Montreal Botanical Garden
I figured we would skip the Montreal Botanical Garden on this trip because it was December in Canada, but Doug said we should go see the greenhouses, and who am I to argue? It does …
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Architecture / Art / Flowers / Museums
Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Garden
I’d never heard of Albin Polasek, but that didn’t stop us from going to the Albin Polasek Museum & Sculpture Gardens in Winter Park, Florida. I mean, there were gardens and a historic house, and …
Leu Gardens
I was excited to visit the Leu Gardens in Orlando, Florida, as they were very well-rated and…well…flowers. Plus a historic home to tour and decorations for their Halloween events! I expected it to be my …
Butterfly Rainforest at the Florida Museum of Natural History
Doug and I aren’t big natural history museum fans, but if you throw in a “Butterfly Rainforest” you’ll lure me in. Doug was still not interested (the last butterfly exhibit he spent at a brewery), …
University of Tennessee Gardens, Knoxville
The UT (University of Tennessee) Gardens in Knoxville, Tenn., were an unexpected delight. In fact, I’d say that they are one of the best free gardens I’ve seen. They had so much variety, even in …
Museum of the Shenandoah Valley
The Museum of the Shenandoah Valley (MSV) was an unexpected delight. We went more because the reviews were very good as opposed to thinking that it sounded like fun. And while the museum turned out …
The North Carolina Arboretum
The North Carolina Arboretum, just southwest of Asheville, was a disappointment to me; I was worried that I was getting a little snobbish on this topic, so I gave it a really good effort, walking …
Atlanta Botanical Garden
I discovered how to get Doug to a botanical garden as a willing participant – trolls! The Atlanta Botanical Garden (ABG) has an exhibition of Thomas Dambo trolls through September 17th, so we decided to …
Sarah P. Duke Gardens
The Duke Gardens in Durham, N.C., consist of 55 acres of landscaped and wooded areas. They are free to enter, though cheap parking must be paid. There were a couple of areas of absolute “wow” …
Ladew Topiary Gardens
I lured Doug into a garden tour by explaining that this wasn’t your regular garden, it was a topiary garden, and thus entirely different. Though it turned out there were way more flowers than topiary, …