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
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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.
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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.
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Urban Garden |
We saw a mother bird feeding her babies.
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Mother birds and babies |
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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.
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Bird hiding among leaves |
We stopped several times just to cool off but hubby was still dripping wet when we arrived at the car.