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Where's your favorite garden place, not for buying, but for touring? Ours is Longwood Gardens, in Kennett Square, PA consisting of 1,077 acres of wooded and clear land. There are garden tours (both inside and outside) classes, special exhibits, symphonies in the gardens, a shopping area, a place to dine amidst a gorgeous setting, and their calendar is always full of surprises! Local experts are there to answer any gardening questions. I'm proud to say my grandfather worked in the gardens as a young man. Here's the link: Longwood Gardens
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I've been to Longwood, loved the tropical house.
Too big for me though.
We have a much smaller garden down where I live and I
love it.
Hopeland Gardens in Aiken, sc.
The Koi pond is unbelievable, natural clay.
The gardens are hundreds of years old, absolutely beautiful.
I have several. On a grand scale are the house and gardens at Biltmore Estate in Asheville, N.C.
I was a charter member of the Atlanta Botanical Gardens many many years ago. it was fun to see how they expanded the gardens and the scope. We kept annual membership for 25 years.
Now and closer to home I really like Tony Avent's Plants Delight Nursery. His is a commercial enterprise and he does a big mail order business but his gardens are beautiful and at his 2 or 3 yearly open houses it is fun just to wander around. But it is hard not to buy.
But most of all I enjoy residential garden tours sponsored by local churches or charities. I get to see what others in my community can grow and how they use native plants. My Atlanta garden was on several fund raising tours- for the 3 koi ponds we had as well as the gardens. Believe me it is a huge endeavor to prepare your garden for guests. Some snotty witch will find the one weed you didn't pull or the one plant mislabeled.
But most of all I enjoy residential garden tours sponsored by local churches or charities. I get to see what others in my community can grow and how they use native plants. My Atlanta garden was on several fund raising tours- for the 3 koi ponds we had as well as the gardens. Believe me it is a huge endeavor to prepare your garden for guests. Some snotty witch will find the one weed you didn't pull or the one plant mislabeled.
Yes, local garden tours are also enjoyable. We have Old Dover Days here in Delaware, garden tours and colonial home tours guided by ladies in colonial attire, and sips of sweet tea along the paths winding through Spring & Summer flowers.
My favorite public garden to tour is Sonnenberg Gardens in Canandaigua, NY. Victorian mansion and gardens. Sonnenberg
My favorite municipal garden tour is the Gardenwalk Buffalo in Buffalo, NY. 300+ private gardens, all free, over 2 days on the last weekend of July. Gardenwalk
My favorite garden tour is in Wake Forest, North Carolina. It was inspired by Garden Walk Buffalo. It's called Share Your Wake Forest Garden. (Share Your Wake Forest Garden Home) There's no better way to learn about gardening than from local experts.
Living near Washington DC, the National Arboretum is a favorite. Gardening on a simply massive scale. Dumbarton Oaks in the middle of Georgetown is very pleasant, and Meadowlark Gardens out in the suburbs near Wolf Trap Center is also a wonderful place.
My favorite garden tour is in Wake Forest, North Carolina. It was inspired by Garden Walk Buffalo. It's called Share Your Wake Forest Garden. (Share Your Wake Forest Garden Home) There's no better way to learn about gardening than from local experts.
I agree with that, to the max! Lots of people have plenty of gardening suggestions, but unless they personally know your very own geographical area, quoting U.S.D.A. planting Zones is only the beginning.
The Polynesian gardens in Honolulu is also a favorite. I have not lived in Hawaii for years and I don't even know if the gardens are still there.
I do have to put in a plug for the Dallas Arboretum. It's gracious and beautiful all year.
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