Yes, we did enjoy our trip to the Frankfurt Botanical Gardens, and we look forward to returning in fairer weather. And while it was a satisfactory experience, there is still a much sinister aspect of these gardens that mandates investigation. Here are some fine pieces of photojournalism D wasn't willing to risk her Press Pass to publish:

Foreground: Daffodils. Background: Marijuana crop

Foreground: sticks and flowers. Background: Man and woman making a secret deal for that bag of "seed" (my apologies for the poor photograph-being discovered in such an environment may cost one one's life).

How easily a tourist germinates from perennial to annual. These two have already been exhibited in the gardens for three years and counting (note the colors of the man's sweater as totally 2003)...