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Kennett Square, PA
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Longwood Gardens
10 months
While our Gardens are closed, we wanted to send our deepest gratitude to the hundreds of people working around the clock to keep us safe and bring this situation to a close.
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Longwood Gardens
10 months
We are happy to share that we will open to Guests on Wed, 9/13 at 10 am. The past few days have reminded us of the important role Longwood plays in our community. Thank you for your support. We look forward to seeing you in the Gardens.
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Longwood Gardens
10 months
Your words of support have impacted all of us at Longwood & our hearts are filled with gratitude for all of you. Now it's our turn to care for the community by opening our gates & fulfilling our mission to bring joy & inspiration to you.
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Longwood Gardens
10 months
We are so grateful to be able to share the beauty of our Gardens with you today.
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Longwood Gardens
2 years
Is it #TulipTuesday ? Well, it is now! 🌷
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Longwood Gardens
10 months
The search for the escaped prisoner has moved north of our community. We are assessing the condition of our Gardens & will share plans for reopening as soon as we can. Thank you to law enforcement for their ongoing efforts, and to you for your ongoing support and understanding.
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Longwood Gardens
10 months
As the search for the escaped prisoner from Chester Co. Prison continues, our Gardens are closed until further notice. We apologize for the inconvenience but know the health & safety of our Guests & Staff are our top priority. Check our website for updates
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Longwood Gardens
10 months
As we have navigated this moment of difficulty, we are reminded that the spirit of Longwood endures through the joy it brings to so many of you. We are relieved to be able to open our gates tomorrow & we are hopeful there will be a resolution to this unfolding story soon.
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Longwood Gardens
2 years
Our Fountains erupted with pride for our home team this past weekend with the Phillies’ anthem, “Dancing on My Own.” #GoPhils ! #RingTheBell #RedOctober
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Longwood Gardens
10 months
Late last night, trail cameras at Longwood captured images of the escaped convict. The images were shared with PA State Police immediately after the footage was viewed. Police are actively searching the property. We will continue to work with authorities as the search continues.
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Longwood Gardens
10 months
We wish to express our deepest gratitude to law enforcement, authorities & government officials for their tireless work in apprehending Danelo Cavalcante. We are grateful for the peaceful conclusion and thank all those involved in the search for their unwavering dedication.
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Longwood Gardens
4 years
A little bit of color from our Conservatory for your Monday viewing pleasure. #HappyMonday
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1 year
We are excited to share that Longwood is acquiring Granogue, a 505-acre estate on one of the last areas of unprotected open space in the Brandywine River Corridor. “We are thrilled to conserve the historic landscape.” ~Paul B. Redman, President & CEO 👉
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Longwood Gardens
3 months
Some beautiful blues from around the Gardens.
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Longwood Gardens
10 months
Longwood Gardens is routinely closed to the public on Tuesdays. Please check our website for any updates regarding the status of the Gardens. We sincerely thank our law enforcement as they work tirelessly to apprehend the prisoner.
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Longwood Gardens
10 months
Thank you for your continued patience and support during this unprecedented time. With Police activity shifting to the east, Longwood property is no longer part of the search radius. The Gardens will open today, 9/7 for our regular hours, 10 am-9 pm.
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Longwood Gardens
4 years
Here are a few views from our Conservatory to bring a little Christmas sparkle to your Sunday morning. Which one is your favorite?
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Longwood Gardens
3 years
Your tulip broadcast from the Gardens today. Breezy, beautiful, and color as far as the eye can see!
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Longwood Gardens
3 years
We think it’s pretty brilliant when the sunset decides to enhance our Christmas light display.
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Longwood Gardens
10 months
We look forward to opening the Gardens today 9/13 for our regular hours 10 am–6:00 pm. We are profoundly grateful to all law enforcement & government officials for all they do and have done to ensure the safety of the Longwood community.
