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Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Field trip to N.C. Botanical Garden

Last Friday, we met our field trip group at the North Carolina Botanical Garden in Chapel Hill.  (It is a part of the University of North Carolina.)  The gardens are a conservation effort to grow flowers that are native to N.C.  Our group took a guided tour through several sections of the gardens.  These sections were divided up to represent the different parts of our state:  mountains, piedmont, sandhills, and coastal plain.

We live in the piedmont area so it was neat seeing wildflowers growing that the kids and I have recently identified, growing in our own yard or along our road, such as sundrops. 

The guide was a little too wordy for my children's taste, but I found most of it interesting.  (Why do we appreciate learning so much more when we are adults?)  Tabby just wanted to be left alone so she could take pictures.  She does a great job with her photography and is planning to post some of the pictures she took on The Goat Chick tomorrow, for Wordless Wednesday.




Here is Solomon in front of a plant called "Solomon's Plume":


The N.C. Wildflower of the year is called "Fire-pink".  (I got a free pack of seeds from the gardens earlier this year, but have not planted them yet.  Sigh.):


This plant was very funny to us since we have goats - Appalachian False Goats-Beard:


Nice display outside the educational building/gift shop:


Hunter's favorite part (besides spotting sprinkler systems tucked into flower areas) was the big sculpture made from twigs/branches:





Our tour did not include the herb garden nor the carnivorous plants area.  So my kids and I went through those before we left.  I love using herbs for many things and would love a big herb garden one day.


Venus flytraps and pitcher plants:


Another Solomon plant!  Solomon's-seal:


Water lilies and lily pads!




". . . Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin;  and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these." - Matthew 6:28-29
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7 comments:

  1. AnonymousMay 19, 2015 at 8:46 AM

    thanks for sharing mj

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    1. LisaMay 19, 2015 at 8:41 PM

      Thanks for reading and leaving a comment! :)

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  2. NikkiMay 19, 2015 at 9:30 AM

    Oh I DO love it! My "garden" has turned mostly into an herb garden. :) But its still tiny. I love the twig sculpture. I am not really very familiar with wildflowers, but am learning some during my lunch time walks.

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    1. LisaMay 19, 2015 at 8:39 PM

      We are going out once a week right now, to pick wildflowers and then we bring them in, get out our identification guides, and try to figure them out. It's pretty neat to know the names of what we see. :)

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    2. LisaMay 19, 2015 at 8:39 PM

      I definitely want to grow more herbs. Right now I only have peppermint.

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  3. UnknownMay 19, 2015 at 9:39 AM

    Love the pictures of the Flowers and Children! Like Nikki, my Herb Garden is small, but I enjoy it. Trying to incorporate Herbs with my Chickens. Love you!

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    1. LisaMay 19, 2015 at 8:41 PM

      That's great you have a little herb garden. I too want to do more for our chickens. And us too. :)

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