Longwood Gardens Lets Nature's Colors Take Center Stage

A visit this weekend to Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania had us in amazement as we visited the Conservatory (above, Lollipop Flower and Scarlet Scullcap).

This is the time of year when the waterlily display is in its full glory, and visitors got to see one of the volunteers who was standing in the pond with water lily platters, picking the spent blossoms. He passed around a flower and when you looked in the center, it was like a little cup holding liquid nectar. Cool!  And the variety of lilies was a sight to behold!

I highly recommend a trip to this former DuPont estate when you are going to be in the Philadelphia or Wilmington, Delaware area.