Flowers in the Garden

Feels good to be back home in time for Diwali. And more so as its my first Diwali at home in 4 years. As is the norm during festivals in India, there's a lot of frenzy activity as everyone gears up for the decorations, pujas and the Diwali night. Thought will post some pictures of flowers from the garden.



There are still some who have never learnt to see the beauty of flowers. They are unable to appreciate this beautiful gift of nature. In his poem "Flowers", Edwin Curran writes

Flowers are the music of the ground
From earth's lips spoken without sound.



Flowers have been a source of inspiration to people from all walks of life, whether a florist, a gardener, a painter, a photographer or a writer, all can draw inspiration from flowers. There's nothing like a walk in the garden to lift up sagging spirits. It lightens the heart, brings a smile to the face and a twinkle to the eyes.

Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden

Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden is a botanical garden located in Belmont, one of the suburbs of Charlotte. It includes manicured gardens, natural surrounding areas including woodland trails, sparkling fountains and an Orchid Conservatory. During Christmas and New Year, nearly 60,000 holiday lights are on display at the garden transforming the garden into something ethereal. Just 30 mins from home, we visited the place on a evening. The holiday lights were beautiful but the heavy fog somehow dampened the visit.

Two angles at the entrace welcomed us to the Visitor's Lobby of the Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden.

There was some Irish music along with some traditional dancing in the lobby. Some traditional Irish intruments were playing out beautiful tunes.

They had a full christmas tree made up of orchids. But then this place has an Orchid Conservatory.

Managed to capture the holiday lights decorated here from a good angle giving a different perspective.

There were lights of different colours. Some red, some blue, some yellow, some green. And some were white.

The beautiful lighted tunnel leading to the fountain.

Another capture of the lighted tunnel leading to the fountain.

The lights were decorated in the shapes of trees and birds. Saw one in the shape of a large butterfly.

Some christmas lights in the shape of flying birds.

Some in the shape of trees and colourful flowers.

Soldiers standing sentinel infront of lighted christmas trees.

There were some lighting in the Orchid Conservatory as well.