All gardeners love to visit other gardens for ideas and inspiration and here are a few suggestions to ease those cravings:
The Canadian Tulip Festival (May 8-18th) has been offering all their performances, programming, and public participation ONLINE. They will continue to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of the Netherlands with all Canadians and the world through their website, social media, and on their new YouTube Channel which is launching soon! The festival also sells special tulips from the celebration. Consult their website for more information.
2) https://www.tvo.org/video/documentaries/the-gardener
Nestled in the Charlevoix region of Quebec is gardener Frank Cabot’s fabled Les Quatre Vents (The Four Winds), one of the world’s most beautiful private gardens. In this tour video, filmed shortly before his death at the age of 86, Cabot reflects on the meaning of gardening and its impact on our lives.
3) https://ngs.org.uk/virtual-garden-visits/
Virtual visits to many beautiful gardens in the UK that are part of the National Garden Scheme, with gardening tips and great stories.
4) https://www.boredpanda.com/tulip-garden-keukenhof-photography-albert-dros/
A virtual visit to the Keukenhof gardens, in Holland.
5) Mary Anne’s pollinator-friendly garden:
- Rabbit on my clover front lawn
- Bumble bee in my pollinator gardens
- My red trilliums blooming, in my native rain water garden
- The trillium garden.
- The first peony to bloom in my garden is Paeonia tenuifolia. It lasts 2-3 days.
- My yellow trilliums are thriving.
- The flower heads for my lady’s slipper, Cypripedium parviflorum, broke off just as they were opening up. The plants are on the left edge of the photo.
6) An “approved” visitor to Steve & Seleena’s front flowerbed “COVID-19 Lock-down Garden Tour”:
Who was even given a snack for stopping by:
7) Images from Rachelle’s lovely garden:
