Longwood Gardens ~ A Walk in the Meadow
Looking across the meadow to the Webb Farmhouse ~ Longwood Gardens
Longwood Gardens opened the new Meadow Garden this year and it is putting on quite a show for fall! Planted both naturally and with the help of Longwood’s staff and volunteers, this meadow garden is a native garden at its very best.
Entering the garden, stroll over a footbridge spanning two ponds alive with turtles and frogs. The meadow lies before you on rolling hills. Birds, butterflies, beneficial insects and pollinators are in wonderland here. A rustic path, reminiscent of a worn farm wagon trail, winds through this lush meadow.
Native plants and wildflowers’ blooms attract wildlife and create a picturesque tableau against a clear blue autumn sky. Following the path, you encounter the cool shade of beechwoods by a trickling creek.
Gentle cutbacks in the trail lead up the hill to the Webb Farmhouse, a restored 300-year-old stone home. Now serving as an art gallery and educational center for the Meadow Garden, from the outside it is a step back in time.
Come along with me on the wagon trail through the meadow. It was a wonderful nature walk that I will look forward to taking every season of the year.
Butterflies and Meadow Flowers ~ Longwood Gardens Meadow
Bluebird House ~ Longwood Gardens Meadow
Meadow Asters ~ Longwood Gardens Meadow
Monarch Butterfly on Thistle ~ Longwood Gardens Meadow
Native Sunflowers ~ Longwood Gardens Meadow
Queen Anne’s Lace ~ Longwood Gardens Meadow
Queen Anne’s Lace Seedhead ~ Longwood Gardens Meadow
Rudbeckia in the meadow ~ Longwood Gardens
Beechwood Forest on the meadow’s edge ~ Longwood Gardens
Looking across the meadow to the Webb Farmhouse ~ Longwood Gardens
Webb Farmhouse Marker ~ Longwood Gardens
Back Porch of the Webb Farmhouse ~ Longwood Gardens
Front view of the Webb Farmhouse ~ Longwood Gardens
Solidago in the meadow by the old dairy farm ~ Longwood Gardens
More garden tours you might enjoy :
Chanticleer Garden
Mt. Cuba Center
Mohonk Mountain House
Still want to visit in person one day but this was fun. Thanks for sharing.
Well when you come this way, let me know! I am 20 minutes from Longwood and would be happy to meet you there!
Wowser dowsers! Those pics with the house would make great paintings! So beautiful.
Haven’t tried landscapes yet, but I agree this would be fun to try!
Barb, fantastic photos! Love Longwood Gardens.
Thanks, Jonni! I am fortunate enough to go to Longwood Gardens every week for painting class. Then, afterwards, I stroll to my heart’s content!