Showing posts with label garden. Show all posts
Showing posts with label garden. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Visiting the Atlanta Botanical Garden Part 2

On Monday I shared Part 1 of our visit to the Atlanta Botanical Garden. Today I'm going to share the orchid house and the rest of the Alice's Wonderland exhibit! 

It's always interesting checking out the orchids at a botanical garden; it's amazing how many varieties there are! And the Alice's Wonderland sculptures were so fun! 

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Monday, November 11, 2024

Visiting the Atlanta Botanical Garden Part 1

At the end of August me and my mom decided to take a short trip down to Atlanta. There was two different events going on that I had wanted to go to, and it was my mom's birthday, so we figured it was the perfect time for a quick trip! We have driven through Atlanta, but had never been to Atlanta, so we were interested in checking it out.

The first thing I wanted to go to was the Alice's Wonderland exhibit at the Atlanta Botanical Garden. Both my mom and I enjoy visiting botanical gardens and miss visiting the Norfolk Botanical Garden.

There really wasn't too much in bloom this time of year but there was still plenty to look at. I had just a little too many pictures to put into one post, so I just decided to make two shorter posts, so I'll share the rest of our visit on Wednesday!

We visited the gardens on a Sunday in the late afternoon so the weather wasn't too bad. We had been having a miserably hot and humid summer, so I had wanted to wait until after the sun had started to go down a little bit before we visited. It was hot but not unbearable. And the garden had a fair amount of people but wasn't crowded, which was nice. 

We had never seen garden sculptures before (like the Earth Goddess and the Alice exhibits) so those were very interesting to see! They're made of steel framing and annuals.
Do you enjoy visiting botanical gardens?
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Monday, October 9, 2023

Skagit Valley Tulip Festival Part 2


Finally getting around to sharing Part 2 of our visit to Roozengaarde tulip farm from when we were in Washington this past May. 

Since we didn't arrive at the farm until later in the afternoon I was a little concerned about the lighting but it ended up being better than I expected. It was a bright sunny day but the sun was already starting to go down so I didn't have any harsh overhead sunlight which was nice. Usually we are there during the morning so I have noon-day sun to contend with! 

Anyways, we all really enjoyed our visit. Everything was at peak bloom and it was just so beautiful! I easily could have stayed for a few more hours but we had a few stops to make on the way back plus the 3 hour drive to my grandparents house so we weren't able to stay for too long as I would have liked. Regardless, I'm really glad we were able to go! 
Which flowers are your favorite?
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