Where Am I?

            The sweet aroma of fresh produce engulfs your senses as you enter. To the right and left are bathrooms that look like you are entering the forest. Once you pass through the entrance, you hear the rush of a waterfall and you see a lush rainforest. At first, you may think to yourself, “there’s no way this can all be real and all fit in this one building.” Then you start to walk through this rainforest and you take a closer look at everything, you see the life; the roots, the leaves, the soil, and you start to feel amazed. You keep walking and you finally see the thing you’ve been hearing ever since you walked through the door; the waterfall. Make a wish and toss a coin in like the many others before you have done. Then continue on through the rainforest.

            After you finish this loop, make a right as you come out and you will enter another, smaller room with lush plant life, particularly, cacti. Careful, don’t try and hug them like Zac and I, they hurt. Other cool things in this room are the cocoa bean and coffee bean trees. I LOVE chocolate. It took all my self-control not to pluck a cocoa bean right off the tree. They also have my favorite tree ever there; the Joshua tree. It is my tree and I love it, it isn’t the prettiest tree, like a maple or oak, but it’s my tree.

            As you come back into the main entry way, go straight and there is another room. This room changes all year round. Right now, it is being used for the Winter Train Show. There are tons of train models and replicas of Cincinnati landmarks all throughout the room. You get to watch the trains go while enjoying the memories of looking at the things that remind you most of Cincinnati.

            Stepping through the train room, you find even more plant life, the plant life in this building in this giant green house is never ending. What’s different about this room, is that it leads outside for a small little exhibit of bonsai trees. Bonsai trees are an art form that originated in China. It involves these tiny little trees and trimming them certain ways to give them certain designs and feng shui (fung shway).

            Outside of this giant greenhouse is a little barn, and during this time of the year, they recreate the Nativity and the birth of Jesus Christ. They have everything, the manger, Mary, lambs, and of course, little Baby Jesus. Also for the winter season, they have a little Christmas sale inside with different ornaments and jewelry.

            This place is a giant greenhouse filled with tons and tons of plants, a waterfall, an exhibit room, a barn, a gift shop, and a little café. Your job as the reader is to guess where it is I’m writing about. Leave your guesses in the comment section below. Good luck.