N.C. Botanical Garden

It was a beautiful, though chilly, day today.  Very unusually, I didn't have any errands I needed to run on the way home from Zumba so I stopped by the Botanical Garden for a very peaceful walk.  There were almost no other visitors there.  

L"Homme Vert by Forrest C. Greenslade

The Garden is having their annual Sculpture in the Garden exhibit.

Blue lobelia

Dolphin's Leap by Douglas Tilden

Fragrant gladiolus

Angel's-trumpet

How October Mountain Got Its Name or Cock-A-Doodle-Do by Lynn Wartski

This is one of my two favorites.

Sunflower Gate III by Jim Gallucci

This is my other favorite.

Leaves on a beautiful tree in the parking lot