Shaw's Garden, St. Louis

Well, my first visit to St. Louis must have gone well because the next time my boyfriend went home to see his folks, I got invited to tag along. This time, on top of some great family festivities, we also went to the beautiful Shaw's Garden and got some cool photos. In addition to just being a fabulous botanical garden, Shaw's Garden (or The Missouri Botanical Gardens, officially) is exceptional because it is divided into several small gardens, all with very different atmospheres, as you can see from the photos below.







The Japanese Garden -- much larger and more open than most gardens in Japan, but still, they captured the spirit well.











The sundial's off from the watch by an hour because of DST, but otherwise, remarkably accurate.



One of about a half-dozen couples we saw either getting married or having their photos done in the gardens that day.