Mark your calendars - May 10th is National Public Gardens Day ! It's the Friday before Mother's Day, and it's a chance to visit North American public gardens free of admission. If you go to the website you can download & print a voucher for free admission. I remember as a teenager, going to a public rose garden with my mom for Mother's Day. Somewhere there are photos of us posing among the flowers, drunk on warm sunshine after a cold Spring. I love a good botanical garden, and the munchkins love them too. We've made a point of seeking them out on every trip, from Seattle & Vancouver, up & down the Eastern seaboard, to New Orleans to Italy, especially enjoying the children's activities like the flora & fauna scavenger hunt in North Carolina pictured here: We also enjoy a good arboretum, like the U.S. National Arboretum in Washington DC that we visited in 2012! Not sure where the nearest public gardens are to you? Better Hom