We were hoping to go to the Chinese Lantern Festival at Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens sometime this month, but when I looked up the ticket prices, and then considered the traffic trying to get out there during rush hour.... I reconsidered. While I was on the web site, though, I saw they had a Homeschool Day scheduled that would be MUCH less expensive. Even though it would be during the day so we wouldn't get to see everything lit up, we decided to try and see if it would be good -- and it was!
We invited my parents to join us... Mom couldn't come but Dad did. We had a great day touring all the amazing creations and enjoying the flora as well.
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| Well, maybe not EVERY moment was great |
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| This was made all from porcelain dishes! |
Our guides told us that the designers of the exhibit came over to North Carolina to scope out the gardens and imagine what would work well. Then they went back to China and created all of the lanterns and sculptures. When they were ready, they were shipped over to America over a period of 50-something days (if I remember correctly) and then assembled by several technicians in the gardens. Finally, they were painted on-site.
Pretty impressive!
The orchid building was cool, too. Well, actually it was pretty steamy.
The homeschool program also included some information about a few different Asian cultures. Besides China, the kids also learned about India, and -- BIG HIT -- got to apply some temporary Henna tattoos!
We topped it all off with a nice picnic lunch with Dad and then started the trek home.
Good field trip!
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