Last week I decided to take a solo journey to Longwood Gardens as I was dying to see their yearly mum display. I was going to try for 1/2 hour and stayed for 2 hours!  I walked over to the Conservatory and was wowed by the what I saw!

There are over a thousand blooms on this beauty!

See how they are tied to the special structure?

You can see the enormity of the dome from the other side of the conservatory!

I thought these were ‘wedding’ perfect!

These looked like they were snow covered.

Up on the pillars

The lime and purple are some of favorite color combos

Spider mums are a favorite too.

Here was ‘the spot’ to grab a breathtaking shot:

It’s the yellow brick road!

I really love yellow flowers as they are so sun shiny pretty.

This is unusual too!

The different varieties of mums on display!

I felt invigorated (which doesn’t happen a lot lately), so I decided to walk down to see the gazebo near the lake.

I saw these pretty autumn branches

I was not disappointed by the beauty. I loved hearing the squirrels scratch in the leaves looking for nuts and the geese honking on the nearby lake.

I found this  sweet little nest near the gazebo

On the way back, I got to chat with one of the gardeners near the empty looking gardens which were not empty at all. The lady said there were 100,000 tulips bulbs in the ground! They were covered with a mesh at the squirrel and deer will try and get to them over the winter months. I have had tulips disappear around my house.

All in all, I think I captured autumn at Longwood Gardens and their wonderful mum festival. I had over 100 photos and these were my favorite.