On this day we drove to Lake Constance to visit Insel Mainau. a beautiful island in the lake where there is a beautiful huge garden. It is very warm here year around and many plants that will not grow in other parts of Germany will grow here.
You park in a mammoth parking lot on the main land and then walk across a bridge to the island and entrance of the garden where you pay the entrance fees. If You can't make this fairly long walk you may take a shuttle bus for an extra fee. I am not sure if the view from the bridge is of the island or the main land.
First we viewed an herb garden that had little patches of various herbs with signs that told their use; some for eating, some for medicinal purposes and some poisonous ones.
The roses were so lovely and there were hundreds of them. I am just sharing a few pictures. Too bad I can't pass along the fragrances. some of the roses looked past their prime and some blossoms had been damaged by the rain.
The flower troll and peacock in the children's area were planted but not fully developed yet. I am sure they would be beautiful by this time of the year.
the shrub that I am holding the branch of was very gorgeous but I don't know what it is called in German or in English.
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