A few more photos to share with you showcasing our visit to Lotusland. Enjoy! Our next visit needs to be in the Spring so we can experience the magic of the blooming lotuses, the namesake of the garden. Until then, I hope you will visit this magnificent gem of a garden and be inspired to create your…
Madame Ganna Walska
Lotusland Part II
After Madame Walska’s death in 1984, Lotusland became a nonprofit botanical garden and opened to the public in 1993. The garden, which is divided into separate sections highlighting roses, cactus, palm trees and of course, lotuses, requires nine full-time gardeners. The Madame wasn’t a fan of traditional flowers that you could wear on your chest…
Lotusland
Back in September, we took our second tour of Lotusland. We learned about Lotusland from a Sunset magazine article many years ago. It is a tour de force that reflects the eccentricities of its founder, Polish-born opera singer Madame Ganna Walska. The socialite, who married and divorced six times, spent 43 years planning and planting…