June 16, 2006
Wings, Warts, and Wonder
The kids and I spent the day in the new children's garden at the Botanical Gardens.
The butterfly habitat is amazing. Here's the view from the top of the waterfall.
It has fish, quail, frogs, a snake, and, of course, butterflies.
They'll be adding hummingbirds, turtles, and a bee habitat.
And that's just the inside part. Outside, there are lots of little gardens. In the dinosaur garden, there's a sand pit where kids dig for "fossils". There's A Half Acre Woods where kids can play Pooh sticks on the Burro Bridge.
See the Eeyore tail?
In the Fairytale/ Storybook Garden, there's a troll bridge, a wishing well (complete with a frog prince), a gnome house, toadstool seats, and a fairy gate.
There's also a maze, a rainbow garden (with bubbles and prisms), and a space garden.
After playing hard outside, there's nothing like ice cream from the gift shop to cool you off.
what a fun place for the kids! mmmm....ice cream always hits the spot on a nice sunny day!
Posted by: debbie at June 17, 2006 05:11 AMWhat a great family adventure. I love the butterfly picture.
Posted by: Jennifer at June 18, 2006 07:12 AMWow, it sounds like such a lovely place. I want to dig for fossils!
Posted by: Rebekah at June 19, 2006 03:02 PMWhat an awesome place! They look like they had a great time...particularly with the ice cream ;-)
Posted by: Niki at June 19, 2006 07:22 PMWhat a neat place! I love those double wagons--a friend of mine has one for her two girls.
Posted by: katie at June 22, 2006 07:37 AM