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It’s been 10 years since we debuted our expanded Meadow Garden!
Celebrate with us with a variety of walks, talks, and opportunities to experience all this beautiful space means to Longwood—and to our region.
Our 86-acre designed natural landscape takes you beyond Longwood’s formal areas into an exploration-ready Pennsylvania Piedmont landscape, showcasing land stewardship techniques that beautifully blend horticulture and ecology.
Here, in an important habitat that is increasingly rare in our region—and amid miles of walking trails, bridges, pavilions, boardwalks, native flowers and grasses, open fields, ponds, wetlands, and the forest’s edge—discover the complex interrelationship of plants and animals to one another. Learn how we work year-round to maintain and augment the health, vigor, and resilience of the Meadow Garden.
While you’re here, join us for that evening’s Festive Friday: Party Like It’s 1999.
Please note: To provide an enjoyable experience, capacity is limited for our walks and talks.
Activities and Locations
Meadow Garden Walk
4:00 pm and 6:00 pm
Meet outside of the Peirce-du Pont House
Longwood’s Meadow Garden is a dynamic ecosystem full of native plant and animal life. Join our Land Stewardship and Ecology team for a talk and short walk in the Meadow Garden to learn about native meadow communities – and what it takes to keep them vibrant.
Explore Our Meadow Garden
4:00–7:00 pm
Hourglass Lake Pavilion
Learn from our knowledgeable docents about the wild diversity of plants, pollinators, and wildlife that thrive in our Meadow Garden, and ways you can support biodiversity in your home garden.
Family Pollinator Activity
4:00-7:00 pm
Meadow Garden Entrance
Make and take home your own seed balls and learn about the importance of pollinators. While supplies last.