Norfolk Botanical Garden | Summer 2017

Hello Everyone!
   The first post of the summer and I went to the Botanical Garden in Norfolk, VA. The day was super hot and unfortunately I got a sunburn on our visit. Plus a few mosquitos had a great time eating my legs...but we still had a great time!
   We started in the rose garden, the largest rose garden on the east coast, 3 acres big, there was so many colors. Running along side the roses was a small river and a pretty stone bridge with vines.

The rose garden

   We made our way down a wood planked path, running along the lake, that had native plants and tons of lillies. It was a short walk till we arrived at the butterfly house. At the botanical garden they are breeding many types of butterflies that they plan to release later this summer.

The butterfly house

   Everywhere you go in the garden is surrounded by water. We took a small detour, while in the azalea forrest, and found the cutest little pink flower growning on the edge of the lake.

   After our long walk through the forrest we finally made it to the Japanese garden. The Japanese section was my absolute favorite part, I've never been to one, and the lotus plants were gorgeous! We took a small break at the cafe and had a smoothie, before seeing the tropical greenhouse.

Huge staghorn ferns!

Crab apples

Raspberries

   Surprisingly there are a lot of fruits at the garden: blueberries, raspberries, limes, pomegranates, strawberries, and crab apples.

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