I’d done a bleary-eyed wee-hours drive to Norfolk, VA, so my husband could do his radar recertification on Friday and was looking for something to occupy me for what I thought was going to be 8 hours. Fortunately, the Norfolk Botanical Gardens, smacked up beside Norfolk Airport, was close. And what a surprise! 180+ acres of gardens, including a long statuary allee, acres of rhododendron-and camellia-filled woods, Japanese garden, 3 acres of rose garden, and a wonderfully creative children’s garden that the kids I saw running around obviously loved. The place was, while not packed, surprisingly full. And there's a boat ride available that wends through the gardens. As it turned out, my husband finished his re-cert in 2 hours, not the usual 8 (clever man) and I was out of there before lunch, but could have happily stayed all day exploring then having lunch in their shady picnic grounds by the lake.
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