Back in June, when the sun was still shining here and my mother was over for a visit, we went down to Lake Constance and visited the island of Mainau.
Mainau is a little place on the lake that is devoted to extravagant gardens and a big butterfly sanctuary. The perfect place for a mum-trip (with good weather) Also, lots of nice pram friendly walking paths.
After parking on the mainland we bought our tickets to the park and walked across the two short bridges it takes to get to the island. Since the weather was pretty good, there were quite a lot of people and buses of tour groups were arriving pretty steadily.
One of the first things you see when reaching the island is a 10 foot tall flower sculpture in the shape of the islands mascot/logo. At least, there is a cartoon version of this on all of their marketing materials. It was pretty impressive to see it in giant flower form, although part of me thought it looked a bit like an over-friendly
triffid.
Like most parks with water, there were many ducks. Liam the animal lover found some right away and had to make every effort to get as close as possible to them. I think in his mind all animals deep down want to be hugged by him. We are always having to explain that animals mostly just want to be left alone and maybe do some snacking. Quite a lot like me actually.
The next impressive floral display was a huge peacock. This was about 15 feet across at the back and you can see I struggled to get the whole image in frame. Does this count as topiary? I am not sure if that applies only to hedges or if floral sculptures also fit the category. At any rate, it was a nice big flowery bird.
And right next to the flowery peacock was a nice shady bench and pool with a peacock fountain. I am a big fan of fountains in general and I can't really say why. It looks like it's somehow genetic though since Liam also enjoys them. There is something that is just fun about a nice water display.
More to come in the next post! It's a big park.
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