We spent about an hour and a half leisurely walking through the different gardens.
In the rose garden where we wondered what the heck hybrid tea meant and swore to look it up when we got home. Oh, I came across the John F. Kennedy rose, which was beautiful. The Julia Child rose made me think of my mother for some reason. I think years ago my dad told me her favorite colored rose was yellow(?). Overall, we enjoyed some of the multicolored ones the best but deep down Tiste has a fondness for the red roses and my favorite are the white.
We wandered and wandered, enjoying some time on the bench on the gazebo near the water and later in the Enchanted Forest. We also visited the enclosed open-air butterfly garden exhibit, which was quite fun!
More walking, spying on the eagle's nest, and taking a jaunt through the Japanese Garden (where we're considering holding the nuptials in 2012) before we stopped for a bite at the Cafe. We split a sandwich and relaxed under a tree on the patio for too long and missed the last boat ride of the day. After that it was bathrooms and time to come home for naps (after I blog, of course).
All in all, a great time! I still have 6 more passes so I think we'll go back and take the boat ride first this time. :)
Butterfly Exhibit
Hungry Hungry Caterpillars!
Ginko bonsai (Age: 30+)
BONSAI!!
The huge agave plant!
