Wonder enlarges the heart.
When you wonder,
you are drawn out of yourself.
      ~ John O’Donohue ~
Occasionally, someone will call Denver Botanic Gardens in autumn or winter and ask if there is anything to see at the Gardens during these seasons. My reply always includes an unequivocal yes; the Gardens are full of beauty throughout the [...]

Only two days left to enjoy my time at the Montréal Botanical Garden. So, I decide to walk in the Courtyard of the Senses where the signs that identify the plants are written in French, English, Latin and Braille. On the MBG website there is a quote by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, the man who wrote [...]

Hello from Montréal where I continue to learn and grow at the Montréal Botanical Garden. The colors of autumn are eclipsing the summer, but who am I to complain? Russet, saffron, burgundy, pink-orange and neon yellow offer an extraordinary beauty and a reminder that

Yesterday, I drank jasmine tea and ate a mooncake at the Montreal Botanical Garden; it is the season of the Magic of the Lanterns, and the Chinese Garden is adorned with many colorful and graceful figures that have been designed in Montreal and made in Shanghai. They are filled with lights in the evening. It’s [...]