Orchid Extravaganza kicks off Jan. 20 at Longwood Gardens

Orchid Extravaganza at Longwood Gardens is on view January 20 through March 25. Photo by Daniel Traub. EAST MARLBOROUGH — Longwood Gardens provides a colorful escape from the winter blues this season during Orchid Extravaganza, running January 20 through March 25. The heated 4-acre conservatory transports guests into a warm oasis featuring thousands of vibrant orchid blooms displayed in extraordinary...

What To Do: orchids take center stage at Longwood

Also: educational mini golf, marine dinosaurs and racing nirvana By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times Longwood Garden’s “Orchid Extravaganza” opens this weekend and runs through March 29. What do you think is the largest family of flowering plants in the world? You can give three answers and you still probably won’t come up with the correct answer. But, if your answer was “the...