A Visit to the Birmingham Botanical Gardens

It is allowed to photograph in the garden, but only using the handheld camera one could carry.  Setting up with a tripod is not allowed, since it impedes others from passing.

We entered a gate and passed a rather large building.  There were small garden beds abutting the building with flowering plants.  Although the weather is just starting to cool, and the days are still reaching temperatures in the eighties, a selection of flowering plants were planted with colorful blooms.  I was surprised at how many flowers were present since it was still so warm in the daytime.

In the middle of a wide walk was a circular garden.  Flowering plants in several varieties formed well groups of colorful plants around the garden.  In the center were banana trees, or something very close in appearance.  I saw no fruit, only the large leaves.

This is where signs directed visitors to the garden they wished to visit.  There were many, too many to visit in a single visit.

One garden that was right there was a huge rose garden.

Signage directed visitors to such places as the Southern United States garden, a vegetable garden, an herb garden, and a Japanese garden, among others.

The rose garden was circular and had many walking paths so visitors could get close views.  It seemed that every variety was flowering prolifically at the same time.  One could gaze across the garden and see beds of roses, with adjacent beds having varieties of roses of different colors. 

The size of the rose garden is so great that I took multiple photographs in an attempt to capture most of it.

My eyes were drawn to large, red roses that towered over the others.  I realized varieties of different size plants and flowers populated this garden.

We walked a wide path some distance and found the Japanese garden.  Trees are the main foliage in this peaceful part of the gardens. 

Being a proper Japanese garden, there was running water cascading over rocks in places.  A coy pond with a bridge for fish watching was also included.  The sounds of birds, scampering squirrels, and moving water added to the serenity.

Well, it became lunchtime, so we left.  The rest can be explored on a future visit.

The only problem is the gardens encompass so vast an area that it is unlikely one would visit all of the gardens collected together in a single day.

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