Saturday was spent at Longwood Gardens. I thought I was only here once, sometime back in the 1990's, but it looked too familiar to remember that far back. I am sure I've been here in the last 5-10 years.
Pierre du Pont purchased this property in 1906. The property originally belonged to William Penn, who sold it to a fellow Quaker, George Pierce, in 1700. It stayed in the Pierce family and was called Pierce's Park until Dupont purchased it.
Pierre du Pont had a love and facination with water and fountains since he was a child, so the very first garden that he had built was The Italian Water Garden. The Indoor Children's Garden inside the main Conservatory opened in 2007 in appreciation of du Pont's childhood love of water and fountains.
I wish I knew the names of all of the flowers. Alas, I am nowhere near a horticulturalist or botanist, so you just get to look at all the pretty pictures.
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I was there a few years ago on my birthday. I had a day to get from State College to Mt. Holly, NJ so I spent most of it at Longwood Gardens. It is an amazing place. Then I went up to Valley Forge for a couple of hours. Another neat place. All in all, it was a memorable way to spend my birthday despite being on a work trip.
Di, I didn't know you have a blog! Just joined up with you :-)
Same here! I went to put my name beside my blog as Sandy suggested. And here you are!
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