A week ago, I posted photos of the amazing Longwood Gardens Fireworks & Fountains performance. There’s still one more show left (in September) for the year, so you might want to see if you can catch it. You won’t be sorry! When we drove up to Longwood Gardens, we arrived in the afternoon, so had a bit of time to explore the gardens before the nighttime fireworks. The gardens are just as amazing as the fireworks. First of all, the place is HUGE! These are the biggest gardens I’ve seen! And they are filled with beautiful decorative and design elements, such as plant-covered arches, long walkways ending in a fountain, beautiful, sculpted stone benches… It is the absolutely perfect locale for portrait and wedding photography, so if anyone wants to do a portrait session there, let me know! And, of course, I would be up for covering a wedding there also!!!
This Siam tulip was growing in the Conservatory. The Conservatory was also amazing – indoor, ivy-covered columns, arches, a little pond, and plants hanging in pots from the ceiling…
But I immediately fell (more) in love with the outdoor lily ponds behind the Conservatory. The photo below just shows one lily pond; there were actually four rectangular ponds and one circular pond, if I remember correctly. Very different from Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens in Washington, DC, where the lilies grow like wildflowers, but nevertheless absolutely gorgeous. I couldn’t get enough of the lilies…
I especially enjoyed the giant water-platters, which I’d never seen before…
In one of the outdoor gardens, we found lots of butterflies.
Today, Longwood Gardens complements its horticultural displays with more than 400 musical and theatre performances, and other events, per year, and since 1914, Longwood Garden’s Open Air Theatre has amused visitors with theatrical performances, concerts, and garden parties. The theatre also has a fountain system housing 750 water nozzles. The fountain height and patterns are choreographed to musical performances several times per day. We caught one of these performances.
We went out in the evening for dinner, then came back for the fireworks. We had just a little time to quickly visit the Italian Water Garden, which is enclosed by pruned littleaf linden trees and clipped ivy. Within the garden, 18 blue-tiled pools catch water from 600 water jets.
Beautiful place, don’t you think? You can view all of my Longwood Gardens photos here.
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