“Plants cry their gratitude for the sun in green joy.”  ~Astrid Alauda

For my birthday, my dear friend Nancy surprised me with a day trip to the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum for formal afternoon tea! We arrived a couple hours prior to tea time so we could tour the many, many beautiful gardens. It was such a tranquil day. I took a bazillion pictures, and narrowed it down to a little less than a bazillion 😉 Enjoy!

cool flower child car

cool tractor with a flower man at the wheel

This amazing structure is called “Uff Da Palace.”

It took artist Patrick Dougherty an entire month weaving sticks and saplings into this sculpture!

Nancy and Bonnie in the Uff Da Palace

I loved all of the little waterfalls around the arboretum!

waterfall…

waterfall in the Japanese Garden

fox gloves

Kitchen Herb Garden

Kitchen Herb Garden

this rose is so red it almost doesn’t look real!

It was roses, roses all the way…

Linda, Bon, and Nancy in the Rose Garden

Japanese Maple

Wildflower Garden Path

Minnesota’s State Flower-The Ladyslipper

Wicked cool flower siding!

cacti

Orchid

Jack in the Pulpit

pretty

Salvia

pretty

Tea Menu!

Tea Room at the Arboretum

Mmmmmmm….tea treats!

Tea!

Trifle

Now I am inspired to go flower shopping!

~Melissa