 

Despite that, we did still enjoy our time at the garden. We arrived mid-morning but it didn't take long for it to get quite warm out. We didn't have a map so we kind of just aimlessly wandered around. We spent the first part of our visit walking along the wooded paths of the shade gardens before finding a garden filled with irises. The irises had just been watered so I thought they looked quite neat with all the water droplets on them!

Did you get to visit any gardens this spring?