Atlanta Botanical Garden, part 1

Late July I got to visit the Atlanta Botanical Gardens, and although it was quite hot, just as in Nashville, we really enjoyed the gardens. They looked great, well-watered, no droopy plants anywhere! It's a large campus and we could have spent a couple of days there. So in three hours I managed to see a few minutes of the Conservatory, walked past the succulent border, hurried through 'Southern Seasons' which is a woodland area, and spent longer moments idling through the perennial color borders, the Edible Garden, and the Canopy Walk.


I'll post several entries here so as to divide up the areas and photos, starting with a quick trip through .....The Conservatory

The blue pots are part of 'The Orangerie' and feature spice plants galore: vanilla, neem, cardamom etc. Also a fleeting highlight, but alas no pictures: somehow a herd (and I say 'herd' because I am in no mood to research the scientifically correct term for this brood) ...ahem ... a herd of baby quail had been born in the Conservatory and after reading the signs advising to 'step carefully' we wandered through looking about for the little fuzzy guys and gals. Cute as buttons!

Next a visit to
The Edible Garden