5105 Kennett Pike Winterthur, DE. 19735 (800) 448-3883
1000 acres
Acres of rolling hills located north of Wilmington; a former estate of Henry Francis Dupont
Museum personnel conduct guided walks, Tram tours through the grounds.
Featured gardens: Azalea woods, Magnolias, March bulbs, Peony, Pinetum, Sundial garden, Quarry Garden, and Children's Enchanted Woods.
Visitor Centers. Library. Restaurant. Gift store. Educational Programs. Antiques and Garden Programs. Memberships. Handicapped Accessible. Year-Round except Mondays.
3120 Barley Mill Road Hockessin, DE 19707 (302) 239-5366
630 acres
Woodlands and meadows in the rolling hills.
A former estate of Mrs. Lammot duPont Copeland, with naturalistic gardens such as the Woods Path, Meadow, Dogwood Path, Ponds and Wildflowers.
Other more formal gardens include the Trial Garden, Lilac Allee, Round garden and Terrace garden
Tours are given in the spring by staff: reservations required. Uneven woods paths. No food or drink allowed onsite.
Educational Programs. Year-Round.
200 Hagley Road Wilmington DE 19807 (302) 658-2400
235 acres
Woodlands, gardens and mansion sited along the Brandywine River. Wildflowers, azaleas, dogwoods, and daffodils.
Restored mills and gardens of the ancestral home of the Dupont family, site of gunpowder works of E I duPont
Mansion tours. Store. Research Library. Memberships. March 14 to December 1- Open Daily. Winter Hours- Select Weekdays, Weekends
Route 141 and Alapocas Road, Wilmington, Delaware 19803 (800)651-6912
300 acres
Nemours Mansion & Gardens is the 300-acre country estate of the late industrialist and philanthropist Alfred I. duPont. The museum completed a $39,000,000 restoration and re-opened its gates on May 1st, 2008. The mansion is a fine example of a French chateau in the style of Louis XVIth.
A 47,000 sq. ft. mansion looms over formal gardens; furnished with fine antiques, famous works of art, beautiful tapestries, and other treasures. The grounds surrounding the mansion extend for one third of a mile along the main vista from the house, and are among the finest examples of French-style gardens in the United States.
Mansion and gardens are open for tours May- December. Small mansion tours of two hours followed by a bus tour through the gardens and surrounding grounds. Antique cars are on display.
Mansion Tours. Bus Tours. Antique Cars. May- December.
42 The Strand New Castle, DE 19720 (302) 322-8411
1.5 acres
Read House was the largest mansion in Delaware in 1801 (14,000 sq ft)
Its gardens encompass 1.5 acres with three sections; parterre flower garden, specimen garden with natives and exotics, and a fruit orchard and kitchen garden.
Mansion Tours. Educational Programs. Cooking Demonstrations.
Shipley Road, Wilmington, DE 19720 (302) 761-4340
72 acres
Rockwood Park is the former mansion and landscape owned by Joseph Shipley. The landscape and gardens were laid out to reflect an English pleasure garden, for strolling.
Today, trails, tours and maps allow the visitor access to the Gothic revival mansion, woodlands and gardens to relive the era of the genteel Victorian era.
Group Teas. Self-Guided Tours. Historic Garden and Trail Maps. School Tours. Cafe. Restrooms. Open Daily.
College of Agriculture, University of Delaware,Newark,DE 19717-1303 (302) 831-1384
This University of Delaware garden is both a public and research garden, with a Display Garden, Native Plants and Perennials. Under research are 3,000 species and cultivars of perennials, shrubs, and trees. The gardens include: Clark Garden, Dunham Entrance Garden, Ecology Woods (not currently open to the public), Fischer Greenhouse Laboratory/Garden Herbaceous Garden, Landscape Color Trial Garden, Native Garden, South Greenhouse Garden, Townsend Hall Collection, Worrilow Hall Garden Wetlands.
Free. Parking. Classes and Lectures. Art in the Garden. Plant Sales. Self-Guided Tours. Maps. Open Daily.