Longwood

My trip to Longwood yesterday was great.  I could wander around, thinking thoughts, and walking and totally different paces at different sites.

Their perennial beds actually looked a lot like mine- lots of herbaceous perennials blooming like crazy with no real order or scheme.  By that point, my phone's battery had died, but I would have taken lots of pictures otherwise.  It kind of looked like there wasn't a ton of care taken- like, an above-average amount of care, for sure, but not the Longwood type that I would expect.  (I also think the vegetable garden looked a little under-tended, but we don't have to talk about that.)

All I want in the world is to get that front bed to be the bestest perennial bed, where it just fills out and looks lovely, no maintenance. It's 80% of the way there.  I just need to put in another Echinacea, or maybe they'll even self-sow and things will be good.