This past weekend my mom and I attended a garden talk workshop at the Edison Home here. If you have never been to the Edison Estates and if you ever get the chance to vacation in beautiful southwest Florida, you must make this attraction a priority on your list! Nestled on the banks of the Chattahoochee River, Thomas Edison & family, along with Henry Ford & family built their legacy here. It is a number one tourist attraction (you can see some visitors on a tour in a picture here, they are on the porch of Edison's home- you can also see the river in the back ground- Ford's home is the smaller, gray colored one), additionally a favorite with the locals and often times a field trip event for schools.  Their homes-most still furnished with many of their original belongings, Mr. Edison's laboratory (the green building-amazing inside!!), the museum (housed with a ton of their pictures and Edison's inventions), the gardens, Ford's cars, the grounds, the view on the river, the horticulture-everything -is absolutely beautiful, tropical, lush and amazing! You would be in awe of the old banyan and fig trees (pictured here). At Christmastime, everything is even more beautiful and off-the-top decorated. The palm trees that run a long McGregor Blvd (pictured here) are over hundreds of years old and are wrapped in white lights at Christmas.  The neighborhood area (Edison Park sign), which houses the Edison Church (pictured here) is incredibly beautiful & the streets are line with older homes and such gorgeous, lush landscaping. Simply my most favorite area. I have visited many times before and each time enjoy it more. This time in particular, we were there to attend the vegetable garden talk workshop (go figure). We loved it!!! The staff horticulturalists provided a private, informative tour of the veggie garden and flower grounds (pictured here)...do you like the Mr. Edison as a scarecrow?!....including a question/answer forum, samples of a berry tea made from leaves straight from a tree (sorry, cannot remember specifics at this time), resource handouts and more. Absolutely superb and all for five dollars! They just recently completed a nursery area where the public can buy an assortment of plants, flowers, veggies, herbs......at very reasonable prices.I especially loved their "plant in a bottle"(pictures here)...what a bright way to recycle and plant at the same time!! Each month they have some type of similar workshop and we will be going back! After the workshop my mom and I tooled around the grounds for a few hours...looking at the different plants, herbs, flowers, strolled the neighborhood -- I was def in the mood for some pics. We did not actually "visit" the homes this time (on the other side of the white fence), as we have been many times before....but I was definitely in the picture taking mood. That is mom with Mrs. Mina Edison and me showing my love for the Mister!  If you click on one picture, you can then scroll through them all on the feed that run a long the bottom of my page.  Hope you enjoy!! I think this may be one of my favorite posts to share with you- for sure!

For more on the "Edison Home"...as us locals call it.....go here:  http://www.edisonfordwinterestates.org/  be sure to watch the short video-it gives you a peek inside!