Magical peonies

plantfuljourney (68)in GEMS • 4 years ago

Yesterday was a bank holiday in Switzerland and as I don't work Fridays, I'm enjoying a very long weekend this week. There is a flower garden close to our place and until now I forgot to go there on time for the season of peonies and roses. I always came either too early or too late. But not this year! I even added it to my agenda last year, so that I get a reminder on time 😊 Sounds crazy, but this is how it works for me.

And so, yesterday we went there for the first time right on time and it was beautiful. I remember peonies from my childhood. My grandma had plenty of them in her garden. The garden smelled so nice when they bloomed. They were always full of ants and when we took a bunch of flowers home, we were finding ants all over the living room for at least a week. But it was worth it!

This garden, which is something like our local botanical garden, is famous for its variety of peonies and more than 90 various types of roses. It's created and maintained by a society that employs mentally ill people who wouldn't get any other job otherwise. They also grow vegetables and fruits and we do our weekly grocery shopping mainly here as we like this project.

There is not much more to say, so today I will keep it short. I hope you'll enjoy these photos! And I'm sorry that you can't smell them 🙂