Longwood Gardens

[LKTraz]

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On the way home from my brother's house we took a side trip to Longwood Gardens.

It's just a few miles out of the way and I hadn't been there since I was about 12 years old. I've been wanting to take the family there for a while now and took advantage of the opportunity. It's really affordable at $18 per adult and $8 for students.

There's several different sections of this botanical garden and we didn't get to all of them.
Guess that means we'll have to go back

A few of the pics:

Eye of Water




Bird of Paradise



Topiary Chicken




Just a small sample of what we saw. I took LOTS of pics and I also had to resize these 3 as copies to not blow out the frame here.

To see all 148 pics click the link and then select slide show. These 3 are duplicated but in a larger size so you'll see them twice.

LK's Longwood Gardens photos

[Twitchin Kitten]

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LK, I have a plugin that will auto resize big images for you. No need to chop them down next time. Save some hassle!

The eye of water is really cool looking! If I were one to do those water garden things, I can think up a mess of oddball stuff to make and fabricate it so water flows through!

[LKTraz]

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A few more samples of interesting flora.


Dawn Redwood




The conservatory garden east entry




This hall is the restrooms. It extends in a curve about 300 feet and the walls are covered with greens. The right side is nothing but plants except for the last 20 feet which also has restrooms.




These floating water lillies are a hybrid developed by Longwood Gardens.

[Twitchin Kitten]

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I was ogling that redwood browsing your photobucket album. Those are the cans, huh? Very pleasing! I thought those doors were leads to other areas of botany.