Ashikaga Flower Park

I was able to check another outing off my list this weekend after we took a trip to the flower park in Ashikaga.  From the end of April to mid-May they have a fantastic Wisteria display that looks out of this world.  Unfortunately, they also charge $17 a person during that time, so I got over it and we went early for only $7.

Here are the beginnings of the Wisteria where they have a trellis set up so that people will be able to walk under the tree.  It will be awesome!  Drew decided it was best that we came early because the Wisteria tend to attract a lot of bees.  There were already too many around while we were there for Drew to be completely comfortable.  I sacrificed myself to take some of these up close pictures.  I got to thinking that I've never actually been stung by a bee before, so it's entirely possible that I could be even more allergic to bees than Drew is.  Hopefully I'll never find out.

This little guy already had a good set of blooms going.

It was a lovely park even without the Wisteria display.