Philly Fling - A Garden Blogger's Retreat

 

Thursday, September 21 

We arrived at Longwood Gardens for an eight hour visit.   Longwood Gardens is large but we are having multiple events for our group of garden bloggers.  First we get a behind the scenes look at their production greenhouses.  Then a slideshow introduction to the currently under construction grand conservatory.  

Swarthmore College

Sunday, September 24, another rainy morning.  The first two gardens today were cancelled due to the illness of a host.   Instead, we're off to Swarthmore College campus.  Many big campuses start with a house.   

Paxson Hill Farm Gardens and Nursery

One our last day of the Garden Blogger's Fling outside of Philadelphia and we find ourselves at
Bruce Gangawer’s Paxson Hill Farm in New Hope, PA.  A large nursery with an impressive display garden.

The Gardens of Mill Fleurs

Every garden has something to teach me.   Here we are at the last garden of our four day tour.  The Gardens at Mill Fleurs is located along the Tohickon Creek in Pennsylvania.   We were getting lots of rain from the Hurricane Ophelia and this was a wet visit.  Nevertheless, one I enjoyed very much.  Barbara and Robert Tiffany are the current guardians of this dramatic location.  Barbara, pictured below with the purple umbrella loves to share this space and her stories from the past thirty years creating this garden space.  

Jenny Rose Carey’s Northview Garden

Stoneleigh, A Natural Garden

Stoneleigh, A Natural Garden - stoneleighgarden. org

Owl Creek Farm

Steve & Ann Hutton’s Owl Creek Farm in West Chester, PA

Chanticleer

Longwood Gardens

One of the Fling's two "Superbloom Level" sponsors and also a big destination for the group of garden bloggers, Longwood really delivered.  Thank you for your support.  Our first stop on opening day was the production nursery for Longwood's conservatory.  A Dutch design with eighteen bays each with their own climate control is a dream to grow and a big expense to cover.  Here in September, they are gearing up for their Chrysanthemum Festival in October and November.  

English Garden Tour w/ Mike & Frank - Summer 2023

 This is all the gardens Frank and I saw during our travels this summer to England, particularly East Anglia, the Midlands and the Cotswolds area of great beauty.  A quick summary and archive of the post of each garden, park or landscape roadways that caught our eyes.

We landed at Heathrow Airport at 7 AM, dropped off our luggage at our accommodations and headed out to see London.  First stop Saint Peter's Cathedral. 

Reflection Garden - London St. Paul's Churchyard

This reflection pond is across the street from the cathedral, tucked away behind a large hedge and a popular place to eat a take-away lunch in the middle of a bustling city.   Unfortunately we noticed large number of rats and sitting in one of the many available benches didn't feel comfortable.  We took our photo and left.  

In chronological order with title linking to the original post.  Please click through to those you want to see more photos.

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