Water Lotuses OVER 6 FEET tall!

This past weekend I went down to Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens in order to see all the water lilies and water lotus in bloom the week before their big festival. WOW, they were NUTS!
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[@RachelOLeary]

I hope you guys enjoy seeing these INSANE water lotuses. I have been trying to go somewhere neat each week to get video for you guys. They will be lengthy, but I hope you enjoy sharing in my travels! Camera used: amzn.to/2LJDWcu Keniloworth Aquatic Gardens: www.nps.gov/keaq/planyourvisit/lotus-and-water-lily-festival.htm My Patreon: www.patreon.com/racheloleary Fan mail can be sent to: PO box 146 Manchester PA 17345 Buy me a coffee: msjinkzd.com/about_msjinkzd/support-our-site/ Instagram @msjinkzd Website and stocklist: msjinkzd.com/stocklist/ Facebook: facebook.com/msjinkzd/

[@OttawaOldFart]

it's good content Rachel. It is good to diversify, a lot of your viewers might not agree but you can only do so much with fish.

[@ekin8787]

When the best time of year to go here?

[@victoriadavislyon1682]

Thank you so much for sharing these "field trips"!

[@thefishylife6823]

Oh I love this kind of content Rachel!! I think everyone who enjoys freshwater Aquariums love the outdoors , nature and plants style videos!! Thanks for sharing and keep them rolling!!!

[@kellyngrey4950]

I enjoy seeing footage of your adventures/experiences/field trips. I suspect that many of your viewers have overlapping interests in aquariums and gardening and this is an excellent blend of both. I think videos like these are good reminders to us aquarists to turn to nature not merely for inspiration but for a much better understanding of the complex ecosystems we attempt to create in our fish tanks. And of course, I couldn't help but notice how murky the water looks - proof in point that most fish inhabit naturally tannic or black water!!!

[@graphite2786]

YES I LOVE YOUR LABOR OF LOVE!!! Awesome content!

[@shesellsfish]

Amazing nature trip. The water looked like a deep black water biotope. The lilys and lotuses...I've never seen them wild and HUGE like that. Thanks for taking us along. 👍💕👍

[@m0771gan]

Thanks for bringing us along Rachel. And so nice watching footage shot on a gorgeous summers day when watching during a chilly southern hemisphere winter. I feel warmer already...ahhhhhh

[@SusanforSLCAquatics]

Rachel absolutely beautiful! Thank you for sharing. I was in va last week

[@Crystalspets]

Hello susan

[@SusanforSLCAquatics]

Crystal's pets&plants hi Crystal ❤️

[@ofthebeanvariety]

I really liked this video. I don't know if I'll ever get out to visit this garden, but thank you for sharing. I didn't know that I needed this today.

[@crittergirl3647]

Love all your field trips! Shared this with family members who are plant lovers like us.

[@michaelmccarthy4077]

so.many.lotus. I love it! I've been to DC many times and never had the pleasure of visiting this place. Bummer.

[@mikaellow906]

Wow Rachel! What a cool field trip you made must have been exciting to see up close as you did my friend. Wow is not enough to say then you show the high lotuses. I didn´t know they grow so insane Wow once again! And thank you for Sharing it Rachel it´s amazing and learnable to follow you on your channel dear friend! Please keep uploading more from this it´s amazing and cool and beutiful to watch!! Thumbs up from me your friend Mikael!

[@ShadowLynx516]

I love this so much! Keep it up pls.

[@metapatina4261]

Thanks for sharing this. I wouldn’t get a chance to see this otherwise. So beautiful.

[@janicelee6204]

Incredible and beautiful. Thanks and love the camera 😉

[@susanbriggs862]

Love the tour of the water garden! The water lotuses are amazing. Thank you for sharing! Loving your tub gardens also. You've inspired me to start a small tub of aquatic plants on my deck.

