Botanical garden consisting of over 1,077 acres of gardens, woodlands, and meadows in the Brandywine Creek Valley
General Information
Sunday, Monday, Wednesday: 10:00am to 6:00pm
Thursday, Friday, Saturday: 10:00am to 10:00pm
Tuesday: Closed
Glen Mills, 8 miles
How to Get There
From Philadelphia (36 miles): Get on I-676/US-30 E from S Penn Square and N Broad St. Follow I-95 S to US-322 W in Upper Chichester Township. Take exit 3A from I-95 S. Follow US-322 W and US-1 S/Baltimore Pike to Longwood Rd in Chester County.
Overview
Longwood Gardens is a botanical garden that consists of over 1,077 acres (436 hectares; 4.36 km²) of gardens, woodlands, and meadows in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, in the Brandywine Creek Valley. It is one of the premier horticultural display gardens in the United States and is open to visitors year-round to enjoy native and exotic plants and horticulture (both indoor and outdoor), events and performances, seasonal and themed attractions, as well as educational lectures, courses, and workshops.
Current use
Today the 1,077-acre Longwood Gardens consists of varied outdoor gardens, ranging from formal to naturalistic in their landscape design, and 20 indoor gardens within a 4.5 acre (1.8 hectares) group of heated greenhouses. Longwood's Conservatory contains 4,600 different types of plants and trees, as well as fountains. The Gardens also has extensive educational programs including a tuition-free two-year school of professional horticulture, a graduate program, and extensive internships. It hosts hundreds of horticultural and performing arts events each year, from flower shows, gardening demonstrations, courses, and children's programs to concerts, organ and carillon recitals, musical theatre, fountain shows, and fireworks displays. It also hosts an extensive Christmas light display during the holiday season.
Outdoor gardens and garden features include: Birdhouse Treehouse, Canopy Cathedral Treehouse, Caryopteris Allée, Children's Corner, Chimes Tower and Waterfall, Cow Lot, East Conservatory Plaza, Flower Garden Drive, Flower Garden Walk, Forest Walk, Hillside Garden, Idea Garden, Italian Water Garden, Large and Small Lake, Lookout Loft Treehouse, Main Fountain Garden, Meadow Garden, Oak and Conifer Knoll, Peirce's Park, Peirce's Woods, Peony Garden, Rose Arbor, Rose Garden, Student Exhibition Garden, Theatre Garden, Topiary Garden, Trial Garden, Waterlily Display, and Wisteria Gardens.
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