If you like color, texture, or the heady scent of jasmine, orange blossoms, rose or scented geraniums, you might want to spend a few hours at a botanical garden. The San Diego Botanical Gardens are bursting with color and yummy smells and was a wonderful place to while away the day. I had been here earlier in the season, and although very nice, Mother Nature appeared to be slumbering, not ready to strut her stuff. She was standin’ tall for this visit!
Nestled in a neighborhood in Encinitas, this urban oasis boasts 37 acres of lush landscape. It is divided into 15 geographical regions, Mexico, Australia and the Mediterranean, to name a few. It was recently voted one of the 10 Spectacular Gardens Around the World; quite an honor I would say.
The emphasis here is on sustainability and conservation and the staff works to protect and restore many endangered plants. They pass on their knowledge through a wide array of classes and have some great children’s programs I am told. While there I watched as the friendly staff staged a wedding to take place later in the day. Quite the romantic backdrop to say ‘I do’. Besides all this, the San Diego Botanical Gardens features monthly events, the most recent earlier this month being their Chocolate Festival. Sure sorry I missed that one!
So much beauty compressed into 37 acres. If you like color, hope you enjoy the slideshow below.
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I love botanical gardens. I’ll have to put this one on my list of places to see.
In our travels we try to stop by any interesting gardens we find. This one is truly lovely.
Lovely!! So much color and beauty!
Nina
Had to practice with my new camera and thought this would be a good place. Now to learn to become a photographer!
Oh so beautiful
It was really spectacular.
Love the slide show. Looks like you are learning all the fun things you can do on the blog, you told me you were going to do that. 🙂
I still feel like such a novice. Some things still take me much longer to do than they should. Hope you two are enjoying being back around your boys.
Loved the slideshow! The gardens sure looks spectacular.
Thanks Carol! The gardens were really beautiful.
Beautiful! Did you take the pictures? or did Terry? By any chance, do you have the names of the plants that you took pictures of? I recognize some of them, but not all. I didn’t know where this was, until I saw the sign that said it was formerly Quail Botanical Gardens.
I’m responsible for the photos this time. I just got a new Canon S100 point-and-shoot and needed some practice so I thought this would be a great place to do it. I have names of some of the plants but not all. This visit was certainly a change from my first back in early March.