Christmas at Longwood Gardens 2008 December 2008 Every year, Lucie and I go out to lunch to Christmas and exchange gifts. This year we decided to make it an outing to Longwood Gardens. As usual, they outdid themselves!
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The rose arches are lit in blue. Unfortunately there were no lighted wisteria on them this year.
The fountain show is one of the best parts of Christmas at Longwood
The fountain show is one of the best parts of Christmas at Longwood
The fountain show is one of the best parts of Christmas at Longwood
The fountain show is one of the best parts of Christmas at Longwood
Lights are everywhere
The conservatory is all decked out
The tree in the conservatory is so big that the ornaments are poinsettia plants.
The tree in the conservatory is so big that the ornaments are poinsettia plants.
It's hard to see in this photo but that's 1100 pounds of cranberries floating in the water!
Have you ever seen such a tall poinsettia?
I love the way that the winterberries look
Poinsettias
Flowers line every walkway
Tree and poinsettias fill the conservatory
This Christmas cactus is HUGE!
Orchids
This tree is decorated with flowers
Begonias & dusty millers
Banana anybody?
Flowers line every walkway
Flowers line every walkway
The fountain garden looks so much different at Christmas