Friday, February 18, 2011

HARRY P. LEU GARDENS

Walking through the Harry P. Leu Gardens was calming, relaxing, educational and visually stimulating. Various gardens are on the grounds and kept up by many volunteers.
The Harry P. Leu house is on the grounds and tours are given every 1/2 hour. It is beautiful and worth the wait, on the porch, if another tour is taking place. 
Several sculptures in the gardens depict everyday life in Florida. 
Picking oranges, or are those grapefruits?
Tropical ~ the plants and vines growing on the trees. Notice the tiny red flowers.

Father and son going fishing.

How beautiful is this?

February and there was a Monarch caterpillar munching away on a favorite bush.  
Soon to make a chrysalis/the cycle continues. 
Harry P. Leu's house ~ wonderful tour.

Isn't this just gorgeous?  


Bird sculpture ~ in one of the gardens.

Beautiful paths throughout the gardens.
I will return in April to see the gardens in full bloom.

Large clumps of Bamboo growing in the gardens.  Bamboo has so many uses.
I have several T-shirts made from Bamboo.
Bamboo can grow up to three feet a day and creates more oxygen than trees.

Muskogee Crepe Myrtle ~
an interesting tree - with no bark.

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