After visiting the mansion we finally got to see the gardens and can I just say Wow. First of all there are several of them and each has its own theme. Transportation is available if needed, but we walked and the footprint is very large so we got lots of steps in.
We started with the Rose garden and this was my absolute favorite. Roses are my favorite flower, but I have never seen such a wonderful variety of types and the smell was absolutely amazing.
Absolutely gorgeous. I was getting very hungry at this point so we walked down to the Chinese Garden and had a lovely lunch at the Chinese restaurant on site. Then we walked all the way around the pond exploring the variety of buildings and art pieces. Each section had a plaque that showed who had donated particular exhibits and it really was a beautiful and peaceful area.
They even had a waterfall feature which was very well done and a bonsai tree section which I loved. Many of these trees were very old and had been donated to the gardens.
Probably my favorite part though were the shaped windows and doorways and I got a little silly trying to match the shapes.
After the Chinese Garden we headed to the Japanese garden which had its own group of bonsai trees and a Japanese house which was interesting to see. The bamboo was also beautiful and so tall.
Lastly we walked through the subtropical garden which had some huge trees I have only seen in movies.
At this point we still had the Desert garden, Australia Garden, and Children’s garden but at 11,000 steps I was done in. We promised that we would come back soon to finish the other areas, but we headed back to the front and thankfully had enough energy left to visit the beautiful gift shop. Again I will say this was the best $25 I have spent since being in LA and in my opinion a must see if you are in the Pasadena area.
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