in one of Hercules's labours he got 3 golden apples from the Hesperides Garden
The eleventh labour of Heracles recounts his journey to the Garden of the Hesperides to steal the golden apples and slaying Ladon. See link
Hesperides
Hera's golden apples grew in the Garde of Hesperides. Though the Hesperides were supposed to tend to the garden, the famed guardian of the golden apples is Ladon, the never-sleeping, hundred headed dragon.
The golden apples of the Hesperides.
The dragon Ladon.
The Greeks named it Draco the dragon. In one of the more famous European myths, Draco represents Ladon, the dragon sometimes depicted with one hundred heads who guarded the golden apples of the Hesperides. The eleventh of the Twelve Labours of Heracles was to steal the golden apples.
Golden Apples.
The constellation 'Draco'. 'Draco' in Latin means 'dragon'. In Greek myths, 'Draco' would have represented the dragon Ladon that guarded the garden of the Hesperides and the golden apples.
The garden of the hesperides is kind of related to the garden from the Adam and Eve story. It is beautiful and everything is perfect. Nothing bad goes wrong. Thats why its a paradise. Like heaven
Its the Mount Atlas (northern Africa). The garden was Hesperides (Εσπερίδες).
The daughters of Atlas, the Hesperides, lived in a fabulous garden located at the western extremity of the world. There they guarded (with the aid of the dragon Ladon) a tree that bore golden apples. Hercules killed the dragon and obtained the apples as one of his 12 labors.