2025
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Visiting Longwood Gardens – The Meadow in the fall 2025
My last post was about the Main Fountain Gardens at Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. Longwood Gardens is over 1,100 acres of various gardens, both indoors and out. Their gardens feature native woodlands, roses, a large orchid collection, a waterlily court, tropicals, and more. According to their website, they are one of the most-visited… Continue reading
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Visiting Longwood Gardens in the summer – The Main Fountain Garden District
Longwood Gardens features over 1,100 acres of gardens in various formats and displays, both indoors and out. Their gardens feature native woodlands, pool and fountain displays, roses, a topiary, an expansive native meadow, a waterlily court, tropicals, and more. According to their website, they are one of the most-visited gardens in the U.S. (and I… Continue reading
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I forgot about the flower, White Campion, from my childhood
White campion (Silene latifolia) is native to most of Europe, Western Asia, and northern Africa, but has naturalized throughout most of the U.S. I remember now that it was all over where I grew up in Iowa, but I had completely forgotten about its existence until about a year ago. I still have an old… Continue reading
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Nurse logs in Washington’s Hoh Rainforest, Olympic Peninsula
In Washington’s mighty Hoh Rainforest, there is a phenomenon called “nurse logs”. These are fallen trees that function like a nursery for saplings on their decaying trunks. The small, young trees take advantage of this higher ground and rich organic material to reach the sun and get ahead of the other saplings. Eventually, only the… Continue reading
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