Botanical Garden & Roses

With all the busy activities the last few days I finally get to write about Father's Day and what we did for the man in my life.  Our son had to work so the day for the guys to golf had to be changed.  This is a tradition that was started years ago and something they will continue.  We are the type of people that like to keep things simple but meaningful so on his day since he couldn't golf we spent it with roses. 


We first headed off to our newest find the Botanical Garden where the roses are in full bloom and just beautiful, then off to the nursery to find just that perfect rose to plant in his garden.  This is our day in pictures.

There are several gardens, a picnic area, nature trails, and even North American Beehives!  Oh and don't forget the friendly cats that you see from time to time. 

Not sure if you can go inside the house, will have to check that out later but love it.

These are my favorites and they are in a complete circle with a black fountain in the middle.  Beautiful!!!

 

You walk this way to the rose gardens.

 

Of course, there had to be some surprises along the way.  I was stepping on this guy as I was trying to take a picture!  Yikes, it sacred me!
 

My hubby finding another frog.

 

Here his is in vivid color.

 

and here he is natural, just a little guy.

 

I thought it was funny to have a seashore garden since it was mostly sand and shells!!

 

My hubby just loves roses and had a small garden back home in Minnesota so we for sure had to have one here and I wasn't complaining because I love them too.  They smelled just wonderful.

 

One of the nice things about being here in the south you don't have to dig them up and bury them for winter so they get bigger.

 

Beautiful!!!!

We both loved the arbor and want to incorporate one in our backyard.

The house was a great back drop for some pictures too.

There is a butterfly garden and was so glad I could capture this on a zinnia.  Loving my new camera and you will see some of these pictures as part of the scripture & a snapshot in the future.

 

Foxglove pretty in pink.

Going to buy a pot like this someday because I just love the color and design for strawberries or flowers.

 

I am a lover of old tin water cans so fun to see one here.

Loved the birdhouses.

 

A turtle made out of a tin bucket and love the rust that is on it.  Sorry can't keep saying love because there is so much to love here!

One of my favorite flowers the hydrangea.

We both fell in love with this place and will come here year round to see all the different flowers that will bloom.

Now back at home and my hubby is hard at work getting his bed ready for the roses.

These are the roses we bought: two knock out bushes and one Don Juan climbing rose in red.

The problem was he had to get this BIG stump out before he could plant!!!!

There was a large overgrown holly tree here that had to go and he finally got it out. Yea!  Check out the large roots by my foot.

This is the side of the house that we are going to do our rose garden because it gets the most sun. It is in the front so I will see it when I park my car. 

The soil is really poor so we have to keep adding garden soil and such to improve it. 

Here is the Don Juan climber that took the place of the holly tree.  It smells so sweet!

This yellow knock out bush has a spice sweet smell to it and very fragrant.  We want to get the most fragrant roses we can so that when it is full grown the smell will be heavenly. 

Finally, one of the things I always did back home in MN was take the dying buds of the roses and spread their petals outside our patio doors so that every time I passed by I would see the array of beautiful colors scattered about like a wedding was going on.  So today is my first day to bring that passion back to life.  This is on our front door patio. Thanks for stopping buy and hope that your father's day was full of great memories too.

xo

barb