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Meadow Garden

About this Outdoor Garden

Discover new layers of beauty in our Meadow Garden. Spanning 86 acres, this expansive landscape features the best practices in ecological garden design.

Meander through three miles of walking and hiking trails and experience sweeps of color in our native wildflower plantings; four learning pavilions; the historic Webb Farmhouse & Galleries; and more. The story and evolution of our Meadow landscape over time is revealed as you experience the harmony of nature’s variety and man’s careful stewardship.

Please note that the Meadow Garden, including the Webb Farmhouse & Galleries, may be temporarily inaccessible during periods of heavy precipitation, ice, or snow.

“Longwood Gardens is a thing of beauty and inspiration, while the meadow is a wild place full of nature’s homespun wonder to explore.”

—Gwendolyn Lacy, The Land Conservancy for Southern Chester County

Take a solitary, sunrise stroll through our Meadow Garden.

Bloom Highlights

Butterfly-weed

Butterfly-weed is a type of milkweed that is native to North America. It grows in open, upland woodlands, dry fields or prairies, and on rocky slopes or glades. This clump forming perennial has orange, occasionally red or yellow, flowers that bloom from late May until August, and which attract butterflies, as well as bees and nectar-loving flies.