The New Jersey Botanical Garden
The New Jersey Botanical Garden was an unexpected delight, and it was free! And we got very lucky because it had been pouring on the day of our visit, but stopped just as we arrived, …
Category: Flowers
Architecture / Flowers / History / Museums
The Nemours Estate
The last of the du Pont-related visits we made in Wilmington, Del., was also the most opulent – the Nemours Estate (the other visits were Hagley and Winterthur). This 200-acre “country estate” has a 77 …
Architecture / Flowers / History / Museums
Winterthur Museum and Gardens
Winterthur, pronounced “winter-tour” and named after an ancestral home in Winterthur, Switzerland, is one of the famous du Pont-related estates in Wilmington, Del., (we also toured Hagley and Nemours, and they are very different experiences). …
The Marian Coffin Gardens at Gilbraltar
In 1844 John Rodney Brinkle built an Italianate mansion in Wilmington, Del., and named it Gibraltar for the high, rocky outcropping upon which it was built. 55 years later, Hugh Rodney Sharp and his wife Isabella …
The Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Garden
I was feeling a little uncertain about the steep per-person entry fee for the Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Garden in Pittsburgh, Penn., but even though I only spent 75 minutes there, I have to admit …
The Frick Greenhouse
The Greenhouse on the grounds of the Frick estate in Pittsburgh, Penn., Clayton, served the family from 1897 to 1970. It provided fresh flowers for their home, and really, this post is just an excuse to …
Cherry Blossoms at Branch Brook Park
If you google “best places to see the cherry blossoms in the United States” you might be surprised to learn that Branch Brook Park in Newark, NJ. makes the top 10. Jennifer has always wanted …
Hubbard Park Daffodils
Every year over 600,000 daffodils bloom in Hubbard Park in Meriden, CT, culminating in the Daffodil Festival (in 2023 it’s April 29-30). We stopped in for a visit a few weeks early, and while it …