Much Ado In the Garden #WordlessWednesday

Shakespeare lives in our local botanical garden.

Each July, Cornell Cooperative holds Much Ado in the Garden, four hours of people dressed up as they would have in Shakespeare's time, children's games and activities, a Shakespeare scavenger hunt for plants that would have been grown in Shakepeare's time, Morris dancing, and even an abridged play.  

This year's festival was Sunday.

We arrived early, before a lot of the activities, because much of it was outdoors and it looked like it might rain (we did get a drenching shower and decided to leave shortly after).

Enjoy some highlights:

Shakespeare era plants and quotes in this and the next three photos.  Alas, most violets bloom earlier in spring.

Shakespeare was a wise man, but the garden chamomile appeared to be missing in action.

This botanical garden, which is small (but free), has a Rose Walk.  This Shakespearean era rose (a musk) was one of the few still in bloom. The quote is "There we will make our beds of Roses and a thousand fragrant posies." (Merry Wives of Windsor, act iii, scene i.)

"Fairies Use Flowers for their charactery" Merry Wives of Windsor act v sc 5

Joining Sandee at Comedy Plus for her #WordlessWednesday.