[@Bloodhoundfostermom]

I love the road trip videos!! It's great for those of us with comprised immune systems that can't get out and enjoy life outside our homes as much as we'd like to....thank you so much for doing this!! 💜

[@Aquamarine.Aubrey]

Incredible video! Loved every minute of it! Appreciate all your editing very much 🤓

[@rachaelaynsley2742]

Hi Rachel. I just love going on garden tours so really enjoyed your trip to this amazing Water Garden. I'll have to add it to my list of places to visit when I come to the US.

[@BigRalfie355]

This is outstanding! I didn't know about Kenilworth until today. Who in their right mind wouldn't like these field trip videos?

[@Populiervogel]

Love your field trips Rachel, now i know where those seed boxes come from, from the Water Lotus.

[@madfishdiva]

Yes, i truly enjoyed this type of video. those lotus and Lillies are stunning. They almost look artificial. Even the pods are beautiful. Thank you for sharing.

[@tiffanygreen2523]

Oh god lotus pods freak me out. I actually had to not look at my phone...

[@jamesparadigm]

Thank you for sharing all these cool places, I would never have known existed!

[@edieswearingen282]

That was fun, Rachel. I enjoy your field trips. Thanks for sharing with us. ME.

[@naerwyn239]

Thanks for taking us with you!!! That dragonfly was really beautiful, and certainly wasn't shy! I love all of those lilies and lotuses! I have never had the chance top go someplace like this, but I really want to someday.

[@twunderaquatics1770]

I'm still in awe over the lotus! I really loved this field trip. Thank you so much for sharing.

[@kzookid2051]

Great tour! Now I know the differences between lotus and lily. Thanks! Beautiful gardens. The underwater shots toward the end of the video were cool - at first, I wasn't sure what was going on when things went upside down, but then the fish came into view and straightened it out for me. Great camera. Your field trips & tours are always a have-to-see video. Thanks so much for sharing with us.

[@carolebraswell982]

Once again, fantastic footage. Thank you for sharing your travels Rachel. I loved hearing about the dragonflies and learning the difference between water lilies and water lotus.

[@wiccasdream]

I LOVE when u take us along for outings like this. I wouldn't get to see it or experience it of u didnt

[@ferrumcampitor7555]

You asked if we enjoyed these videos. I certainly enjoyed this one. I have a patio pond for the second year in a row. And that is largely thanks to your summer tubbing series. I recently scored a free preformed pond liner and I'm looking forward to make my first real pond. The more videos I see of pond flora, the more I love them.

[@sarrakitty]

I love this place! I've been here at least twice before. I went when I was younger and the lotuses were so tall, way up over my head! I definitely love this kind of video and I'm glad you put in the time to record and edit them for us. :3

[@SequoiaElisabeth]

Nice editing, thank you for sharing! I love stuff like this

[@violettenewman8686]

What a gorgeous video. I was supposed to be going on holiday today, but it was cancelled at the last minute, so I’m vicariously living the dream with you. You’ve cheered me up no end. Thank you so much. Love & warm wishes from Cardiff UK

[@robertlambregts3228]

Serously Rachel, this is really good. It gives us, well me for example, who lives in Europe, the chance to explore these kinds of places. These are gems you don't get to see if you even have the chance to visit the US, or any other place for that matter. It's so good to explore, to see all the plants, the life in the garden and to have some background informatio. The camerawork is already much better on t his one. I genuinely enjoyed this so much, I watched it twice in a row.

[@nosalad695]

Love these vids as well as your home stuff, please keep up the great content 👍🐟

[@jathemoonlight]

How beautiful. Thank you for sharing :-)

[@tanyasch]

i love those videos, i love coming "along" on field trips. and wauser those lotus' are huge

[@Vinokski.Fishkoto]

Thanks for sharing maybe more expeditions in the futures 😊

[@debbieswan1213]

Thank you for taking us along on your field trips, being disabled I am seeing places I could never try to visit myself. I LOVE your videos.

[@RachelOLeary]

i am so glad! I know I really missed doing stuff like this the past several years when I couldn't really get around safely

[@robertforrest7956]

I Love This. Places I would love to see. Thanks Rachel

[@jadek1756]

I love your videos

[@alenasGame]

I enjoy this type of video like nice footage with you being educational voiced over.

