Afternoon at the Gardens

Since becoming members at Frederik Meijer Gardens, we have been anxiously waiting for the weather to break so that we could finally head outside to enjoy the outdoor gardens. Saturday was finally the perfect day! Apparently, everybody else had the same idea. The place was packed, but there were a considerable number of people inside catching the last of the butterfly exhibit. Since we'd already seen that earlier in the season, we headed right outside.



Our first stop was the Children's Garden. It's a fabulous area with tons of activities for the kids. They have a really neat water area, but we decided we weren't up for getting soaked, so we played in the sand instead. Needless to say, Hannah will be loving the beach this summer!



After emptying the sand from our shoes, we ventured back to the farm area, where it was much quieter. Hannah seemed to enjoy looking at the animal sculptures. I'm sure they'll have some neat things going on there through the summer and fall.



As we walked down a trail in between gardens, we were joined by a friend.



We wrapped up the afternoon by walking through the sculpture portion of the Gardens, where we encountered this beautiful waterfall exhibit. It made us anxious to go swimming this summer!



After being outside, we worked up an appetite, so we ended our afternoon by grabbing a late lunch on the patio at Boston's. It was so nice to be warm outside! With this nice taste of spring, we're definitely looking forward to more warm weather to enjoy the outdoors!