Friday, 11 May 2012

Botanical gardens Madrid


These beautiful gardens near the centre of Madrid make a wonderful escape from the crowds and traffic. 

The irises were huge





This was where we could refill our water bottles. It did say the water was drinkable so I'm sure I'll be OK tomorrow!
This statue was in the 'Peace garden'.


Opposite the botanical gardens was this amazing vertical garden. My photo has not really done it justice.

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4 comments:

  1. diane b12 May 2012 at 07:01

    That vertical garden is amazing. It rained every day that I was in Madrid.

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  2. DJan12 May 2012 at 13:44

    Beautiful! Those are indeed the biggest iris I've seen! And all the pictures are a feast for the eyes, thank you!

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  3. Unknown14 May 2012 at 20:00

    Love the vertical garden! Reading your profile, I've been in Beijing (2007), but I chose to paint plein air while hubby and son climbed those thousands of stairs:):)

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  4. CrazyCris12 July 2012 at 21:06

    I've got a couple of photos of that vertical garden from my last trip to Madrid! It really impressed me! :o)

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