Dear George,
I’m just back from my 6-day
trip to New Orleans, having visited J, K, and our grandkids, V and L. My stay was completely enjoyable. Among other things, it was 30 degrees
in Cincinnati when I left and 20 degrees when I returned, but New Orleans was
in the midst of a warm and sunny spring.
J and K’s mid-city home is a 20-minute walk to City Park, and I went
there nearly every day. I’d been
to the Botanical Garden in the park for a Thanksgiving light display, but never
in the daytime. The 12-acre
Botanical Garden opened in 1936, a WPA project during the Great
Depression. It was originally
called the City Park Rose Garden.
Today it contains over 2000 varieties of plants from around the world
and has several theme gardens, e.g., The Tropical Garden, the Butterfly Walk,
the Japanese Garden, as well as the Conservatory of the Two Sisters. It’s entirely elegant as these photos
suggest.
The New Orleans Art Museum is
a few hundred yards away from the Botanical Garden, and it too is a civic
treasure. Their featured show
exhibited photographs from the Civil War which brought tears to one’s eyes. In addition, the Garden Study Club of
New Orleans had organized an “Art in Bloom” floral display throughout the
Museum’s galleries. The flower
arrangements were coordinated with nearby paintings, and, all in all, it was
stunning. Here are a few to enjoy.
Love,
Dave
G-mail Comments
-Jennifer M (3-27): So beautiful! Spring, we await
you here in Cincinnati!
-Gayle C
(3-27): David, Looks like a great trip! Lovely
photos!!! Glad u had fun. Take care. :). G
-Terry O-S
(3-27-14): The NOLA photos are
gorgeous! A few years ago my son Dan was the Executive Director of the American
Public Gardens Association and that garden would have been one of his members.
He no longer holds that position.
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