Lectures

Lecture and Film Screening: The Philadelphia Story

November 18, 1:00 pm, Copeland Lecture Hall

Join David Nelson Wren, author of Ardrossan: The Last Great Estate on the Philadelphia Main Line, for a screening of The Philadelphia Story followed by a brief discussion of Ardrossan and the Montgomery family who built it. The Montgomerys are best known as the family on which Philip Barry based his 1939 play, which later was produced as the film The Philadelphia Story. American film, architecture, and social history enthusiasts especially will enjoy a glimpse into another time and way of life. Purchase tickets online or call 800.448.3883. Copeland Lecture Hall. $10 per Member. $15 per nonmember.

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Lecture and Film Screening: The Philadelphia Story

Lecture: “Design and Style: A Constant Thread”

Lectures

Quarry Garden

Peony Garden

Oak Hill

Pinetum

Sycamore Hill

Magnolia Bend

Sundial Garden

Winterhazel Walk

Azalea Woods

March Bank

Quarry Garden
Begun in 1902, when H. F. du Pont was 22, March Bank is the oldest surviving garden area at Winterthur. Du Pont studied The Wild Garden (1904) and other writings by British horticulturists William Robinson and Gertrude Jekyll. Using these ideas, du Pont began naturalizing daffodils on the bank and by the 1940s had planted thousands of snowdrops, snowflakes, crocus, squills, and glory-of-the-snow.

Peony Garden
The herbaceous and tree peonies feature a dazzling array of white, pink, red, yellow, bronze, peach, and maroon flowers in May. Originally designed as an iris garden by landscape architect Marian Coffin in 1929, it was adapted to showcase the work of Dr. A. P. Saunders, a noted peony hybridizer.

Oak Hill
Stroll along the grass paths that afford spectacular views of the surrounding countryside and pond below. Drifts of colorful native and exotic azaleas bloom from April into summer. Lavender colchicum carpet the hill in autumn, echoed by the purple beautyberries nearby.

Pinetum
This rich collection of conifers, or cone-bearing trees, includes pines, firs, spruces, cedars, and their relatives. H. F. du Pont’s father, Henry Algernon du Pont, began the Pinetum in 1914. A notable collection of flowering quince forms a floral corridor beneath the evergreens.

Adult

Lectures

For more information on lectures or for a reservation, please call 800.448.3883 or make a reservation online.

Lecture and Film Screening: The Philadelphia Story

Lecture: “Design and Style: A Constant Thread”

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