Hiroshima Botanical Gardens- Callie's Field Trip

 On May 7, I spent the day with Callie on her field trip.  We left the school about 8am and didn't get back till 2:15pm.  It was a bit over an hour drive to the Botanical Gardens and we spent about 3 hours there.  It was gorgeous!  The wether was lovely and perfect and I only had to chaperone 3 girls, who were very good, and it was a lot of fun.  The kids had little questionnaire journals and had to answer questions about different areas of the gardens and they were suppose to draw some sketches.  So it was kind of a self-guided tour.  It was a wee bit difficult to answer some of the questions since 95% of all info was in Japanese.  So there was some guessing going on.

Callie made friends with a Duck.

Beautiful flowers.  Can you spot the Callie?! 

I did enjoy the flowers more than I thought I would.  There were so many!  And so much variety.  I decided I should have become a botanist. So much beauty there.

They called this the "Mickey Mouse" Flower.  Fun, isn't it? 

Oh, the glorious colors!! 

Callie is trying to find out which of these blooms year round.  We never did figure that out. 

Not thrilled about the photo.  But look at all the colorful flowers here!

Oh, the loveliness! 

Be still my heart!  The look like adorable little ribbons! 

And there was a little playground to play at.  I was impressed how, with just this piece of equipment, all the kids were engaged, playing and having a great time. 

We spent a bit searching for the Japanese Garden.  We finally decided this was it.  Were we right? Who knows!  All the writing was in Japanese.

But it had a Koi Pond, so it had to be the right place.

The Rose Garden was glorious. 

I quite enjoyed it all.

Taking the class photo.  I didn't think the other moms would appreciate the full picture, so you just get Callie, and the pretty flowers. 

Did I mention the pretty flowers?! 

Sigh.  This kind of beauty is good for the soul!