From the Royal Botanical Gardens in Ontario, first, “Come To Your Senses”, a general promotional video from 2019. Then below the jump, from last September, “Tagging Monarch Butterflies at Royal Botanical Gardens”, followed by a more recent video from Head of Education Barb McKean, “The Science of Nature as Stress Relief”.
Down under x 4
First, two videos from the Botanic Gardens of South Australia. We start with gorgeous drone footage of fall colors at the Mount Lofty Botanic Garden, from May 2016. Then below the jump, sacred lotus flowers at Adelaide Botanic Garden in January 2017. Next up, “Spring Blossom Valley” at the Auckland Botanic Gardens, posted in January 2019 but I assume shot several months earlier. Then, 10 minutes of peaceful footage from Eastwoodhill, the national arboretum of New Zealand, from May 2017.
Kauffman Memorial Garden x 3
Three videos from the Ewing and Muriel Kauffman Memorial Garden in Kansas City. All three were made over the last 3 weeks. First, an interview with Lori Arri, showing off her 2020 tulip display. Then below the jump, daffodils, with the William Wordsworth poem “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”. Last, Bryan Boccard talks about witch hazel.
Closed gardens all over x 4
Postcards from closed gardens: 1) A lovely short video from the Jardín Botánico de Bogotá (‘While you stay at home, there is a Garden renewing itself for the city’), then below the jump, we have 2) footage from the 2nd of April at the National Botanic Garden of Wales, followed by 3) Sally Petitt leading an 8 minute “wellness walk” around the Mediterranean Beds at the Cambridge University Botanic Garden, then 4) Steve Wright shows off the blooming rhododendrons at the Jenkins Arboretum & Gardens in Devon, Pennsylvania.
Arundel Castle x 3
Three garden videos from Arundel Castle in West Sussex. First up, a teaser for their annual Tulip Festival (they planted 80,000 tulips this year), followed by (below the jump) the 2019 rose garden, and then the 2019 Allium Extravaganza.