university of delaware: A Sunny Day at Goodstay Gardens - 04/25/20 06:36 PM
The Goodstay Gardens are one of Wilmington's  lesser known public gardens, located  on the University of Delaware Wilmington Campus. Ellen du Pont and her husband, Robert Wheelwright (who was a landscape architect) restored the mid 17th century property in the early 1920s. The garden was originally a vegetable site, and the Wheelwrights transitioned it into the stunning iris, rose and peony paradise that it is today.
I went there today hoping to see the irises in bloom, since they are blooming in my Wilmington garden. But it seems the climate gnomes have this area tagged as "tulips featured, irises and peonies not … (6 comments)

university of delaware: Newark Delaware Hosts Ag Day at U of D - 04/26/10 07:30 AM

The University of Delaware Botanic Gardens and Greenhouses in Newark, Delaware played a big part in the annual Ag Day celebration on Saturday, April 24, 2010. I try to make it a point to be there every year for two reasons.
1.  The Annual Benefit Plant Sale for the U of D Botanic Gardens. Students and staff work all year to raise cuttings, seedlings, and large plants for this sale. I got a bit of an insiders story when I sold some properties for the former greenhouse manager a few years ago. And my garden always gains a few plants, although … (0 comments)

 
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