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Longwood Gardens
1 year
The blue-poppies are here! Nearly impossible to grow in the mid-Atlantic, we went to great lengths—and low temps—to get hundreds of rare Meconopsis 'Lingholm’ to bloom for our display, on view thru the end of March. #GardeningTwitter #SpringBlooms #flowers
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Longwood Gardens
2 years
May your day be full of color and beauty.
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Longwood Gardens
10 months
We look forward to our community returning to normal activity and look forward to welcoming guests back to the serenity and beauty of our Gardens.
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Longwood Gardens
3 years
A little springtime color to wish you a happy Easter Sunday!
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Longwood Gardens
1 year
The warm weather inspired the Japanese wisteria climbing along the facade of our Peirce-du Pont House to burst into bloom, while our #Wisteria Garden is not far behind. Weather permitting, we anticipate peak wisteria bloom to hit next week.
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Longwood Gardens
4 years
If you had to pick just one waterlily for your own private pond, which one would it be?
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Longwood Gardens
4 months
Blue-poppy season has begun! Our rare 💙Himalayan blue-poppies💙 are a spectacle not to be missed. These blue-tiful blooms last only around two weeks and should be on view through the end of the month.
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Longwood Gardens
4 years
We love it when mother nature decorates our Gardens for Christmas! How’s the snow in your neck of the woods?
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Longwood Gardens
6 years
Our horticulturists have grown hundreds of blue-hued blossoms to adorn our Main Conservatory for our Winter Blues Festival, bringing together plants that are native to every corner of the globe #WinterBluesFest
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Longwood Gardens
4 years
It wouldn’t be a #LongwoodChristmas without poinsettias. Happy #NationalPoinsettiaDay !
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Longwood Gardens
1 year
Catch a peek of our rare Himalayan blue-poppies, on display through the end of March. 💙💙💙 🎶 Mr. Blue Sky by Electric Light Orchestra
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Longwood Gardens
10 months
Due to ongoing law enforcement activity and for the safety of our Guests and staff members, the Gardens will remain closed on Wednesday, September 6. We appreciate your patience and thank you for your support as we continue to work with law enforcement.
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Longwood Gardens
7 months
Ten more days until the big day! Are you ready for Christmas?
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Longwood Gardens
4 years
Watching the wildlife go nuts on our Wildlife Tree is really making us all smile. Who knew a Christmas tree could be so full of drama and action? We restock the dried fruits and seeds every morning to make sure everyone remains full of the Christmas spirit!
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Longwood Gardens
3 years
Cool colors. Warm thoughts. Happy Sunday!
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Longwood Gardens
1 year
What do 150,000 #tulips at peak bloom look like? Answer:👇
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Longwood Gardens
7 months
Our Acacia Passage is definitely a vibe this year. More than 2,000 ornaments create a shimmering sea of color dangling overhead. Have you had a chance to take in the spectacle?
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Longwood Gardens
1 year
And now for a burst of white foxglove, tulips and violas for a bit of sunshine on this rainy day.
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Longwood Gardens
6 years
Happy Independence Day from Longwood Gardens!
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Longwood Gardens
2 years
We won! For the fifth year in a row, YOU, or wonderful fans, helped us win @USAToday ’s @10Best Christmas Lights Contest! You light up our Gardens every day. To show our thanks, we’re taking you on a video tour of our award-winning light display.
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Longwood Gardens
6 years
Did you know, the color blue is so rare in nature, biologists have estimated that fewer than 10% of flowering plants have blue flowers? Learn more on the blog: #WinterBluesFestival
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Longwood Gardens
7 years
“I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers” – L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables.
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Longwood Gardens
4 years
Our Gardens have been putting on a pretty spectacular display of fall color this October, from vermilion maples to butter yellow pawpaws. But have you seen our cotton candy pink Muhlenbergia capillaris? The colors of fall are certainly spanning the whole spectrum!
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Longwood Gardens
10 months
We hope you are able to take time to relax and enjoy the beauty around you on this #LaborDay .
