Cheekwood Botanical Gardens

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March 31st 2007

I had heard a lot about the Cheekwood Gardens here in Nashville but never had the time to visit before. We all had planned to go this weekend but Karthik ended up having to stay behind due to school work.

The weather forecast was really good (about 75 degrees fahrenheit) and he wanted us to carry on so we did, as there were only few more weekends left before our parents left back to India. Very important for this trip was the picnic lunch that we packed consisting of cucumber-mayo sandwiches, puli kachal (tamarind rice) and thalichi kotina thayyir satham (seasoned curd rice). yum yum yum 😊

We left at about 9:30 am reaching in 15 mins time. The entry fee was $5 with a student ID and $10 for adults. So once we entered, we parked and then looked at the map. Well, I have to say for what I expected I was pretty disappointed. The garden was huge and was spread out pretty nicely, but there was nothing extraordinary like amazing blossoms or a beautiful musuem to justify the $10 entry fee. There was also the ongoing exhibition of The Matilda Geddings Gray Collection of Fabergé which I did not find very impressive.

We had fun neverthless by taking tons of pictures (the pictures were too much considering what the park had) and then having a great lunch . We left by 4 pm to come home. The park is a great place for one to relax and to spend some quality time. It is like any other state park only a little bit fancier.
The pictures hopefully give a feel for the place.

P.S. The intial few pictures were taken at Opry land mall and at the Rainforest Cafe where we went for dinner on Friday the 30th of March.

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Photos

Nashville Family
We went to Rainforest Cafe for dinner

After Dinner
See...how there is no food left on the table :)

Interiors of the Cafe
To those that haven't been to this place, you should at least once...for the ambience.

Cheekwood Mansion
In the background

One of the bridges in the garden
The other guy in the photo...was a photographer who refused to move from that spot :)

Parents on the ledge
We did not have much to do at Cheekwood except take plenty of pictures..so that is what we did :)

Anitha Relaxing
There was not a place in the park that she did not lie down and get us to take her picture

One more of the lovebirds...
Jokes apart..Cheekwood is a beautiful place both for couples looking to spend some qualiy time and for families wanting to do a picnic

Comments

[sriram]

hey ur captions for each pic was really funny... good job!!!

[TheSubbus]

is this alludu or sriram from nashville..yaara irunthalum nenga intha blog a parthathu athisiyam thaan :) rendu peru padu somberinga.....

[sriram]

unnoda nakkal unnum korachala illai. its me alludu!!!

[TheSubbus]

itha mothiliye sollirukalam la :)

[Travelbuffs]

neat picnic!
Anitha unna merati photo eduka solrala? ;) The rain forest cafe seems really cool!

[santhanam]

i read your blog today. thaalichi kotina thayir saadam - seasoned curd rice. hmm. build up bayangaramaa iruke.

[TheSubbus]

Re: neat picnic!
Enna nambunga paa..how many photos of hers versus mine ne neye paaru :)

[TheSubbus]

so finally ungalukku time kadaichu padichengala :) oru build up aa sethukkum bothu...ithu ellam sagajam appa :):)