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Long Island Tour: Planting Fields Arboretum & Old Westbury House & Gardens

6/18/2011

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Main Line School Night
Start by exploring Long Island's premier arboretum and historic site, the Planting Fields at Coe Hall. Landscaped by the Olmstead brothers, the grounds, green houses and gardens are spectacular, offering a retreat for horticulturists, history and design enthusiasts, and visitors looking for state-of-the-art gardening solutions. Glimpse the former life of the owners when you visit Coe Hall, a 65-room Tudor-revival mansion. Lunch on your own at the café. Then travel to Old Westbury Gardens, considered the finest English garden in the U.S., where you can stroll among wildflower-filled nooks, grand allées, ponds and formal gardens. Also see Westbury House, the magnificent Charles II-style mansion.   

Bus leaves from Radnor Financial Center promptly at 8 am. No credit for withdrawals after 5/27.

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Garden Design in Scotland 

6/5/2011

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Close: A Journey in Scotland  (January 22 – June 5, 2010) 
A marvelous exhibit on landscape design in Scotland is running at the US Botanic Garden in Washington DC.  
"Drink in the breathtaking beauty of Scotland’s gardens through the lens of photographer Allan Pollok-Morris. His five-year study features the work of more than 30 renowned landscape designers and land artists, including Andy Goldsworthy, Charles Jencks, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Arabella Lennox-Boyd, and Penelope Hobhouse. Pollok-Morris’ photographs are stunning, but clearly the gardens themselves and Scotland are the stars of this exhibit."  US Botanic Gardens

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Tour Yellow Springs Farm: Goats, Cheese and Solar Power!

6/4/2011

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Main Line School Night

Visit this lovely historic farm and landscape nursery in Chester Springs, operating mostly "off the grid" with a 5 KW solar panel. Meet the owners, their dogs, cats, and charming Nubian goats; visit the native plants nursery. The dairy and nursery are both managed using natural and organic methods with sustainability as a guiding principle. Sample different goat cheeses made on premises.   Wear weather appropriate clothing, especially footwear.

 Instructor: Catherine Cosentino-Renzi    Location: Yellow Springs Farm  

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