Whenever we go back to Illinois, we manage to visit the Chicago Botanic Garden at least once and this was no exception.
Tiffany had managed to get a discount so although the entrance/parking fees had gone up in the past years, it was very reasonable for us.
I always remember coming here in 1982 when they first introduced the Japanese garden.
Our Israeli friends Moshe and Dina had suggested we make an outing of it.
Our son, Keola was three years old at the time.
And now...44 years later, Keola lives in Africa and it was Tiffany and her husband who took us back to that same Japanese garden.
We enjoyed walking around the huge garden but didn't get to see everything. There's just too much.
I liked seeing the pond with all the different varieties of water lilies.
But this was my favorite.
We stopped for lunch at Pot Bellies and then Trader Joes before heading home and just relaxing and being grateful for a lovely day.
We have visited the Botanical Garden there several times over the years and our favorite is the Japanese garden as well!
ReplyDeleteI visited it when we were in High School, that was a long time ago.
ReplyDeleteI actually lived not too far from there for a few years and rode my bicycle on all the bike trails in the surrounding Forest Preserves.