Linton's Enchanted Gardens

Linton's Enchanted Gardens is a gift shop, home décor shop, garden supplies shop, plant nursery, petting zoo and more located in Elkhart, Indiana. The day we visited was overcast with some misty rain so not ideal for walking around outside. We had a tasty lunch in the small café. They had desserts including chocolate truffles and lots of specialty drinks (coffees, tea, smoothies). They do serve breakfast as well.

Cute topiary out front.

Some of the statuary was quite expensive, thousands of dollars.

The conservatory had some parrots.

 This guy had a list of words and phrases he supposedly could say. All we could get out of him was "hello".

Fairy garden supplies

Outdoors there were buildings interspersed with the plants. Somebody has an imaginative vision.

Also, a petting zoo had a donkey, a pony, two emus, lots of poultry, and two rabbits. The bunny labeled Peter Cottontail jumped off his perch and headed for the front of his cage as I approached. I told him I had no carrot but I would immortalize him in my blog.

There was a fake train (wheeled cars) and a pedal boat to ride for a fee, but though there were a few kids at the petting zoo, nobody seemed to be using the other kid-friendly attractions.

The nursery had some nice plants.

We spent much of our time in the gift shop.

There were some unique items besides Vera Bradley bags, jewelry, clothes, home décor.

These flip flops were a bit too weird for me.

These oddities were available outside.

Linton's is one of the stops for the Quilt Gardens spread throughout northern Indiana.

It was an enjoyable outing. If it were closer, I would probably return fairly often to browse and to dine.