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Lost Gardens of the Brandywine Exhibition
Winterthur
Sat, Mar 27, 2010 - Sun Jul 25, 2010
Tickets: Included with all admission tickets. Members free.
Image of Winterthur Sundial Garden courtesy of Hagley Museum and Library
Lost Gardens of the Brandywine Exhibition
March 27 - July 25, 2010
Long known for its lush public gardens, the Brandywine Valley is also home to private gardens whose names ring out from another age. In this stunning exhibition, explore these hidden and lost gems through rare early color images of and garden relics from “one of the chief centers of horticulture in the United States."
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Related Programming
Guided exhibition walks will be held every Saturday and Sunday, March 27–July 25, at 11:30 am, 1:00 pm and 2:00 pm (included with admission).
The two-hour reserved tour, “Winterthur Then and Now,” visits spaces in
both the house and the garden and focuses on the life of the du Pont family in the first half of the 20th century.
In addition, guests can enjoy:
Lunchtime Lecture Series
12:15–1:15 pm, Rotunda
Winterthur experts and other local historians discuss notable gardens of the area. Members free. Included with admission. Feel free to bring your own lunch or to purchase one at Winterthur.
April 8: Grace Gary, Executive Director of Nemours Mansion and Gardens, “Unbuilt and Unexpected
Nemours”
May 6: John Feliciani , Director of Horticulture at Winterthur, "The Felicianis: Three Generations of Gardening
at Winterthur"
May 20: Jeff Groff, Director of Public Programs at Winterthur, “The Lost Gardens of the Main Line”
May 27: Diane Newbury, Landscape Historian, “Women Garden Writers of the 1920s and ’30s”
July 1: Jenny Carey, Landscape Historian, “Jazz Age Gardens”
Proud to Be Italian Day
June 13
Winterthur celebrates the Italian immigrants who helped create the area’s superb gardens in the 1920s and ’30s, especially those from Giusvalla, Italy, whose families continue to live nearby (http://www.giusvalla.blogspot.com). All guests with an Italian Festival ticket, or who say they are “proud to be Italian,” will receive $5 off general admission to Winterthur.
Lecture: “The Development of Patterns”
June 17, 6:00 pm, Copeland Lecture Hall
Mrs. Pierre du Pont IV will discuss Patterns, the private residence of Mrs. du Pont and her husband, Governor Pierre “Pete” du Pont, which has one of the most extraordinary modern gardens of our times. The garden is a collaboration among the du Ponts, landscape architects Dan Kiley and Peter Myer, garden designer Penelope
Hobhouse, and landscape ethicist and contextual designer Rick Darke.
Location:
Address
Route 52
Winterthur, DE
Phone
800.448.3883
302.888.4600
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