The Bahai Gardens

sunamakeup Haziran 07, 2022

Has the start of spring turned your thoughts to gardening?

Yeah, me, too.

I'm chomping at the bit to turn a little nook in my backyard into a "secret" garden. Thing is, I'm not a gardener. I really have no idea what I'm doing, but that doesn't stop me from trying. I've been pinning photos onto my "Garden Nook" inspiration board on Pinterest all winter long.

When I was going through my photos yesterday, I came across these, of the Bahai Gardens... which are, oh, just a tad bigger than my little nook, and they are hardly a "secret."

Bahai Gardens - Haifa, Israel --- Ms. Toody Goo Shoes

In fact, they are one of the most holy places for people of the Bahai faith, many of whom try to visit this site at least once in their lifetime.

We were fortunate to have visited the Bahai Gardens in December 2012.

These magnificent terraced gardens are located in Haifa, Israel, and span from down near Haifa Bay, all the way up to Mount Carmel.

I hadn't heard of the Bahai religion until we visited the gardens. The central message of the Bahai faith is Unity. The founder of this world-wide religion, Bahá’u’lláh wrote...

"The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens."

I like that sentiment.

One of the three entrances is at the top of the mount, through these beautiful gates.

We had a spectacular view of the gardens and all the way down to Haifa Bay.

It was very overcast, and even rained a bit. I can only imagine how beautiful it is on a bright and sunny day.

I wonder what Junior Goo Shoes was thinking at this very moment. I'd like to think he was enthralled with the scenery, but he was probably thinking about which X-Box game to get next.

We didn't have time to walk all the way down. That would have been nice, but then we'd have to walk all the way up.

Never mind, then.

The Shrine of the Bab is where the remains of the founder of the Bahai faith is buried. I would have liked to have seen it close up, but we were on a tight schedule.