If you ever find yourself driving across South Dakota, make the stop at Badlands National Park as it is awesome.  I enjoyed the flora of this region and recognized quite …

As part of our family Road Trip 2015 out “West”, we were able to fit in some nice stops to stretch our legs!  All of the garden shots here were …

On vacation but will try to blog as time allows.  I hope to see some other botanic gardens as well.  Great day today at the gardens with lots of volunteers …

It was another excellent day out in the gardens.  What we thought was going to be a very muggy day was actually not bad with a decent breeze and overcast …

It was another warm and sunny day with our high temperature climbing in to the mid 80 degrees F range.  “Bring it on!” I say as the gardens are responding …

It was another gorgeous day out in the gardens.  It was one of our five scheduled FREE days and we saw an excellent crowd of visitors enjoying the gardens.  The …

Today was simply beautiful with a cooler start to a sunny day with a high temperature around 80 degrees F.  It was excellent working weather and while the gardens were …

The weekend saw some heavy winds and driving rain on Saturday afternoon and we spent quite a bit of time today cleaning up the gardens.  Thankfully, there were only a …

We had a nice visit today from some of the grounds staff from Olbrich Botanical Gardens (Madison, WI).  Terry, Big John and I were just at Olbrich this past Wednesday …

Today had a bit of drizzle although I had hoped for some more rain to be honest.  However, the overcast skies sure made the color pop.  A great example is …