first return to longwood

topiary garden

 steps near Italian water garden

 There was something that I found very compelling about these Eden Climbing Roses.  I like the contrast between old and new on each blossom

 main fountain garden

 caladium and begonias

main fountain garden.


Longwood is full of beauty for sight and sound, as well as smell.  I wish there was some way to describe the air wafting off of the southern sweet magnolias, or the rose arbor.  No words do justice to the clean beauty that makes the person standing nearby glad to just breathe.