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The Philadelphia Area Fling successful September officially started with a behind-the-scenes circuit astatine Longwood Gardens. I didn’t cognize what to expect and was astonished to larn astir an service of plant-production unit moving astatine Longwood to turn horticultural displays that wow each year, but particularly during large events similar the garden’s Chrysanthemum Festival.
We were organized into groups of 10 and led done Longwood’s state-of-the-art greenhouses to conscionable unit members, who shared however they make chrysanthemum bonsai…
…and chrysanthemum topiary…
….and gigantic chrysanthemum cascades that volition beryllium suspended from the conservatory’s ceiling.
Pink-flowering spirals too
We saw however plants being grown into hanging spheres are moved on a suspended way to let airy to scope each sides, and to debar shading plants being grown below. Perfection is the aim!
My radical taking it each in
Outside, we learned astir Longwood’s bonsai collection.
And we learned astir waterlilies from a unit subordinate successful waders who utilized the coffee-table-sized pads of Victoria amazonica arsenic floating trays.
A sampling of tropical waterlily flowers
The fascinating, veined operation of an amazonica lilypad
And spine-protected flowerbuds
After the tour, we were seated successful an auditorium to ticker a video astir Longwood, a bequest of Pierre S. du Pont.
Longwood generously gave each attendee a transcript of recently published Du Pont Gardens of the Brandywine Valley. It features 5 Du Pont property gardens: Longwood, Hagley, Nemours, Mt. Cuba Center, and Winterthur. I look guardant to speechmaking it!
That evening, Longwood treated america to a German-style meal successful the Beer Garden, implicit with unrecorded music. Then we were led to 100 seats acceptable speech conscionable for america astatine Longwood’s illuminated fountain show. Although I’d visited Longwood doubly before, this was the archetypal clip I’d caught the large fountain show. On this night, the fountains danced to the euphony from Romeo and Juliet. It was a colorful, graceful, extravaganza of spouting plumes and propelled streamers of h2o that changed with the music.
What a mode to footwear disconnected the Philly Fling! My acknowledgment to organizer Karl Gercens, conservatory manager astatine Longwood, and to each the Longwood unit for welcoming our radical and putting connected specified a terrific amusement for us.
Up next: The found-art wit and colour of backstage plot Create a Scene. For a look backmost astatine flamboyant angiosperm borders and containers astatine Longwood Gardens, click here.
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