Wednesday July 16th, 2008
Fordhook Open House
We held the July 12 Open House at Heronswood’s new gardens in Doylestown, PA, welcoming over 430 people from across the northeast and mid-Atlantic states. We conducted seven garden tours, sold over a thousand rare plants and gave away a young hydrangea to the first 250 guests. It was a great day, though very hot. Our next one, out in Kingston, Washington, will be on July 26th.
Here are some highlights:
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| Ready to go: greeting tables with The Garden Conservancy and Heronswood Nursery literature, and buckets of free spring water bottles; research greenhouse in background. |
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| One of the hourly tours begins under the big sycamore tree. The first floor of the historic Burpee house was also open. |
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| Southeast edge of the Carolina Shade Garden, named for my mother. |
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| Great lawn with the entry to the Springhouse Garden. |
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| Vice President of Finance, Hans Miller and his son, Jonathan, in the plant sales area. |
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| Container display in the old horse paddock. |
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| Heronswood owner George Ball talks with a morning guest. |
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| We gave away hydrangea plants to the first 250 visitors. Most couples took only one, so we were distributing them most of the day. |
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