Salaam Springs (aka “The Pond”) is the main only water feature in Atlanta’s Grant Park. It’s not huge and it’s more of a stormwater catchment than a landscaped lake TBH. However, it was re-built & re-landscaped a few years ago with a viewing deck, a working water fountain, and native plants around the edge.
Lake Charlotte is an accidental treasure in the City of Atlanta. It’s a conservation tract right in the middle of a massive industrial area. But the tract is big enough and so dense with mature hardwoods that it’s a scenic oasis in the city. Love it.
Belying its name, the Atlanta History Center is mostly gardens & forest with so many nice walks & mature trees.
Atlanta has a new largest city park at Westside Park. It surrounds a quarry which doubles as our emergency water supply.
Kurobata Park is a public city park in the southeastern side of the city of Seattle. It absolutely blew me away with how well curated and maintained it was, in addition to its sheer size.
These flowers looked like some sort of azalea that surprised me when we got to visit Seattle. These were throughout the Japanese gardens at Kubota Park.
Looking over the pond at Kubota Garden in Seattle, Washington
This picture is my last visit to see the panda bears in Zoo Atlanta. They were recalled to China where they will live out their lives there. It’s a little bittersweet.
City parks are the workhorses of free, public space. They are amazing but also taken for granted.
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