Jeannie Marie & Company

I barely touched the surface with my photographs and the photographs hit the highlights mostly.  The garden is located in a what appeared to be a small area on the map but with so many meandering pathways they have made good use of the land and created quite an extensive garden.   Here are photos from just the area that they located all the cactus and succulents.  I enjoyed the little sculptures which is one of the features of this place, everywhere you find little whimsical items tucked here and there, hidden until you turn a corner.   This was huge cactus was twice as tall as I was and was huge over all.  It seems that the yellow stems come out a bit further then the bloom dies and falls off.   The path was littered with them and there were still hundreds all over the bush.  As with any desert, you will find bleached bones among the cactus!  Potted cactus had so many varieties, you can see larger versions ...

In the late winter the trees are still leafing out, leaving dappled shadows on the path. It was a great surprise to me to read, in an advertising newsletter that came in the mail, that there was a botanical garden very close to home.  The newsletter listed events coming up in the area and mentioned a garden club in Spring Hill that was going to have an upcoming lecture on backyard gardening exclusively with natural Florida plants. When I looked up the club it mentioned that they owned and operated this botanical garden.  I decided that I would not delay going, I would go today. It was far nicer than I expected and much larger The photo above and below is part of the fantasy garden. The lattice makes a pretty shadow!  Then you follow pathways under twisting branches and through lush greens The Oriental Garden was charming  It led to a lovely pond  This beautiful plant, placed in memory of someones beloved, ...