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Why a Rainy Day Is the Best Time to Visit a Botanical Garden

June 3, 2026 By Talya Tate Boerner 1 Comment

Wanna hear a garden secret?

A rainy day might be the very best day to visit your local botanical garden. 🌧️

My husband and I recently spent a rainy morning at the Botanical Garden of the Ozarks. After months of drought conditions, the rain felt less like an inconvenience and more like an invitation to step outside and celebrate. So that’s exactly what we did. ☔

It turned out to be one of our favorite garden visits.

Most people plan garden outings around sunshine and blue skies. We do too. But after experiencing the garden in the rain, I’ve come to appreciate a different kind of beauty. There’s a special magic that reveals itself when raindrops begin to fall.

Rain reveals the soul of a garden.

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Sunday Letter: Rainy Day Edition

April 6, 2025 By Talya Tate Boerner

Dear Sunday Letter friends,

Today I bring you a Sunday Letter: Rainy Day Edition. Here in Northwest Arkansas, we went from bone dry March to flash flood April. There doesn’t seem to be a balance to anything lately, especially when it comes to the weather.

But here we are. Rain for four straight days. (Maybe five; I’ve lost count.) And, as I write this, it’s 39° with a 70% chance of sleet. Booooooo!

When it’s cold and rainy and I can’t go out to play, I start to go a little stir-crazy after a while. Feel a little crazy too.

Here’s a peek at how I’ve been spending my time…Continue Reading

Pictured: after the rain

November 19, 2015 By Talya Tate Boerner

P i c t u r e d: after the rain…

wet tomatoes

 

raindrops on roses

 

after the rain

  1. Last of the tomatoes.
  2. Raindrops on roses.
  3. Fall leaves.

Like most of the country, we’ve had wild weather and lots of rain this week. Continue Reading

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Hi! I'm Talya Tate Boerner. Writer, Reader, Arkansas Master Naturalist / Master Gardener, Author of:

THE ACCIDENTAL SALVATION OF GRACIE LEE (2016)

GENE, EVERYWHERE: a life-changing visit from my father-in-law (2020)

BERNICE RUNS AWAY (2022)

THE THIRD ACT OF THEO GRUENE (2025)

Recent Ramblings:

  • Why a Rainy Day Is the Best Time to Visit a Botanical Garden
  • Happy Birthday, Theo Gruene!
  • Sunday Letter~ 05.17.26
  • Sunday Letter: 03.29.26
  • Sunday Letter: February 22, 2026

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