Howard County's library system has been enhancing many of their branches in the past years. At the Miller Branch (in Ellicott City, Maryland) they have built an Enchanted Garden out front. It's a mixture of formal garden and practical garden.
The branch offers a backpack for kids full of activities to explore different aspects of the garden.
The garden has some decorations, including a fun statue of blue herons that's really a fountain.
The garden has a small conifer section. The trees are all on the small side, presumably because the garden is recent and they don't have the space for large trees.
A trellised tunnel leads to a small pond that our toddler enjoyed visiting.
The toddler was sorely tempted to throw stones in the pond but signs clearly forbid it. He still had fun just hanging out with the resident frog.
Nearby is a fun little gingerbread man.
The garden also has plenty of seating for people to enjoy the quiet, refreshing atmosphere. Some of the trees and other items have knit coverings for which I couldn't find an explanation.
One sitting area had a basket full of decorated stones. My toddler loved to move them from stump to stump.
The garden also has some practical aspects to it, including an area for growing herbs and other edible plants.
The gardeners compost here and occasionally there are classes about composting. We may attend in the future.
A fun practical garden is this pizza garden, featuring tomatoes and toppings for our favorite type of pie!
The garden does feature some gardeners but we were too shy to talk to them. I guess when we attend a class we will have to talk to them!
The garden is well worth visiting an we are sure to come again.
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| Entrance to the Enchanted Garden |
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| Inside the garden |
The branch offers a backpack for kids full of activities to explore different aspects of the garden.
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| The backpack! |
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| Measuring plants |
The garden has some decorations, including a fun statue of blue herons that's really a fountain.
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| Great Blue Heron fountain |
The garden has a small conifer section. The trees are all on the small side, presumably because the garden is recent and they don't have the space for large trees.
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| Conifer area |
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| One of the conifers |
A trellised tunnel leads to a small pond that our toddler enjoyed visiting.
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| A formal section of the garden |
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| Going thru the trellis |
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| The frog pond |
The toddler was sorely tempted to throw stones in the pond but signs clearly forbid it. He still had fun just hanging out with the resident frog.
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| Posing with a too-tall person |
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| Posing with the frog |
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| This post is about a garden, I suppose I should show some flowers |
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| Some more flowers to meet the quota |
Nearby is a fun little gingerbread man.
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| He's easy to capture but hard to take |
The garden also has plenty of seating for people to enjoy the quiet, refreshing atmosphere. Some of the trees and other items have knit coverings for which I couldn't find an explanation.
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| A warm bench for relaxing |
One sitting area had a basket full of decorated stones. My toddler loved to move them from stump to stump.
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| Fancy rocks |
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| Returning them to the basket |
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| A school bus rock |
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| Some practical plants |
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| Herbs in spring--too early to harvest |
The gardeners compost here and occasionally there are classes about composting. We may attend in the future.
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| Compost bins |
A fun practical garden is this pizza garden, featuring tomatoes and toppings for our favorite type of pie!
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| Pizza garden |
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| Tomatoes! |
The garden does feature some gardeners but we were too shy to talk to them. I guess when we attend a class we will have to talk to them!
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| Gardeners watering the conifers |
The garden is well worth visiting an we are sure to come again.
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| A little quote to end the post |
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