[@TinRoofVintage]

Rachel, I absolutely love the trips, outings and amazing content you video! These aquatic plants are so beautiful, I simply can't imagine how they look in real life. I recognize the dried lotus pods that you see in floral shops, used for flower arrangements. That underwater shot was COOL! Thank you so much! Hugs from Texas ♡♡♡

[@twunderaquatics1770]

I had to come back a revisit this video. Now that I am having success with my lotus and water lilies it makes me appreciate this video so much more. Great information. Thanks so much for making this.

[@mallscraftsandstuff4116]

Yes I love it. My favorite part of your videos is then end. When you just stop and pause. Showing your fish swimming to relaxing music. Or this video you stop paused let the camera Focus on to the details and you can hear the background noise it was like being there in real life. With the names clearly written on the screen. More of this please! I enjoy your talking and learn lots but the end part of your videos is just the sweet desert at the end. So may other fish channel talk about the fish and show them a little but we don’t get to enjoy them like you do by just watching the fish be fishes.

[@RachelOLeary]

thanks so much!

[@toddstropicals]

Great video! I've been growing waterlilys & lotus for quite a while now. This was really nice I went here when I was a kid and fell in love with it and aquatic gardening.

[@Crystalspets]

Thats a very beautiful place Rachel thank you so much for sharing this video my friend

[@lilianubia3648]

Thanks Rachel, I never saw lotuses that tall!

[@barbkrienke8400]

Loved getting to tag along on your field trip!!

[@earthgirl7267]

Thank you so much! Enjoy the content. 💖

[@Shaden0040]

Very cooll content! Thank you for sharing it with us.

[@jeannephifer4183]

I got to tell you Rachel I love this content I've always loved water lilies and Lotus is absolutely gorgeous and all the life around it they just speak to you in volumes make you feel I don't know really wild and free it just gorgeous thank you for sharing oh my God I'd love to see more but if not that then I can't wait to see what's next please please take care and God bless

[@catfishm.1361]

Love this tour so much! Can’t wait for the next! ❤️👍🏻😊

[@aznpanther98]

i lived in the dc area all my life and i only discovered this place couple years ago when my wife took our family there for the lotus festival years ago. it's an amazing garden

[@zalphinian]

Everything looks so gorgeous!

[@barbaradonaldson2774]

Thank you for sharing. I live in Maryland and not to far from the water gardens. I will definitely put it on my list of things to do. I vote to keep sharing this kind of content. I just love it.

[@sherryapt8163]

Love this content Rachel!! You always keep it interesting!

[@lesliesockwell8385]

I love your adventure videos! Always informative and interesting, please keep up the good work .

[@jakefolks4458]

I think these videos are so awesome and I hope you continue to make them!

[@michaelthornley]

Loved it. Thanks for sharing Rachel.

[@jenniferlabelle-brown4956]

Very cool! I love seeing your field trips!

[@linneak541]

I love getting to follow along on your adventures and seeing these amazing places. Inspires me to look for similar experiences in my local area.

[@SteveScapesYT]

Thumbs up from me Rachel- incredible.

[@tinajohnsonkcmo]

Your new camera is super sharp! I feel like I’m right there with you on the field trip!

[@RachelOLeary]

i am still figuring it out, but am trying!

[@heleneisler7355]

I loved this! Such beauty! Thank you!

[@fifithehuntress]

Have you been to Longwood? They have a very cool greenhouse with a water garden!

[@manuelgallardo1322]

Rachel I really do enjoy these videos!

[@mirtagordillo3486]

I enjoyed watching your video and those big lotus they are my most favorite flowers including the small ones too. It so beautiful seeing this botanical garden very calming to sit near and watch everything. We have a lake here in los angeles California that has these big lotuses from the freeway you can see them.

[@robertashaner7607]

Simply gorgeous. I see a trip in my future.

[@patriciakloeppel9863]

love this field trip and lotus ty for sharing

[@DavidDL]

Very Beautiful

[@dorothyszala1567]

I really enjoy these. Thanks for doing it.

