Ladew Gardens

On Thurs, we went to Ladew Gardens in Monkton, MD. Another very pretty place-- full of garden "rooms" with different themes. Prob this would have been a little nicer in say, May. Not as much is blooming right now, and it was HOT by noon when we finished; but it still was very nice. I loved seeing all the different varieties of plants and flowers, and what they did with them-- the symmetry was fun. In the pic above, you can see 3 arches and the pool and fountain all lined up.

Lots of topiary-- above is a foxhunt. Fox in front, hounds behind, man on horse jumping over the white fence.

Chad was maybe most fascinated with the abundant butterflies and the frogs he found in the ponds.

Harvey Ladew purchased this 250-acre estate in 1929. The round pond above was actually his swimming pool. Terrace gardens are behind.

Swan swimming on waves of hemlock.

I don't have pics of it, but on Wed, we went to Sight and Sound in Lancaster. You all should do that sometime-- wow. We've been there a few times before, but this was the first time we saw the Joseph show. We sat in the 2nd row. Very well done! Huge production.

We stayed in a hotel right next to Dutch Wonderland-- could hear people screaming on the roller coasters. :) Swam and tried to play shuffleboard. Wendy, we're no match for you! We gave up after a while because we were doing so poorly!

And this is my new toy. :) We stopped at the Harley plant on the way home Thur. Sometime we'll go back so we can tour the plant. This time they were doing modified tours and we want to go when we can see the whole thing.