Re: Greater Philadelphia Gardens website

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Denise,

Nice website with great garden locations!

Do any of you know about such comprehensive garden list websites covering 
Northern Ohio, Northern Indiana and Western Pennsylvania?

I lead a garden group in the Midwest and am ALWAYS looking for great gardens 
(private, commercial, retail...whatever) to take the group.

I am especially looking at Northern Indiana for next year...!

THANKS!
Sandie Parrott
Freelance Garden, Travel and Features, Writer & Photographer
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: <DCowie4338@aol.com>
To: <gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2007 1:58 PM
Subject: Re: [GWL] Radio?

> Hi, Jeff... this is Denise Cowie in Philadelphia.
>
> Are you interested in topics less tangible than a book or a garden tool? 
> How
> about a web site that could be very helpful for anyone planning a vacation
> to the Lower 48 -- or even for anyone planning to attend the  Philadelphia
> Flower Show (March 2-9) who might want to check out a few public  gardens 
> during
> their visit?  (It's still winter then, of course, but we  have some great
> "chill-chaser" gardens, such as Longwood's many conservatories  --  
> including its
> brand-new indoor children's garden -- and Morris Arboretum's  exquisite
> Victorian Fernery.)
>
> As site coordinator, I'm interested in spreading the word about the
> vacation-planning potential of  _www.greaterphiladelphiagardens.org_
> (http://www.greaterphiladelphiagardens.org) ,  an umbrella site for more 
> than two dozen public
> gardens in the  southeast-Pennsylvania/northern Delaware/southern-New 
> Jersey
> region.
>
> Background: It was designed to appeal to both local gardeners (with  news,
> events, interviews etc) and to potential visitors from out of the region. 
> It
> helps travelers by giving a brief history of horticulture in this area, 
> from
> William Penn and the Quaker tradition, to the du Pont
> estates-turned-public-gardens, up to new pleasure gardens like 
> Chanticleer. It offers a concise
> description and photos of these gardens (with  links to their individual 
> web sites
> for nitty-gritty information such as  directions, times, fees etc.), plus 
> a map
> showing the gardens' geographic  relationship to each other, and some
> suggested itineraries.  (You probably  know that Nemours, one of the du 
> Pont estates
> in Delaware, is planning to reopen  in Spring 2008 after being closed for
> major refurbishment.)
>
> Just a thought. Are you planning to speak at the flower show this  year?
>
> Denise
>
>
> Denise  Cowie, Coordinator
> Greater Philadelphia Gardens
> _www.greaterphiladelphiagardens.org_
> (http://www.greaterphiladelphiagardens.org/)
>
>
>
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