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| This may be my favorite flower picture from the day...tell me which ones you like best! |
This weekend was my first home based weekend in a while, and I was actually quite excited to have the opportunity to explore Geneva in greater depth. Our first, and main, stop was Geneva's botanic gardens. At home in Miami, one of my family's favorite pastimes is wandering around Fairchild Tropical Botanic Gardens, so this was a nice reminiscent trip. The overall gardens in Geneva may not have been as lush as Fairchild's, but they definitely had more sections and themed greenhouses. Hands down the best part of the botanic garden though was it's price: everything was completely free. For a city as expensive as Geneva, which some argue to be the most expensive in the world, it is quite refreshing to have free nature exhibits.
The gardens were filled with varying sections, including rose gardens, vegetable gardens, cotton fields, medicinal plants, an arboretum, a farm animal section, and multiple greenhouses. The greenhouses ranged from climates including temperate, winter, and tropical. All of us agreed that the tropical greenhouse was by far the best part of the botanic garden--it strongly reminded me of a mini-Fairchild, too! Still, it was really wonderful seeing so many different plants and flowers that I had never seen before. All of the flowers were such vibrant colors and some of them were of the most interesting formations.
I may have gone a bit camera crazy, but I hope you enjoy the strong colors and various plant shapes. I would love to hear which ones you like best!
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