Meadow Garden Longwood | Slide Mouse
From formal gardens to children s gardens from towering fountains to our expansive meadow.
Meadow garden longwood. Through five seasons of splendor there s something for everyone at longwood gardens. Longwood is coy about the cost but the meadow garden clearly represents a major investment for the institution. Native flowering trees edge the woodlands of the meadow garden. Please note that the meadow garden including the webb farmhouse galleries may be temporarily inaccessible during periods of heavy precipitation ice or snow.
The meadow boardwalk guests can enjoy our fully accessible meadow boardwalk which offers a variety of views from the comfort of a partially shaded elevated boardwalk and crushed granite path. Longwood has collected over 30 years of bird and nest box inventory. Please note that the meadow garden including the webb farmhouse galleries may be temporarily inaccessible during periods of heavy precipitation ice or snow. This walk provides expansive views of the undulating meadow garden landscape the woodland edge the meadow bridge and nearby grasses and wildflowers.
More than 170 young bluebirds fledge every year along with numerous tree swallows chickadees and wrens. Buy gardens admission tickets longwood gardens is a thing of beauty and inspiration while the meadow is a wild place full of nature s homespun wonder to explore. The project involved 45 companies contractors and artisans who worked intensely. Carry its magic home.
Explore our 1 100 acres indoors and out. It is the story of how we shape the land and how the land shapes us. Flowering dogwood cornus florida fringetree chionanthus virginicus allegheny serviceberry amelanchier laevis and eastern redbud cercis canadensis provide beautiful blooms in the spring before much of the meadow comes into height. The longwood meadow garden has a story to tell.
The jewel garden is the physical and spiritual centre of the entire garden. It was made as a celebration of all the good things relating to our jewellery business in the 1980 s and all the colours are jewellery or metallic in some way and the tone just like the 1980 s brash extravagant and high maintenance. The biodiversity of the meadow garden sustains healthy bird populations by providing a variety of insects seeds and fruit for them to eat. Everything revolves around it.