The best way to learn about gardening is to experience the gardens of other plant lovers.
The Delaware Center for Horticulture nurtures that pursuit through Learning from Great Gardens, a special series that treats guests to sublime strolls through wondrous private gardens. Your guides are the ultimate authority, the gardeners who created these marvels of nature.
Brandywine Cottage in Downingtown, Pa., is the two-acre private garden of David Culp and is listed in the Smithsonian Institution Garden Archives. Culp is a celebrated gardener and author of “The Layered Garden.” He teaches at Longwood Gardens, is an expert in snowdrops and is creator of the Brandywine Hybrid strain of hellebores. He serves on Pennsylvania Horticultural Society’s Gold Medal Plant Selection Committee. And he is crazy about tulips.
The tour takes place 9 a.m.-2 p.m. April 30, starting at DCH in Wilmington. Rain or shine. Space ion the shuttle to Brandywine Cottage is limited, so register early. Cost is $60 for DCH members, $80 for nonmembers,
DCH’s series continue to bloom with Open Space, Sweeping Beds on May 21, and Urban Collector’s Dream on June 25. Sign up for the monthly E-News mailing list to learn more about this and other events at DCH, where wonderful ideas are always growing.