What’s Happening in Nashville: Cheekwood in Bloom

What’s Happening in Nashville: Cheekwood in Bloom

Last updated on January 29th, 2021 at 08:10 am

Margaret:  “It’s going to rain!”
Marianne:  “It is NOT going to rain.”
Margaret:  “You always say that and then it always does!”
Marianne:  “There’s a bit of blue sky, let us chase it!”

Sense and Sensibility 1995 movie based on Jane Austen’s novel

Find your inner romantic/Marianne and a bit of blue sky April 14-15 to take advantage of half-priced admission at the closing weekend of Cheekwood in Bloom 2018. Spring blooms and the Beer Garden with seasonal brews, craft cocktails, food trucks and live music 11-4 PM beckon. Other weekend events and more details can be found here.

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Cheekwood Botanical Gardens transports me to the Lake District in England and other sunny times when I need them. Members can roam here regularly.

 

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The Sphinxes of Cheekwood are calling. Sphinxes with female faces became popular as garden ornaments in the 19th century.

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Barcelona Tulip is one of my favorites. Love the city, too!
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Fragrant Snowball
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Miss these from my grandmother’s garden where my sister, friend, cousins and I carried them as children in pretend weddings with the boys next door.

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Recent posts on Cheekwood Botanical Gardens:

Cheekwood’s Celebration of El Dia de los Muertos

Cheekwood in Fall

 

Cindy McCain

Nashville-based writer/editor/English prof/podcaster Cindy McCain empowers women to travel, live abroad, and document their journeys. Her adventures in 27 countries, expat years in Morocco and the Caribbean, and partnerships with 50+ travel brands have been featured at Yahoo!, U.S. News and World Report, Expedia, Orbitz, StyleBlueprint, SheKnows, and Southern Girl Gone Global, named a Top 30 Baby Boomer Travel Blog 2020-2024. For info on her travel writing workshops and retreats contact cindy@southerngirlgoneglobal.com.

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