Back to England, with Spring at Kew, followed by (below the jump) Kew Gardens at sunset.
(More) postcards from spring, outside elsewhere
First up, the Desert Botanical Garden in Bloom, from Phoenix, Arizona. Below the jump, from the Missouri Botanical Garden, a quick minute on daffodil varieties (and if you’re feeling really cooped up working at home, try their 1 hour video of the stream through the English Woodland Garden, or the 2 hour video of a rainy morning in the Japanese Garden.)
Then, a charming tour of the canceled 2020 Bulb Show at Smith College, followed by (a minute of) “Serenity in the Strolling Pond Garden” from the Portland Japanese Garden.
Spring Flowers ~ garden fragrance reviews
As COVID-19 rages around the world, I’m grateful I’m healthy and can work from home. All around me in Seattle are people at high risk of infection, and many thousands who have lost their jobs and are struggling to make ends meet. One thing that helps me mute the distraught voices in my head and get through these long, lonely days at home (with two cats to “talk to” until my spouse gets home in the evening) is the great outdoors. And the outdoors in Seattle during spring is one glorious place, full of highly scented flowers emanating their perfumes into the cool, clean air. Today, I’d like to talk about some of the plants I’ve encountered on my walks and in my own garden during the last several weeks…
We will bring Keukenhof to you
Two videos from the Keukenhof garden in Lisse, normally open every spring for about 50 days but currently closed, like everything else. They apparently plant about 7 million bulbs every year. The first video is from March 21, the second video (below the jump) is from yesterday.
Experience spring at Wakehurst
"Explore the beautiful botanic gardens of Wakehurst, as beauty awakens and layers of colour unfold across the grounds. Located in West Sussex and managed by RBG, Kew, Wakehurst is set in 465 acres of country estate, and boasts ornamental gardens, temperate woodlands, a nature reserve and an Elizabethan mansion." From May 2015, about 2 1/2 minutes.