DOW GARDENS

We spent the morning walking around the Dow Gardens in Midland Michigan today.  I took way to many pictures to post individually.  A great way to spend a couple of hours. Entrance fee just $5.00 

I'm not sure what happens if you click on the large pictures?

Krider World's Fair Garden

Took a little drive over to Middlebury, Ind where they have the World's Fair Garden.  It's a small garden and doesn't take to long to walk through but it is also the middle parking spot for the Punpkinvine bicycle trail so we made it a twofer.

And now onto the Bike trail

There are restaurants,  stores and bathrooms  at both ends as well as bathrooms in the middle.

Total paved trail is about 12 miles

It passes through the Amish farms

Horse and buggy parked at the Dairy Queen along side the path

Wellfield Botanical Gardens , Elkhart,Ind

We stopped by Wellfield Gardens today in Elkhart Indiana.  This is one of the nicest gardens we've been to in years, not to big and not to small.  About an hour to an hour and a half to walk through and see everything.  There are sculptures throughout the gardens and many of them are some what hidden.

If you are in the area with some extra time this is worth the stop.

Click on a picture to enlarge.

On these wind chimes the longest pipe is about 12 foot

Cathy spotted this in a city park, they are about 35 feet tall

They have quilt gardens everywhere around here, even have a trail map for you to follow