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Longwood Gardens
6 months
Happy New Year to you and yours! We wish you all the joy in 2024.
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Longwood Gardens
3 years
Happy Valentine’s Day from the bottom of our hearts and the top of our Love Temple. #ValentinesDay
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Longwood Gardens
1 year
Our rhodos are doing their version of a happy dance with this beautiful spring weather.
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Longwood Gardens
4 years
Our Thousand Bloom Chrysanthemum has arrived in our Conservatory! It’s taken 17 months & 2,000 staff hours to train this single plant into a perfect blooming dome. Our growers are busy putting the final touches on this highlight of our Chrysanthemum Festival that kicks off 10/22!
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Longwood Gardens
4 years
And suddenly you realize that the bramble you’ve been looking at all winter is actually a happy, yellow forsythia bush waiting for the perfect moment to let you know that spring is here! Anyone else a forsythia fan? #OurGardensYourHome
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Longwood Gardens
8 years
Only one weekend remains to experience #MumFest . On view through November 20. For more information, visit:
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Longwood Gardens
1 year
We couldn’t possibly let a whole day go by without posting some #tulips !
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Longwood Gardens
8 years
The Thousand Bloom, boasting 1,523 chrysanthemum blooms, takes center stage during Chrysanthemum Festival. On view through November 20.
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Longwood Gardens
2 years
Compositions in 💕 and 💜.
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Longwood Gardens
1 year
Tulips and daffs. A match made in heaven. #tulips #spring #GardenTwitter
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Longwood Gardens
3 years
Spring is beginning to #spring up around our Conservatory. #MondayMotivation #SpringIsComing
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Longwood Gardens
3 years
Indoor color. Outdoor calm.
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Longwood Gardens
3 years
Drumroll please! The blue-poppies are popping and blue-tifying our Conservatory. Experience these blue beauties now through the first week of April.
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Longwood Gardens
1 year
Hoping your Monday is as terrific as these #tulips .
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Longwood Gardens
7 years
Allamanda blooming now along the center walk in the Orangery.
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Longwood Gardens
1 year
Our Gardens are filled with a distinctly blue-tiful spring vibe right now. 💙 Netted Iris (Iris 'Rhapsody') 💙 Greek Anemone (Anemone blanda 'Blue Shades') 💙 Himalayan blue-poppy (Meconopsis ‘Lingholm’) 💙 Pride-of-Madeira (Echium candicans 'Select Blue')
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Longwood Gardens
3 months
Some pleasing pastels to get you in the mood for spring.
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Longwood Gardens
3 years
Take a stroll down our Garden Path for some happy #SaturdayVibes .
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Longwood Gardens
1 year
Allium anticipation.
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Longwood Gardens
6 months
Basking in the beauty of Christmas.
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Longwood Gardens
5 years
Merry Christmas from Longwood Gardens!
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Longwood Gardens
7 months
How often do you get to walk through the woods or a meadow at night? Fortunately, half a million #ChristmasLights are lighting the way so you can meander & stroll while you bask in the beauty of the season.
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Longwood Gardens
6 years
Today in the Gardens…
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Longwood Gardens
4 years
Well, we had moments of suspense, excitement, and growth. I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of this experience sharing my stinky bloom with all of you. I really grew from this experience. The time has come for me to take my leave as my spadix has flopped! #SproutStinks 1/2
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Longwood Gardens
2 years
What can we say about July in the Gardens?
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Longwood Gardens
2 months
The flower stalk of our Agave americana is now more than 25’ tall and is expected to flower in late June or July. Once thought to bloom every 100 years, century-plants actually bloom every 10-25 years, but our 💚 for this plant is still through the roof!
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3 years
The blue-poppy is one of countless gifts of horticulture from Asia that make our Gardens what they are. Meconopsis are native to the Himalayas and require a lot of care especially in the hot summers and unpredictable winters of Pennsylvania. On view through the 1st week in April!
