Botanical Gardens 1

  Well, it may take some time but I am determined to upload several of my favorite photos of the botanical gardens we visited... here is a link: http://scenery.cultural-china.com/en/122Scenery3590.html
   When we first arrived we came to the Lily Garden which, as usual in China, was very random.  It was not the season for the lilies but it had 2 huge fish that the children enjoyed climbing on...

  There were also some busts of an assortment of famous people that surrounded the fish...

   We also found a 'rock garden'.  When we saw 'rock garden' on the map we had the idea that we would find a place full of all different types of rocks, however, what the 'rock garden' ending up being was a lot of tall rocks with inscriptions carved in them...

   Even though it wasn't quite what we expected of a rock garden (especially the rock hound among us), the area was really beautiful.  It would have been interesting if we could have read the carvings.
  We also found some lovely water areas to stroll through.  Below are a few of them...

  One of our all-time favorites was the myriads of swings and hammocks we found through-out the park.  Our most beloved was a very tall swing, maybe 3-4 stories high, that the children could have stayed on for the duration of our visit.  Here is a picture and a video...

 LOL! That video makes me want to go back and swing some more!  I'll stop with that for now. Next post I'll add some more pictures of the Botanical Gardens as this post is already long enough!  I still haven't gotten to the Russian Gardens, hammocks, Black-eyed Susans, etc.  It was such a beautiful place!