Tulip display in the Flower Walk Garden; Longwood Garden, Pennsylvania

Earlier in the spring I visited Longwood Gardens in Pennsylvania at just the peak of the tulip season. There were thousands of visitors, agog like me, at the spectacular tulip display. I confess to thinking they were in my way – couldn’t they see I was a professional ?! How the heck was I supposed to get a nice “clean” shot?

Tourists,  visitors enjoying Tulip display in the Flower Walk Garden; Longwood Garden, Pennsylvania

Tourists, visitors enjoying Tulip display in the Flower Walk Garden; Longwood Garden, Pennsylvania

In all honesty, I really did not think that for long. I had already been admitted into the garden early in the morning, and had spent hours in the meadow and other parts of the huge garden. Only as I left and walked through The Flower Garden Walk, after the gardens were officially opened, did I see the crowds.

I was fun to see so many people enjoying the garden, all happy to be in such beauty. Well maybe I am reading too much into why they were happy. There were lots of kids who just seemed happy to be out with their buddies.

Tourists,  visitors enjoying Tulip display in the Flower Walk Garden; Longwood Garden, Pennsylvania

I gave the photographer in this photo a little advice – perhaps she should come to where I was standing and look back into the flower garden. I don’t think they cared really.

The story here is not so much about the garden, but people enjoying the garden.