Saddle up, folks! 🤠 It’s time for the 2026 Waterlily Weigh-Off! 🎉🪷 More than 70 public gardens, zoos, parks and growers from around the world will compete to see how much weight their Victoria Waterlily leaves can hold through Friday, August 28!Follow @waterlilyweighoff to see all the entries in one place! The 2025 winner, @BokTowerGardens, will pass on (or keep) the trophy. Let’s see if anyone can beat their weight of 183lbs! 👀🪷💪Alas, that is not us! (not this year at least 👀😆) Denver Botanic Gardens kicks off the competition with an 80-lb weigh-in! 😅 Phew! May the strongest waterlily win!Our entry:80 lb / 36.28 kg40.5 in / 102.87 cmPsssst, if you are reading this far, thank you! Thank you for your support and enthusiasm of this silly, goofy thing we started in 2023. 💕 We hope everyone’s videos bring you joy or at least make you chuckle! 🤭