I am so excited to be here in the Brandywine Valley where mom grew up. We are in a beautiful campground just north of Kennett Square, PA. It is on the Brandywine River, horse country and lots of green grass and hills.
I was so excited that I just ran and ran - mom said I run like a rabbit.
The first day we went to Longwood Gardens. Mom remembered them when she visited as a child and Dad was totally blown away. He said he thought that Huntington Gardens was great - but Longwood was the best gardens he had ever seen.
Longwood was built by Pierre S. DuPont in the early 1900's. The tulips were in bloom and it was spectacular. Here are just a few of our photos of the grounds.
Once we finished the grounds we entered the huge Conservatory, room after room of gardens and flowers, with the temperature changing from room to room depending on the garden.
After touring the gardens we went to mom's old high school hangout for lunch - the Charcoal Pit - even though everything else on the Concord Pike had changed, this place was still the same!
Adios,
Yuki
These gardens are AMAZING! It must have been surreal to go back to the old high school hangout too.
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