Continuing our Smoky Siesta story, we left off in Nashville, after spending an evening enjoying some great BBQ and music. Before continuing on to the Smoky Mountains, we spent a little more time in Nashville the next day by visiting the Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art.
Steve is framable!
Since we've done a lot of the normal tourist stuff in Music City in the past, it was nice to explore something different and new. Also, given that we recently became members of the Chicago Botanic Garden, we got discounted admission because of a reciprocal admissions program run by the American Horticultural Society. In this case, membership actually did have its privileges!
Welcome to Cheekwood, stay for the pineapple
Cheekwood is a lot different from the botanical gardens I'm familiar with. In reality, it's more like a historic estate that happens to have gardens on the property. In this case, that estate was owned by a couple who made a lot of money after creating Maxwell House coffee… a brand that originated in Nashville (named after the Maxwell House Hotel downtown, no longer in existence). Eventually, the 55-acre property was opened to the public in 1960.
