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Mousetoescamper

(5,156 posts) Sat Aug 12, 2023, 03:35 PM Aug 2023

The yellow rose of Longwood

I visited Longwood Gardens yesterday and took more than 200 shots using my new (used) 50mm lens. I'll post some more photos from yesterday's outing over the coming days.

Longwood Gardens is a botanical garden that consists of over 1,077 acres of gardens, woodlands, and meadows in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, in the Brandywine Creek Valley. It is one of the premier horticultural display gardens in the United States and is open to visitors year-round to enjoy native and exotic plants and horticulture (both indoor and outdoor), events and performances, seasonal and themed attractions, as well as educational lectures, courses, and workshops. -from Wikipedia

https://longwoodgardens.org

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The yellow rose of Longwood (Original Post) Mousetoescamper Aug 2023 OP

Nice soft light and dark AndyS Aug 2023 #1

Thanks, Andy! Mousetoescamper Aug 2023 #5

Thank you, I love Longwood Gardens, used to visit there with my grandmother many, many years ago Walleye Aug 2023 #2

Thanks and you're welcome, Walleye! Mousetoescamper Aug 2023 #7

Maybe so let me know when you go. I live in Greenville about 20 minutes away from Longwood Walleye Aug 2023 #11

Just gorgeous. Deuxcents Aug 2023 #3

Thanks, Deuxcents! Mousetoescamper Aug 2023 #8

Wonderful photo, my dear Mousetoescamper! Perfect exposure. nt CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2023 #4

Thanks, Peggy! Mousetoescamper Aug 2023 #9

Lovely, Mousetoes! brer cat Aug 2023 #6

Thanks, brer cat! Mousetoescamper Aug 2023 #10

Very nice photo - And I used to love visiting Longwood Gardens. GoneOffShore Aug 2023 #12

Thanks, GoneOffShore! Mousetoescamper Aug 2023 #13

No, have never been there, unfortunately. And now it's likely I shan't visit it. GoneOffShore Aug 2023 #14

AndyS

(14,559 posts)

1. Nice soft light and dark

Reply to Mousetoescamper (Original post)

Sat Aug 12, 2023, 03:49 PM

Aug 2023

Background. Very nice!

Mousetoescamper

(5,156 posts)

5. Thanks, Andy!

Reply to AndyS (Reply #1)

Sat Aug 12, 2023, 06:09 PM

Aug 2023

Walleye

(35,672 posts)

2. Thank you, I love Longwood Gardens, used to visit there with my grandmother many, many years ago

Reply to Mousetoescamper (Original post)

Sat Aug 12, 2023, 04:11 PM

Aug 2023

Still go from time to time. Looking forward to more of your shots from there

Mousetoescamper

(5,156 posts)

7. Thanks and you're welcome, Walleye!

Reply to Walleye (Reply #2)

Sat Aug 12, 2023, 06:19 PM

Aug 2023

Maybe we can meet at Longwood some time. My SO and I are members and visit there several times a year. I live about an hour's drive west of Kennett Square.

Walleye

(35,672 posts)

11. Maybe so let me know when you go. I live in Greenville about 20 minutes away from Longwood

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Sat Aug 12, 2023, 07:17 PM

Aug 2023

Deuxcents

(19,720 posts)

3. Just gorgeous.

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Sat Aug 12, 2023, 04:32 PM

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Mousetoescamper

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8. Thanks, Deuxcents!

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Sat Aug 12, 2023, 06:20 PM

Aug 2023

CaliforniaPeggy

(152,097 posts)

4. Wonderful photo, my dear Mousetoescamper! Perfect exposure. nt

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Sat Aug 12, 2023, 05:26 PM

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Mousetoescamper

(5,156 posts)

9. Thanks, Peggy!

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Sat Aug 12, 2023, 06:20 PM

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brer cat

(26,277 posts)

6. Lovely, Mousetoes!

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Sat Aug 12, 2023, 06:17 PM

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Mousetoescamper

(5,156 posts)

10. Thanks, brer cat!

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Sat Aug 12, 2023, 06:21 PM

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GoneOffShore

(17,602 posts)

12. Very nice photo - And I used to love visiting Longwood Gardens.

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Sun Aug 13, 2023, 05:24 AM

Aug 2023

Have you been to Winterthur?

Mousetoescamper

(5,156 posts)

13. Thanks, GoneOffShore!

Reply to GoneOffShore (Reply #12)

Sun Aug 13, 2023, 11:58 AM

Aug 2023

Haven't yet been to Winterthur. Have you been to Ladew Gardens in Maryland? It's similar to Longwood--fountains, flower gardens, topiary gardens--but on a 20-acre estate.

GoneOffShore

(17,602 posts)

14. No, have never been there, unfortunately. And now it's likely I shan't visit it.

Reply to Mousetoescamper (Reply #13)

Sun Aug 13, 2023, 12:05 PM

Aug 2023

I'll have to content myself with the local lavender and sunflower fields in June, plus getting over to England occasionally.

No desire to return to the US, despite the many things to see and do.

I was born in Wilmington, and we used to visit Longwood, Winterthur, and Hagley. When I lived in Philadelphia, there was the flower show, Morris Arboretum, and Bartram's Gardens plus Fairmount Park.

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