A Visit to Mount Cuba Center
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- May
- 13
George Morrison, a master gardener from Briarcliff Manor, emailed about a field trip he just made to Mount Cuba Center in Delaware.
He sent along lots of photos, too. They sure make me want to make a spring visit!
Here’s a link to the Web site, for more info.
Take it away George:
“I’d like to share some photos I took at Mt. Cuba Center, Delaware, last
Sunday, May 4th, at what must have been the height of the spring bloom period. I’m pretty sure you are quite familiar with this hauntingly beautiful place.
“The Copelands, as you may know, he a scion of the DuPont family, and she the devoted gardener, have created a magnificent horticultural experience, with her special area of interest being the preservation of native plants of the eastern piedmont of North America.
“She can be forgiven her inclination to show off some exotics a la Philadelphia Flower Show. To wit: the delphiniums blooming amongst the tulips. It’s the natives that really are the main event.
“I really think this extraordinary place needs to be better known, now that it is open by reservation to the general public, and not just to large groups. At $5 a person it’s a steal. Reservations can be made on line.
“One note: Eating facilities are not located nearby. The closest my wife and I found was about five miles away.”
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Bill Cary grew up in Louisville, Ky. His gardening was limited to growing parsley and impatiens on the windowsill of Manhattan walkups until the mid-1990s when he bought a rundown old chicken farm on 8 acres in the Hudson Valley. Now he spends his weekends chasing deer, hacking away at invasive shrubs and vines and wondering why he doesn`t have more meadow and less lawn.
