My mother visits every year between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Her two loves are gardening and decorating for Christmas. My husband and I have treated her in the past few years with a day trip to Longwood Gardens (the site isn’t working properly at the moment). It is botanic garden with an enormous conservatory that once belonged to Pierre Du Pont. We made the trip yesterday (Friday) and I took lots of pictures.
I’ve decided to plant cyclamen next year. They had it all over the conservatory and it was just beautiful.
Then we walked around to see the lights, drove three hours home and put together this diary. It was a long but wonderful day. I highly recommend Longwood Gardens if you’re in the Philadelphia area.
Happy Solstice!