Like steam engines and cryogenically frozen sea monkeys, tea leaves come to life with just a little hot water. Harness the transformative power of hydration with today’s Groupon: for $11, you get tea for two at Abkhazi Garden (a $23 total value). The tea service includes:

• Silk Road tea for two (an $8 value)
• Fresh homemade scones with clotted cream and jam for two (a $15 value)<p>

Admission to the garden during the off-season is free.

Abkhazi Garden’s lush, flowering landscape has flourished alongside the Abkhazi heritage home since 1946. Visitors stroll the blossom-brimming garden’s meandering paths, which lead leaf lovers around natural rock outcroppings, between sky-stroking garry oaks, and into garden-gnome parlours. While walking along the banks of the garden’s three small ponds, guests can take in the songs of dozens of bird species and ogle the humble habitat of its three resident turtles. Afterward, guests can retire to the Abkhazi Garden Restaurant for a duet of Silk Road tea complemented by homemade scones bedazzled in clotted cream and strawberry jam.