Brookside Gardens Conservatory – October 2019

After going to Brookside Gardens frequently during the Wings of Fancy exhibit (for volunteering and short strolls before or after), I only made it to the Gardens once during October! The mum exhibit was the highlight in the conservatory. The space that had been the butterfly exhibit had been transformed. Looking more closely at the ‘green’ parts….tiny buds everywhere so more mums will be appearing over the next month.

I took a closer look at the mums that were already showing their color. The way the petals are overlaid and then spread out --- a lesson in packaging. The shadow and light…curves. A round of macro photography in a conservatory is such a pleasure. Wind is never a problem here.  I was surprised that there were pollinators in the conservatory too – not as many as outside but there were still some. I saw at least one bumble bee.

The conservatory closest to the gift shop still has the usual plants (I always note the cycads near the entry). There are a few mums in that room too.

I learned that by the second week in November all the mum frames from the other conservatory will be moved to this one so that the Model Train Exhibit for December can be set up (the conservatory that houses the Wings of Fancy April-September has the model trains in December). I’m looking forward to that too!