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Longwood Gardens
7 months
Beauty around every corner and through each open door.
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Longwood Gardens
6 months
Only 364 days until next Christmas! It’s as merry and bright as ever around here.
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Longwood Gardens
4 years
Happy Thanksgiving! We are #thankful for you.
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Longwood Gardens
1 month
“This morning the green fists of the peonies are getting ready to break my heart” ~Mary Oliver, Peonies
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Longwood Gardens
6 years
“The earth laughs in flowers.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson Happy #EarthDay ! #SpringBlooms
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Longwood Gardens
8 months
Hello gourd-geous! Have you snapped your family's fall photo yet by our Rose Arbor gourd display? #NationalPumpkinDay
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Longwood Gardens
4 years
Keeping the spirit of Christmas in our hearts, we hope this Virtual Visit to our Conservatory resonates with all the beauty and joy of the season.
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Longwood Gardens
1 year
Our Exhibition Hall often provides one of the biggest “wow” moments of our Christmas display, bringing together all the elements of the theme, which this year celebrates 🌹botanical splendor🌹.
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Longwood Gardens
7 years
The blue poppies have arrived! The rare beauty will be in bloom and on display for 10-14 days in our Conservatory!
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Longwood Gardens
7 months
What do you prefer, white lights or multi-color?
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Longwood Gardens
3 years
It’s happening! Who’s excited? #SpringBulbs #tulips
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Longwood Gardens
4 years
Happy New Year, everyone! We wish you all peace and happiness in 2021. #NewYearsEve
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Longwood Gardens
4 years
Cascading wisteria flowers are transforming our Gardens into a heavenly purple and white dreamscape. And the scent is just as divine, especially when it’s carried by a fresh spring breeze. #OurGardensYourHome
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Longwood Gardens
4 years
The winds have redecorated our Gardens a bit, but the fall color is holding on in spots throughout the Gardens. It’s a great time to get out there and enjoy that crisp fall air!
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Longwood Gardens
3 months
What better way to celebrate #NationalGardenMonth than a garden brimming with #tulips 🌷?
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Longwood Gardens
3 years
Painted-tongues, fritillaria, tulips. It’s a beautiful day in the Gardens!
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Longwood Gardens
3 years
We’re growing! On 3/1 we will begin our most ambitious expansion & preservation project in a century: #LongwoodReimagined : A New Garden Experience. Opening in Fall 2024, the project will transform 17 acres of our Gardens. Learn more:
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Longwood Gardens
1 year
We’ve got the blues, and we couldn’t be happier! 💙💙💙 📸 Himalayan blue-poppy (Meconopsis ‘Linghom’) 📆 On view through the end of March
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Longwood Gardens
4 years
Good morning! Phew, what a night! I spent it with just a few hundred of my closest friends. I’m so happy that I made Joyce proud. Did you smell my fabulous fumes or snap a smelfie with me? I’d love to see and hear all about it. Tag me with #SproutStinks
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Longwood Gardens
1 year
Which pathway would you like to take today?
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Longwood Gardens
4 years
A big thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate Chrysanthemum Festival with us this year! As we wrap up for 2020, our growers have already begun working on next year’s mums, which we hope will be met with as much fanfare as this year’s display!
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Longwood Gardens
4 years
A quiet reflection on the beauty of autumn as seen from our Hillside Garden today.
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Longwood Gardens
4 years
Meet my caretaker Joyce. She’s been taking care of me since I came here from @chicagobotanic 2 years ago. When I was just a giant leaf, she put a FRAGILE label on my pot. What can I say, I have discerning taste in substrate. And temperature. And humidity. And sun! #SproutStinks
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Longwood Gardens
3 months
Who wants to tiptoe through these pictures?
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Longwood Gardens
2 years
And that’s a wrap! We hope our fire and ice display brought you the full spectrum of Christmas beauty this season. We are so grateful for everyone who shared their holiday with us. It wouldn’t be A Longwood Christmas without you!
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