"A Conservation Garden"

This past weekend, as a late mother's day get-together, my Nonna, Zia, their friend Barb, mom and I all went to the NC Botanical Gardens. We arrived a little late, but still joined the tour as it was beginning. Our tour guide was a sweet older women named Nell. It was clear early on she LOVED her job. The way she spoke and told us about the different plants really inspired me to learn a little more.

The NCBG is more of a learning experience. It reminded me of the NC Museum of Natural Sciences in DT Raleigh. When I watched the Young kids, I would take Bill here regularly (to see the dinosaurs!). It went through all the different areas of NC, what plants that grew there, type of soil, what animals that lived there etc. For the NCBG soil was brought in from the mountains and the beach. Their goal is to conserve the native plants of North Carolina and demonstrate sustainability (my inner granola like this part)!

It was overcast, so really a great day to take some pictures and enjoy the walk with out feeling like my skin was melting off in the NC heat. My grandmother and aunt LOVED it! Do you have any gardener's in your family?! Take them here. They'll loved it.

The NCBG even has a small area where you can buy some plants you wouldn't find at Lowe's and you just place your money in a box. (They even have Venus Fly Traps for sale!)

Here are some pictures:







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