Yesterday was the first Thanksgiving in years that we did not go and tour the conservatory at Longwood Gardens. So, here are some garden videos in case anyone else is missing a garden. I’m starting with Longwood, where Associate Director of Display Design Jim Sutton tours the Chrysanthemum Festival, which traditionally opens in October and runs through mid-November. Then (below the jump), from Gardens by the Bay in Singapore, we’ve got Pocket Gardens Surprise: A Bit of England. After that, in case you’re still hungry after yesterday’s feasting, we have Paul Blackmore, the Fuqua Conservatory Manager at Atlanta Botanical Garden, talking about cacao trees. (That last video was posted during their “Chocolate Covered Weekend” back in September, and you can find a few recipes & whatnot at their YouTube channel.
Fly through the conservatory
A 2+ minute tour of the conservatory (or part of it, anyway — they skipped my favorite rooms) at Longwood Gardens, in my neck of the woods (Southeast Pennsylvania). Then below the jump, Resilience, a spot about how the pandemic affected the garden. Longwood is currently open although they are limiting the number of visitors.
Il Giardino di Santa Maria Novella
A 2 minute video about the Santa Maria Novella Garden.
Gardens, updated x 3
RHS Garden Wisley (we checked in with them back in April) reopens, then below the jump, Journey Through Spring II from the New York Botanical Garden (almost 20 minutes long; we looked at their magnolias back in March). Next up, a walk around the double walled garden at the National Botanic Garden of Wales (Gardd Fotaneg Genedlaethol Cymru; we checked in with them back in April as well).
Peonies x 2
The peony garden at Longwood Gardens, then below the jump, the director of the JC Raulston Arboretum in Raleigh, Mark Weathington, introduces you to the peonies in their collection.