Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens is a favorite spot of ours which we have visited frequently but never when the lotus flowers were in bloom. Well, until now.
And it was OK — having a new phone helped — but we have not, in fact, been missing much except for the crowds. April is still the best month to visit, especially for those suffering from trypophobia. [Note: Not to be confused with trypanophpobia, as the Wikipedia article notes helpfully. ]
Pictured below is Nelumbo lutea, or the American lotus, North America’s only native lotus species.
The American lotus
