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While there’s satisfaction to be found in our gardens, visiting public gardens can inspire and soothe. Here are a few to visit in Colorado Springs and some a bit farther afield.
McKee Botanical Garden is a hidden gem in Vero Beach. Don’t miss these six things during its annual waterlily festival.
But how much can these thin leaves hold? Denver Botanic Gardens asked that with its water lily weigh-off, challenging gardens around the globe to find the strongest lily pad.
Gigantic lily pads, neon florals and other aquatic plants are again on display at Longwood Gardens. The Waterlily Court exhibit reopens Friday following three years of renovations.
Those who knew and worked with Vogt remember him as someone who helped expand access to the botanic gardens, urban gardens, and knowledge about plant life and nature.
Feeling stuck in your job, dating life, eating habits? Here's why making a small 'lily-pad jump' can actually be the best way to achieve big life goals.
This is the third year in a row Denver Botanic Gardens has hosted a live over-sized pumpkin carving for spectators to view.
Missouri water lily holds 142 pounds of sandbags, wins worldwide contest “They really look like they’re from an alien planet,” said Greta Berg, a horticulturist at the Missouri Botanical ...
The Denver Botanical Garden started the “Water Lily Weigh-Off” three years ago, and it quickly spread throughout the country over the next two years.
The Missouri Botanical Garden won first place by piling 142 pounds on a Victoria water lily pad floating in the pond across from the Climatron. At 5 feet across, it was the largest pad in the pool.
Viral TikTok challenge finds waterlily that holds more than 140 pounds Sixteen botanic gardens and one zoo participated in Denver Botanic Garden's viral Waterlily Weigh-Off challenge this year.
Missouri Botanical Garden horticulturists Claire Krofft and Greta Berg worked to measure the largest lily pad and see how much weight it could hold on Aug. 29. They found a lily pad that measured 5 ...