Spring at Meadowlark Botanical Garden

Northern VA

 
 

 
We were a little late for the cherry blossoms at Meadowlark, but the flowers, plants and trees there were still in their spring beauty! I love the greens! Yes, there is a photo of some cherry blossoms, isn't it beautiful even if it's not at its peak. =) This is the first time we walked a little more in the park and saw the structures with the Korean writings. (I don't know what they are called. Hee-hee!) We still haven't seen the whole garden! I look forward to seeing the rest of the garden one of these days! Can you see the bunny in the first photo?


 

 
 

 

 
Here's some more photos from the garden. Yes, I love the cherry blossoms and the tulips!

Some more spring reminders

   
Spring is such a great time for viewing flowers. Another spring reminder are the tulips! This is Burnside Farms at Haymarket, VA where they have a Festival of Spring called Holland in Haymarket. The flowers there are just lovely! Of course, the pictures are from two years ago, and I think this year they moved to a different location.


   
Here's some more photos of the tulips. They had some wooden clogs out there that the kids can play with and there were some chicks too that the kids can observe and pet. I don't remember any other animals, I remember getting honey from them though! =) The flowers were beautiful! Although, I must tell you that I thought the place was small when we first got there. Haha! I guess I was thinking more the size of the Flower Fields in Carlsbad, CA (ranunculus flowers!) It is still beautiful though and i think worth the trip. We'll try to make it there this year in their new location and hopefully, one day I'll be able to post pics from the same year as the day I'm posting! Haha! =D

It's finally spring!

   
I love the carpet of blue on display when the bluebells are out! We actually came out a week too early and it was not like the photos yet! We had to come back a week later when we met someone on the trail who told us it was really beautiful there when the flowers are in bloom, which they said was going to be a week later. They were right too! Can you see both river banks covered in blue and green? Just beautiful!


   
Here's a few more photos along the bluebell trail at Bull Run Park. It's a lovely reminder of spring, isn't it? Can't wait to see the blooms again soon! It's still a little chilly outside (technically, it's spring now!) but hopefully the blooms will be out in a couple of weeks. The bluebells usually come out at about the same time as the cherry blossoms!