Share a secret on our whispering bench at Flower Garden Walk. Seek and find some of our history in the rooms of the Peirce-du Pont House. Or learn fun facts about one of the largest organs in the world in our interactive Organ Museum. No matter the season, each visit to Longwood will delight you with discovery.
Find These Enchanting Spots in the Gardens
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Meadow Garden
Meadow Garden
Look. Listen. Discover the living world around you.
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Open Air Theatre
Garden
Open Air Theatre
March to the sound of the music playing in the Open Air Theatre
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Canopy Cathedral
Garden
Canopy Cathedral
This ornate two-story house was inspired by a Norwegian church and overlooks the Italian Water Garden.
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Peirce's Park
Peirce's Park
Look for the fan-shaped leaves on the Ginkgo tree in historic Peirce's Park
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Birdhouse
Garden
Birdhouse
This treehouse offers a bird’s-eye view of the surrounding natural landscape.
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Lookout Loft Treehouse
Garden
Lookout Loft Treehouse
Listen to the sounds of the nearby Meadow Garden and surrounding forest through the Lookout Loft’s handcrafted, copper “sound horns.”
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Indoor Children’s Garden
Indoor Children’s Garden
The Indoor Children’s Garden inspires wide-eyed wonderment, infectious laughter and smiles from ear to ear—oh, and the kids like it too.
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Topiary Garden
Topiary Garden
Take 10 giant steps in the Topiary Garden
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Idea Garden
Idea Garden
Hide in the Sunflower Shack among the vegetables in the Idea Garden
Get Set to Explore
Print these activities at home and bring them with you to have fun in our Gardens!
- Coloring Pages
- Coloring Postcard
- Nature Journal
- Nature Quest
- Pollinator Math
- Build a Tree Poem
- Measure Me a Tree
- Tree Ecology
Discover More
Explore these topics in our Gardens, and continue with hands-on activities at home before or after your visit.
- Camera Obscura
Build at home and bring it with you - Conifers & Pinecones
- Curious Case of the Missing Carnivorous Plant
- Flowering Annuals
- Flowering Perennials
- Statues of Longwood
- Terrific Trees
- Topiary Shrubs
- Vines