Gilroy Gardens, Garlic Capital of the World, May 25, 2013

 It's Memorial Day weekend and we thought it not a good idea to be in Yosemite National Park if we didn't have to. So we settled on Gilroy, California, east of Monterey just over the mountains and near Mission San Juan Batista. What we didn't know was that Gilroy Gardens is a wonderful park for 2-6 year olds. They began with a man who loved to shape trees so the grounds were interesting, too.
http://www.gilroygardens.org/

Entry from a large parking lot.

Path leading into the park.

Love these delicate and colorful flowers.

Bridges

And waterfalls.

Big carousel 

High rides.

Funny trees.

And shaped trees.

Learning stations.

Talking vegetables.

Water Park.

Monarch Garden

More waterfalls.

More funny trees.

BBQ was under the tent. Yum!

Pretty flower baskets hung all over.

BBQ Chicken at it's best.

For tiny kids.

Funny Pizza Hats

Birthday Hats!

Holly Hartman Garden. <smile>

Claudia's Garden

Rock Maze Garden

Oh, and garlic hats!

Pretty flower trees!

They went about 4 feet up. LOL

Camellia Carlson Garden.
<smile>

Fun crawling space
for kids of all ages.
It was fun to see the parents and
grandparents with their kids.
Several nursing mothers found
discrete places for feedings.
It was a fun, relaxing day.