Fall in The Botantical Garden of the Ozarks

The garden just keep getting better and better.  In spite of the horrible summer we had everything looked great and the plants have filled out more and more of the space.

A look at how everything has filled in.

Entry into the vegetable garden.

Feeding the chickens.

Fake insect in the middle of the garden.

In the Butterfly Pavilion

New sculptors  in the garden

Everything looked great.  It is a wonderful time to visit the garden.

Fall display. 

Whole Wheat Fresh and Pasta at Botanical Garden of the Ozarks

Two pictures from the Barilla demonstration at the Botanical Garden of the Ozarks.  There are two more each different.  One on Oct. 14 and the last on November 4, 2012.

Gardenland Express, Botanical Garden of the Ozarks

Santa was also visiting the Gardenland Express

The Gardenland Express is an annual Christmas event at the Botanical Garden of the Ozarks.  It is a large model train exhibit with trains, homemade cookies, punch and chocolate milk.  I volunteered today.  The Christmas Market was also today with merchants all around the Garden.  The Gardenland Express is open week-ends through December 18th.

Some of the wreath's at the Christmas Marketplace

Children watching the train in the Gardenland Express

View of a few of the vendors in the Marketplace

Engineers getting the trains running.

Cookies are out and ready for eating

Botanical Garden of the Ozarks - Butterfly Pavilion

I visited the Garden yesterday, Oct. 4, 2011, to see the new Butterfly Pavilion.  It is a small screened in enclosure shaped like a butterfly and located at the rear of the Gardens.  Here are pictures of the Pavilion and some of the butterflies found in the Pavilion and throughout the Garden.  In spite of the hot and dry weather this summer the Garden looked beautiful.  Visit if you have a chance.

There were several kinds of  insects feasting on the flowers.

One of the butterflies.

Another butterfly

Entrance walk to the Butterfly Pavilion

The Butterfly Pavilion and the volunteer enjoying the wonderful weather

Volunteer and a newly hatched butterfly.  It was still wet and not flying.

Another butterfly picture.

And still another

And another.  The garden was full of butterflies.

This one spent the entire time I was in the Pavilion trying to escape.

Too many opportunities for photos to pass up.  I just kept snapping.

I was going for the butterfly but the camera focused on the insect in the foreground.

Now it is focused on the butterfly and in insect is out of focus.

Botanical Garden of the Ozarks - Spring 2011

I found a large variety of flowers blooming at the Botanical Garden when I visited on Saturday.  You can visit the Garden for free on Saturday morning and there was a steady stream of people enjoying all of the flowers and taking advantage of the beautiful weather. 

Chef's in the Garden

Last night was Chef's in the Garden at the Botanical Garden of the Ozarks. I was one of the volunteers selling drinks, but I also got to sample all the great food from the different chef's that participated. Chef's in the Garden had great food in a great location. This is a yearly event so if you missed it this year you can plan on going next year.

Firefly Festival

I was a volunteer for the Firefly Festival at the Botanical Gardens of The Ozarks last night. The Festival is a great place for families to come out and enjoy the garden, the activities, people in costume, and the concert. I worked from 6 till 8 and when I left the people were still coming into the garden. It was a great activity that lasted until 10:00 p.m.. If you missed this year watch for the dates next year and plan to attend.

Spring at the Botanical Garden of the Ozarks

Entering it's third year, The Botanical Garden of the Ozarks continues to improve. I took these pictures before people arrived for the Greening of the Garden. If you live in the area come out and see for yourself.