[@katheymann2334]

Yes, please continue your trips to interesting and beautiful places. I'm handicapped and can't walk on these types of places. I also can't afford a scooter or wheelchair that I could use to tour such a facility. I now live in the Arizona desert and miss the greener and waters of northern Virginia. I enjoy these video adventures.

[@kerryyellin724]

WOW great place and great video as always.

[@MusingsFromTheDen]

That's beautiful. 😊 I know that's a 'curated' space, but wetlands are my favourite habitat. The textures on those lotus leaves are amazing. I like this video, though I think you might need an external sound recorder (or a mic of you can attach one to the camera) as the sound when people were speaking was a little muffled in parts. 😊

[@risky8370]

I like the content. Please continue! I grow lily and lotus here (Idaho 6a/b depending on the year). They actually do surprisingly well. But they do better in 50 gallon tubs. And actually come back every year after freezing. Obviously as long as the rhizome doesn't.

[@KarlKarsnark]

Great vid Rachel. I gotta get a Lotus plant now :)

[@ZoraKida13]

Thank you for the Video. As a Student, i don‘t have the Money to travel and this way i can see new stuff like this.

[@lydialaub5475]

Oh wow - my sister volunteered there last week!

[@kenny3151]

Please keep on showing this type of content

[@NatasjaB]

Awesome video! Thank you for sharing!

[@christinefoley506]

Great videos. Keep them coming.

[@kgal63]

💓💓💓💓 loved it. I enjoyed every minute.

[@stina9659]

I just love this type of videos ❤️💚😍

[@reneowens2768]

Wow, just wow.

[@johncraig4588]

I loved the tour, and I hope to visit there

[@kathleensauerbrei5199]

Thank you so much for sharing this with us and taking us along. Lol, Next time don’t edit just post a whole lot of it. But I guess you can’t really do that. I’m sitting here watching the fields in southern Alberta Canola bloom. A totally different scenario, but one that is incredibly beautiful in its own right as well. Your field trips have become quite magical for me, as we do not have mild enough weather to grow lotus flowers as beautifully as these you have shown us. Our growing season is much shorter, but in this only way we have a lot of beauty as well. I do believe that in one of my earlier comments to your one of your videos, I mistakenly called a Lotus a lily. I actually do know the difference LOL. Have a magical day Rachel, I know you have given me my magic for the day.

[@RachelOLeary]

it took over 12 hours to save, then upload this because of the file size. I would have loved to have left it unedited, but holy hell- would have taken a week to upload!

[@SandyDoughty]

Beautiful thanks for sharing!

[@pierreschoonraad6827]

Wow. That is one of the most interesting places I have ever seen. The lotus is just insane. Just very sad to see people, sitting on the benches, watching their phones while nature is surrounding them

[@Ourfrenchiegirls]

Pretty amazing stuff 👍

[@khonsumes]

Adding a positive vote for this kind of content. Kennilworth is a great place, and seeing the video brought back good memories of a visit some years ago. The fieldtrips you are going on are terrific. Have you considered a trip to the Cranberry Glades in West Virginia? That is another magical place for carnivorous plants, along with many relict (and rare) boreal plants. The environment basically preserves an environment with its biota that dates to the last Ice Age. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cranberry_Glades

[@juliangil7396]

Loved it!

[@darrylmoore5847]

Two thumbs up, that was great.

[@purplesneakers3343]

Wow this is awesome

[@nakedreptiles]

As the water and pond plant buyer for my nursery, this was quite interesting! Thank you for sharing Rachel!

[@IanScuff]

As a Washingtonian, thank you for showing an underrated DC sight!

[@RachelOLeary]

hey Matt! Hope all is well!

[@IanScuff]

Rachel O'Leary all is great!

[@pamelapilling6996]

Loved this content ❤

[@ratoneJR]

Love the Lotus. To bad they produce a limited number of blooms. I have never gotten more than 3 blooms a season from an individual plant. Here in zone 5, 2 blooms per year is about all you can expect. BTW, I have been growing Lotus since 1995. Water lily's make a better show.

[@brettkreider18]

How freaking beautiful!!! Why can’t there be more of this and less of city’s.

[@vicaroo001]

that was amazing!