Mom's day excursion idea
Mom's Day is Sunday.
If you're out and about this weekend, a good thing to do with Mom is check out Carolyn Melf's iris garden in Paradise.
Carolyn recently sent me the above photo of her garden, which is incredibly beautiful but, according to Melf, is even more fantabulous than the photo depicts.
While her garden is in her prime, she'll be open to visitors daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., except Sundays.
To offset some of the cost of her iris passion she offers the plants for sale for $3-$5. People pick them out now, and she divides them in July or August.
Many visitors have made a visit to her garden a family Mother's Day tradition.
She lives at 122 Valley View Drive. Take Skyway past the park and take a left on Oliver.
The “first serious left” will be Valley View Drive.
She’ll have signs up, but in case you lose your way, her phone number is 872-7771.