View Comments Editor's note: Open Call is a new column in which we ask arts and cultural leaders to share their perspectives on emerging from the COVID-19 crisis and welcoming back audiences. Looking back to spring 2020 when COVID-19 was making its presence increasingly known, Longwood Gardens — like so many other businesses and attractions — had to temporarily close. It was difficult to accept that we could not welcome guests into our Gardens at a time so many yearned to be surrounded in beauty and vibrancy. I remember thinking during those initial days of our closure that we would be open again in a few weeks, months at most, and we just needed to weather the storm.