Gardens

While in Munich, Germany Samantha and her husband stayed at an Airbnb with the most amazing Koi pond in the back yard.

DrFumblefinger visits a small but lovely botanical garden in Slovenia's capital city of Ljubljana.

Travel Rob visits the beautiful Kingsbrae Garden in St. Andrews , New Brunswick

DrFumblefinger visits the lovely sunken garden in Spokane named in honor of the park superintendent who designed and built it.

Samantha shares her beautiful visit to the Missouri Botanical Gardens in St. Louis. It wasn't on her to-do list, but she is so glad they visited.

Kew Gardens is chock-full of history, ornamental buildings and superlatives, but the best part is that it's a beautiful place to spend a day.

DrFumblefinger visits the popular Floral Showcase in Niagara Falls, where he learns about one of the slinkiest plants in the world.

It's always fun to discover the unexpected. George G shares a hidden garden he discovered in the nation's capital.

Marilyn Jones takes us to the lavish North Carolina gardens created at the turn of the last century by Sarah Jones.

Gumbo was visiting the lovely botanical garden in Palermo. Partially a recreational place and partially a university research site, it provides much needed green space. The garden is home to over 12,000 types of plants in just 30 acres and is a pleasant place to explore.

The trail offers an opportunity to visit a dozen area gardens, many not normally open to the public, for a tour by their owners.

Large grounds, and the legacy of an amateur botanist, make the grounds of Malahide Castle a pleasant addition to a visit to the castle.