Longwood Gardens in May 2012 - Water

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Longwood Gardens has a lot of water features and they were all in working order last week for our visit. I’ve included two photographic montages in this post. The first is of water features inside the conservatory. There were pink hydrangeas framing the pools of water as we came in. The rooms of tropics plants had water gurgling everywhere and water droplets on the plants as well. There were whimsical fountains with ferns around them and colorful tiles under them in the children’s garden.

And then there were the water features outdoors. Our last visit in the fall has been late enough that the Italian Water Fountain was dry; the water spewing frogs and the stairway of cascading water were all in working order this time. The blue Eye of Water was also in good shape for the beginning of the season. The fountain I hadn’t noticed before was the tall one in the woods that simply fell onto tile where the water quickly drained away to be lifted into the air again. It was a fountain the creator of the garden could enjoy from his house years and years ago. I liked the fountain in the woods.

Of course - Longwood has many more fountains and they host light displays on summer nights. Those will be a topic after our summer visit to the gardens.

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