T Stands for Bedrock Gardens (Post 3)

Hi everyone.  Happy Tuesday and time for T again. 

Today I thought I would share the final set of photos from trip number 1 to Bedrock Gardens in Lee, New Hampshire. It's more exciting than another week of yard work photos. Smile.

My beach walking friend and I decided to join the gardens for the season so we could walk here every week, rather than the beach. As some of you read last Thursday, the beach charges $15 per day during the summer to park (it is free off season and a beach season pass is $175.00), whereas we could get a season pass to the gardens for $35. It was a no brainer decision, and let's face it, walking around beautiful gardens is always a wonderful thing to do.

According to the garden's website, the 37 acres of land where the gardens are located  was originally an old fashion New England dairy farm. The original house was built in the 1700's (unconfirmed at 1740), with a barn built in 1874. The land stopped use as a dairy farm in 1957 and fell into disrepair. The family that owned the land sold it to the present owners in 1980 for a handshake. (And according to the website, the original owner family still lives in adjacent property.) These new owners turned this property into this great non-profit garden.

Here's a vintage photo from the website of the original farm house and barn as shown on the garden's website.

The gardens opened last week for the season, and my walking friend and I went on opening day. I thought I would share a few more photos from my walk the other morning at Bedrock Gardens.  I also posted some photos  on Bedrock Gardens Post 1 and Bedrock Gardens post 2, so if you haven't seen them  and would want to see more, you can click and go back.

I have a lot of photos today, and you can flip through as fast or as slow as your interested, depending how big your T cup of chosen drink is.

The area in today's post is a little more formal than the wooded part that I posted the other day. The tulips in this area  looked great. On top of each post in this next photo are some funny little  people made of recycled gears and other other metal pieces. I will share the few photos I took of those some other time, because as you can see, there are a lot of them.

Here's a view outside of that old barn where the cows used to live.

 

How about some tree bark close ups?

Besides the flowers, someone created this wonderful recycled art that is placed around the gardens. 

Here's a couple of pieces outside of the barn.

And here's some in the gardens themselves.

This little guy seemed out of place but also very much in place.

And here is one unusual piece of art that I like but may not be for everyone.

I wonder if this is a small horse or large deer skeleton, and maybe it's just a hybrid.

 Since it is Tuesday I need to share my drink so I can join the T day crowd.  Be sure to stop by Bleubeard and Elizabeth's blog to see what everyone has been up to.

After my friend and I finished our garden walk and photo session, we headed to a nearby restaurant for some lunch. We haven't done lunch after our walks in a very long time thanks to covid. Even though we are both fully vaccinated, we decided to eat outside. You can see it wasn't crowded.

We both had quiche, which I forgot take a photo of, and a glass of wine. I love being retired and being able to have a glass of wine or beer  with my lunch on occasion. You can also see my water too.

That's all for me today. Hope you enjoyed the rest of the garden photos.

Thanks so much for visiting my blog, and have a great T day.