We did not see a lot of blooming plants, but we saw a lot of interesting plants and animals.
In the Japanese Garden, we walked across the half-moon bridge, where we saw turtles and goldfish swimming in Lake Biwa and Canadian Geese strolling along the banks.
Half Moon Bridge in Japanese Gardens |
Dotted along the path were signs about Primitive plants, Prehistoric Memphis, Stories in Stone, Flying giants, and Some things change, and some things stay the same.
Dinosaur in Sandpit |
Also in the Urban Garden were vegetables, blackberries on a trellis, grapevines, and Espalier Fruit Trees (the technique of controlling the growth of trees and shrubs.
Urban Garden |
We saw a mother bird feeding her babies.
Mother birds and babies |
Butterfly Garden |
The daffodils were sleeping, waiting for next spring.
Dogwood trees in full bloom, huge giant trees reaching for the sky, and small trees where birds could nest.
Bird hiding among leaves. |
We stopped several times just to cool off, but hubby was still dripping wet when we arrived at the car.