There’s nothing quite like making plans for a lovely morning at the park, with hopes of a quite visit to the Japanese Garden… only to find the gates locked.
Through the fencing, we could see glimpses of the gardener working steadily.
I’m sorry to say that through the fencing are the only views I can share with you today of this lovely garden.
We will have to come back in about 6 months or so, when the deciduous plants are leafed out and the gates are unlocked.
However, the Japanese Garden is only one section of this large, beautiful park.
I’ve blogged before about the Rose Garden, which currently looks like this:
That is some serious mulching!
We did some more wandering through the park, both on this day and back in September, so I will have future MTM posts with subtle shades of late fall and late summer bursts of color to share with you during the coming dreary days of winter.
Something to look forward to… 🙂
Spokalulu 
It looks beautiful through the fence.
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Wow – it does look lovely!
I’m sorry the gates were locked…I’d’ve loved to see more of the inside!
And that is some wild mulching!!! Great protection, I’m sure 🙂
No kidding. I´ve never seen anything like it (meaning the mulching). I guess they will look all the more beautiful come spring.
holy cow, if those are just the pictures from outside the fence, i can’t imagine how amazing the views must be INSIDE!
Wow, now I want to go out and mulch my rose bushes. (Thanks for your lovely, supportive comments.)