We were on the other side of Michigan for some business, and made a fun trip out of it too. I have wanted to visit Meijer Gardens in Grand Rapids since I heard about DaVinci's horse being there. The gardens were gorgeous... indoors and out. The horse was breathtaking... and HUGE!
Date(s): May 16, 2003. Album by Karen Bunker. 1 - 24 of 24 Total. 422 Visits.
1 Inside the tropical greenhouse This picture does not do justice to the immensity of these plants. I was in awe!
2 Cute bird! This little guy walked right up to the edge of the path, 'chirped' a few times for us, then walked across the path and disappeared on the other side.
3 Huge flowering tree The flowers were thick on this tree.
4 The twist Some form of palm tree that had a spiral trunk. It was neat.
5 Look at those leaves John is holding his hand up right next to the leav so you can get an idea of the size. The plant almost seemed to glow.
6 Where's Waldo... Well, OK, where's John? He IS in the picture. It gives a better idea of how big some of the plants are in here.
7 DaVinci's horse See the picture of the plaque for information on this giant. I can't believe he stands on only two feet! "Cool picture" View Comments...
8 Looking up at him Yes, he really is that big!!
9 Say Cheese! This guy could use a dentist, don't you think? :)
10 Small model of the big guy This is a scaled-down model. You can see the horse up close (you'd never see the top of his head otherwise).
11 Horse plaque Information on the sculpture
12 Driftwood horse I have no clue how this one stays together, but he's neat.
13 This one was neat If you look close, you can see arms and legs going every which way... I just couldn't help staring!
14 One of the waterfalls There were waterfalls like this one throughout the sculpture park.
15 Some of the waterfalls drained into ponds This is at the end of the big pond, I think. There were a bunch of ornamental fish in the pond.
16 Freddy and me I sat down to visit with Fred Meijer for a little bit. He's a very warm fellow (but then the sun was pretty hot that day).
17 John contemplates some flowers In the Victorian Garden. It was indoors. These flowers were really neat.
18 Howwwwwwllll! Desert scene in the arid room.
19 Rat's-Tail Cactus I had to take this picture to show all my friends who have Rat Terriers!
20 Hey! Is this one sticking it's tongue out at me? There sure were some strange looking things!
21 Trumpet and sousaphone I played both, so I can picture myself here!
22 Three horses Dramatic sculpture against a sky ready to storm.
23 The jesters With the greenhouse in the background
24 The greenhouse You can see that some of the plants and trees had to be huge to brush the ceiling in here!
