MOONLIGHT GARDEN - Photo Tour - Edison Estate in Fort Myers, Florida

The Moonlight Garden at the Edison Estate Gardens

is pure eye candy - a delight for the senses.

Enjoy the Photo Tour!

  Yes, those are Edison light bulbs strung above the garden.

The entry to the Edison Estate and Gardens

is located across the street,

where you are greeted by a statue of Edison

under the famous banyan tree.

Entrance fee is $20 per person, well worth the expense since the ticket is all inclusive for both the Edison and Ford Estate homes, an excellent museum exhibit on both Ford and Edison, Edison's laboratory and several Ford Model T's on display.

See their  official website  

 Edison and Ford Winter Estates and Gardens

in Fort Myers, Florida for more information.

Moonlight Gardens are meant to be enjoyed at night.

Pale and preferably white flowers are chosen to

reflect the moonlight.

... but, what would a romantic garden be without

 fragrance to stimulate the senses?

Scented white magnolia with deep green waxy leaves.

A lily pond for reflection ...

... planted with white and magenta colored water lilies.

Love those cobalt blue strawberry pots ...

Edison's office

 located in a pretty little one room cottage

 at one end of the garden.

Mina Edison created the Moonlight Garden in 1928.

Ellen Bidle-Shipman, a renowned landscape architect

acted as her garden designer.

Scented bougainvillea to perfume the night air ...

White scroll design stone benches

to gleam in the moonlight ...

White plumbago to reflect the moonbeams.

I was ready to stay - to experience just one evening.

The tranquility of the lily pond

enveloped by darkness,

 reflecting the moonlight.

Alas -

we had to contend with the heat of the Florida sun.

Bougainvillea

I wish we could have rested on the benches,

but everything was roped off

to protect the freshly installed grass.

The air was perfumed with the potent scent of flowers

in the afternoon heat. 

The deep green felt soothing to the eyes and our senses.

 One last look at this tropical oasis ..............

A glimpse of the orange bushes in the gardens beyond.

Lovely - just lovely ... 

I haven't stopped thinking about

white garden benches and cobalt blue strawberry pots

since we've come back.

One of the pleasures of seeing someone else's garden,

is that you always come away with

new ideas for your own little garden paradise.

So while I'm contemplating my own garden ideas,

 I'd like to share this website I came across

which has a great list of favorite plants

for your very own fragrant - glow in the dark -

moonlight garden.

I hope you have enjoyed our in depth tour of the

Moonlight Garden

at the Edison Estate Gardens.

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Of course we had a look at the

interior of the cottage

to see Edison's office.

We continued our tour of the Gardens

the Edison and Ford Estates

Edison's Lab

the Ford Museum

the Edison Museum 

and of course

Henry Ford's antique cars and Model T's.

Here is a sneak peek .........

Model - T

3 - door Touring Car

All images © 2009 Rose H.

For more information on the

Edison and Ford Winter Estates and Gardens see the

official website.

... and if you missed my photo post on the sausage tree

click here 

Thanks for looking!