chester county gardens: Longwood Gardens a Winter Wonder - 02/05/21 07:53 PM
With a vista of the fountain garden quietly surrounded by snow, our hike around Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania was very peaceful, with few other visitors present. But the carillon still sounded every quarter hour, the trees reached their leafless branches into the sunny sky, and the water in the grotto still mysteriously poured through a sunlit opening.
 
There is no specific orchid display in the conservatories as in the past, but Longwood has brought out some of their exotic orchids from their vast greenhouses and growing rooms. We were particularly fascinated by one whose flowers spill from witchy looking … (7 comments)

chester county gardens: June 2018 Historic Homes E Newsletter - 05/30/18 12:46 PM
DELAWARE EVENTS
First Saturdays in the First State presents "Salute to Summer"  with these free programs on the Green in Dover on Saturday, June 2 
 
10:30 a.m. Lucas R. Clawson, archivist with Hagley Museum and Library will present a program at the Delaware Public Archives about the Du Pont Company and its role during the American Civil War.
Biggs Kids: Beach Buckets -9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Kick off those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer by making your own beach bucket craft. The Invention of Childhood: Being a Kid in the 18th and 19th Centuries -9:30, 10:30, 11:30 a.m., 12:30, 1:30, 2:30, … (2 comments)

chester county gardens: Chester County Day Historic Home Tour - 10/08/17 01:50 PM

 
October 7 was the first Saturday in October, and local historic home fans know what that means--it's Chester County Day's 77th annual house tour. (left Franklin St. home)      
  
 
 
For many years, a friend and I have been showing up the night before at the historic Chester County courthouse in West Chester Pennsylvania for the preview slide show to decide which of the 31 sites we want to visit. There is no way to see them all, so you need to choose the homes which you find most appealing.
 
 
It's usually cool and breezy, sometimes rainy on "The Day" as it's called. … (2 comments)

 
Carolyn Roland- In Delaware and S. Chester County PA, Carolyn Roland, GRI, CRS (Independent architectural histor'n)

Carolyn Roland- In Delaware and S. Chester County PA

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