St. Patrick’s Day was such a crisp, beautiful morning M. and I decided to visit nearby Gibbs Gardens. (Take a look!) These gorgeous gardens are located on a privately owned 300-acre estate and the Gibbs family has developed more than 220 acres of gardens. On this property there are 24 ponds, 32 bridge crossings and 19 waterfalls.
The grounds include Japanese Gardens (one of the largest in the nation~ over 40 acres), Water Lily Gardens (140 varieties), and 20+ million daffodils. These flowers are the season opening spectacle dedicated to his mother, Margaret Anderson Gibbs ~ fifty acres of hillsides carpeted by millions of daffodils.
The serenity of nature and strolling along the paths are so peaceful and calming.
According to Explore Georgia, “Jim Gibbs traveled for 15 years covering the nation and the world viewing gardens of every style and decided that he wanted to design and build a world class garden. He spent six years looking for a suitable site with a strong source of water and beautiful mature trees covering a rolling topography.”
Jim and his family have lived on and have been developing the estate since 1987.
M. could not resist having a little fun with the many sculptures you see around the gardens.
The gardens are just now starting to come to life and I cannot wait to see all the surprises of nature throughout the seasons this year!
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Weather-wise you are ahead of us. It’s wonderful to see anything bloom!
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It really is nice to see all the beauty of the plants, I agree. Thanks for taking a look!
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Spring is very late in coming to the Pacific Northwest–still no signs of flowers or trees in bud. But, it’s coming–hoping it will be as lush as these photos. Thanks for sharing.
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Thanks for taking a minute to read my post! Spring is my second favorite season of the year!
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This place is gorgeous. Thanks for sharing your visit there.
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Thanks so much for reading the post!
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What a beautiful walk in the garden! Thank you for sharing that with us. We are in our autumn here in Australia now 😀 so it’s raining.
Blessings,
Jennifer
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Thanks for coming along! Have a wonderful week!
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Our area hasn’t decided if it is Spring or still Winter. That is a lovely place, thanks for sharing it with me in pictures.
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Thank you for taking a minute to read the post. It really is a lovely place!
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What a beautiful park to spend some time in!!
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It really is a lovely place! Thanks for reading!
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It is such a beautiful place. Nature never disappoints us, no matter what the season.
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I totally agree!! Thanks for taking a look at my post!
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Such a lovely trip around the gardens, thank you for including us 💜
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Thank you for taking a look at my post!
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It was lovely 💜
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It’s beautiful! It looks so peaceful. I love all of the colors!
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Thank you for reading my post!
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Thank you for posting this! I live in Tennessee, so this is not far from me.
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You should plan a visit! Thanks so much for reading the post!
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Oh, those gorgeous daffodils and tulips! we are not quite there yet in southeastern PA. Maybe 2 weeks or so!
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Thanks for reading and glad you like the photos!
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Lovely shots of spring for you! We’re heading into autumn but the weather is still beautiful! Visiting from #senisal
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Thank you! Autumn is my favorite season of colors and Spring my second favorite season of colors!
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Yes autumn colours are my favourites too.
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What a lovely place! Thanks for sharing.
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What beautiful gardens! I love the colours and variety of the plants and flowers there. And, your spring is a lot more advanced than mine! Here (Moscow, Russia), the tulips are just starting to push up through the soil – so we’ve still got a while to go before any colourful shows. Visiting from Esme’s Salon and pinned. 🙂
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So nice that spring is almost here isn’t it? Thank you very much for visiting!
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This is so very lovely. Thanks for sharing. Assuming the sculptures were made from stone, please tell M. he doesn’t look “stoned” (Then again…)
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LOL!! Thanks for reading, your response made me laugh out loud!
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