Botanical Gardens

The kids got to enjoy the Savage Gardens summer exhibition at the National Botanical Gardens.  The exhibit explores plant adaptations, displays carnivorous plants and larger-than-life sculptures, as well as children's interactive exhibits, and carnivorous plant bog gardens.  As well the terrace garden beds are filled with hundreds more 'savage plants.'
 http://www.usbg.gov/savage-gardens-real-and-imaginary-world-carnivorous-plants


Magnus caught in the Venus flytrap



Maliah seriously is not happen about being caught

         

Inside a 10-ft tropical pitcher plant

Then we went outside to enjoy the Children’s garden.  They were facsinated by the fish shaped water pump.  But to my dismay they had no interest in planting a small flower in one of the flowerbeds provided. 
       

Back inside, in the West gallery, they explored the smells of the spice flowers in the sensory garden.  They were metal flowers with a center that all had a different spice (ginger, pepper, etc)