May 14, 2023
2023-05-14T12:00:00
4651 Washington Street Extension
Wilmington, DE 19802
$20
$15 NCC Resident
$2 Art-Reach Member, FREE for RPPS Members
Growing at Rockwood: The Grand Garden Tour
Sunday, May 14, 2023
Join Rockwood staff for a tour of the estate’s 170-year-old gardens.
Join Rockwood staff for a tour of the estate’s 170-year-old gardens. Highlights include Rockwood’s original 1850s pleasure garden, the modern apothecary garden, one of America’s oldest attached conservatories and much more.
Rockwood was built as a specimen garden at the same time as the Gothic revival mansion – this tour will also discuss the unique origins of the plants collected there throughout its history and their popularization from global colonization efforts by Western powers.
Tour involves some stairs.
$20, $15 for NCC residents, $2 Art-Reach Member
FREE for RPPS Member. Please use “Art-Reach2022” and “RPPS2022” coupon code at check out to unlock membership discount – Also, proof of membership is needed at beginning of tour to receive discount.
Ages 14 – adults