Last time, I showed you a small part of the island, and today I will show you the beautiful gardens in this little paradise.

The gardens are set up in a way that you can enjoy them all year long. There are various sections blooming at different times of the year. If they are not blooming then they are covered in groomed grass of green bushes. We have enjoyed the summer set up, but I'm sure that the spring one was stunning too - just imagine tulips and hyacinths everywhere.

Our first priority was to get some lunch, so we headed towards the restaurants. There were many people and it took us ages to get the food, but it tasted good, and we quickly forgot about the waiting time. Once we were done we walked towards the rose gardens.

Let's have a look!

I thought that there would be a few roses, so I was surprised to see large gardens in front of me. They reminded me of English gardens with their geometric shapes, perfectly groomed grass, beautiful arranged roses bushes, and stoned pathways.

There was a lovely staircase leading us from the platform down to the gardens...

Right next to the staircase was this pretty arrangement which inspired me, and I'm planning to do a similar installation at our new home. Well, 'similar' is a strong word in this case, but we have a garage wall facing the house, and that would make an amazing decoration.

I have this variety in our garden, but it looks nothing like this 😊 I had no idea I could make it grow into a tree! That's going to be a project for next year.

Some corners are very peaceful - I don't know why, but this made me think of Japan...

If there would be some benches in this area I probably wouldn't want to leave...

In this large greenhouse are the palms and other exotic plants that I showed you last time.

Doesn't this make you think of vacation?

That's another plant to add to my new garden...

I have no idea how they make non-native plants grow this much...

We have the rose gardens behind and walked towards arboretum with large old trees...

We got distracted and made a detour to this lovely fountain...

And we couldn't resist to stop for a moment and enjoy the views...

After a while we finally reached the arboretum which is also blooming with tulips in spring. We missed the tulips, but there were plenty of tiny poppies which were also cute.

There are many small paths in the arboretum, but we decided to stay on the main one because it was getting late and we still had a lot to see.

This tower means that we are approaching the vineyards. Wine has been grown on Mainau island for more than 6 centuries. The cultivation of wine was a big part of a religious order that lived on the island from the 13th century. After the dissolution of the order the wine production was stopped and started again less than 30 years ago. Today, there is also an educational wine trail which is fun to do with kids.

There are about 1000 plants at the moment. The vine produced from this plants is only served for representative reasons or during guided tours. It is not possible to purchase a bottle.

Cherry season is in its full spring!

We walked down the hill to get to the last part of the island that we visited. We didn't see all of the island though as it's way too big for half a day.

There were some plants that I really liked...

And some that were really scary - can you see those thorns?

I took this photo to remind myself that I need to purchase seeds from this peony variety 😊

There were so many bees buzzing around...

More roses...

I need to learn how to prune mine to get such results.

These allium flowers were so big - look at that tiny bee...

I have never seen a tree like that. I was looking for a sign with its name, but couldn't find it.

At first I thought that the ticket prices were high, but seeing how much time and effort is put into the installations and perfectly groomed grass I understood the reason.

There were charming benches fitting this environment perfectly. It looked like a fairy-tale.

My favourite part were the meadows with wild flowers. The bees were so loud that we almost couldn't hear each other - yeah, I exaggerate a bit, but they were loud 😊

This is something that I want to achieve in a part of my garden. I wouldn't have to think of pollination anymore.

I was amazed by the size of some trees...

Of course, there were some flower installations too...

It was a long day filled with lots of walking, so we picked a bench and relaxed a bit before we left the island.

We were so tired when we got back home, but we both agreed that it was a great day, and we will go there again 😊

See you next time...