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Meadow Garden

About this Outdoor Garden

Discover new layers of beauty in our Meadow Garden. Spanning 86 acres, our newest garden 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.

Access to the Meadow Garden is included in Gardens Admission!

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

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“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

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.

Pink-root

Spigelia marilandica, commonly know as pink-root, is a native to the United States, from Maryland, south to Florida, west to Illinois and Texas.  It grows in moist woods, ravines or stream banks in partial or full shade. This perennial can grow up to two feet high and one and half foot wide. Pink-root produces bright carmine red tubular flowers two inches long, yellow inside, and attracts ruby-throated hummingbirds from late May to the end of August.