San Diego Botanical Gardens

We both love botanical gardens.  We can spend hours walking the trails and snapping tons of photographs.  It's so peaceful and beautiful.  Some are better than others.  Dallas had a beautiful one, but it was hit and miss depending on what time of year you went.  Spring Blooms was the best time to go and so was night time during Christmas.

We spent yesterday morning at the Self Realization Center Garden which was amazing.  So today, we decided to go to the San Diego Botanical Gardens in Encinitas.  I think a different time of year might be a better time to go such as early spring or maybe during the cooler months.  It was quite the work out, walking through all of the trails.

The garden isn't as manicured and perfect as some other gardens we've been to. This one seemed to be left more in the natural grown state and could have used a lot of dead tree and plant removal and general cleaning.

We went ahead and got a year membership for not much more than admission for the both of us for one day.  We'll be back another time when the garden is in full bloom.

Still, we got the chance to catch some nice shots.