I thought it was Spring?

March 28, 2015

I thought it was Spring?

I don't know about you, but I am sick of the cold. Although the first day of Spring has come and gone, the weather between Ocean City and Lancaster has proved that winter might be here to stay. Yesterday, in an attempt to "think spring", I spent the day at one of my favorite places in Pennsylvania. Longwood Gardens is honestly what I imagine a heaven to look like. Its countless acres of trees, flowers and intricate plants that guests get to walk through and admire. My sweet friend Colleen and I chose to scope out their conservatory, where it was 30 degrees warmer than the outside temps, and filled with color. The conservatory is split up into several different rooms that showcase different types of plants and flowers. Its truly magical. Longwood is a place where getting lost wouldn’t be the worst thing and around every corner is a beautiful surprise.

One of the hallways leading to a different room

This month Longwood was showcasing Orchids so multiple rooms were arranged to highlight their beauty.

But I'll always be a sucker for pink Roses

The Cactus room at Longwood is easily in my top 10 for personal happy places (don't lie we all have that list). Its amazing to see how big some of these cacti get and secretly it makes me hope my puny cactus on my kitchen table will one day be this big. One can hope right?

We were lucky enough to catch the cactus room around sunset so the view was amazing. I started to feel bad because once we walked the whole conservatory I made Colleen come back to this room just so I could peep at it once more.

This is a walk way in their main room.

After spending hours roaming the different rooms we decided to check out a place called Terrain at Styers that was only a few miles down the road. Terrain is a hybrid cross between a greenhouse, urban outfitters home-goods section and a café/restaurant. It sounds like a lot going on at once but I would definitely recommend going to anyone who has any type of interest an those sorts of things. The outside has different areas where you can buy different plants and outdoor furniture ( I’m sure if it had been further into spring the outside would have been my favorite ). Inside there are beautiful displays, cook books, plants, a build your own terrarium station, and countless other goods for anyone interested in gardening or setting up/decorating the cutest home. The store portion leads to a café where you can order coffees and light snacks and beyond that is a restaurant. We opted for a simple coffee and spent a good hour and a half browsing/narrowing down items that we wanted to buy.