I headed to Atlanta Botanical Garden for many reasons: to visit with the old AHS gang as we reunited to celebrate our friendship; to see the Garden’s amazing holiday light show and newest garden additions; and to tour the renovated Children’s Garden and meet up with colleagues who had helped build the original one, which was designed by my son and me in 1996.
Mary Pat Matheson hosted the AHS group and arranged amazing tours of the Garden and other area cultural institutions, choreographed every meal and spontaneously inspired us all to dance in unison to YMCA! (Sorry, no photos of that – too embarrassing!). The Garden Lights Holiday Nights show was simply the best I have ever seen. Newest gardens in Storza Woods, designed by Tres Fromme and Spurlock Landscape Architects, were stunning, and the Children’s Garden upgrades were well-done and needed after 20 years of use!