Missouri Botanical Garden

Frozen Pond Stone

I’m a huge fan of pond stones, both in real life and in Animal Crossing, where I’ve collected every variety that is available in New Horizons. I especially like this pond stone in the Missouri Botanical Garden’s Japanese Garden, which I’ve photographed before. It was really cool to see it frozen over at our visit to the Garden a few weeks ago…the ice gives it a whole new look for winter!

Chickadee Thursday

On Sunday, we enjoyed a visit to the Orchid Show at the Missouri Botanical Garden, as well as a walk through the Linnean House, where we saw what I can only describe as a poinsettia tree!

The 2024 Orchid Show

It’s Orchid Show time at the Missouri Botanical Garden! I love seeing all of the beautiful flowers in bloom, and I especially love that even though we’ve gone to this event many, many times over the years we’ve had a membership, I always notice some new flowers!

The Chinese Garden–February

Sunday was another cloudy day at the Missouri Botanical Garden, but this time there was no fog, which gave me a much clearer view into the Chinese Garden:

Running Through the Fog

I’ve photographed these sculptures of “Deidre” and “Maura” at the Missouri Botanical Garden before, and they’re always fun to see…I especially liked how it appeared they were running through the fog at the Garden last week!

Icy Waterfall

Visiting the Missouri Botanical Garden is always fun, even in the winter. You might think it’s not the best time of year to wander around a garden, but you get to see all kinds of cool things that just aren’t possible in the warmer months, like this waterfall fringed by ice in the Japanese Garden. I love that even though the waterfall was running freely, that didn’t stop the ice from building up around the edges!

Foggy Garden

Last week, we got to see the Missouri Botanical Garden in a whole new light (or lack thereof), when we visited during a dense fog advisory. It was really cool to see how it hung in the air and made everything familiar look new and different (and a tad bit creepy!).

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