Springtime in America's Garden Capital

Itinerary

7:30 AM Depart Sams, Mechanicsburg
8:00 AM Depart Boscov’s Colonial Park
10:00 AM Arrive at Winterthur Museum & Garden—Stroll through the major entertaining spaces on a self-guided tour of the fourth and fifth floors of the house. Admission also includes access to the garden and walking trails, Enchanted woods, Exhibitions, and the Narrated Garden Tram Tour.
Box lunch provided to enjoy at your leisure—
Roasted Turkey, Applewood Smoked Bacon, Sliced Tomato, Green Leaf Lettuce, Garlic Aioli on Brioche - OR Honey Baked Ham, Tomato, Green Leaf Lettuce, Honey Dijon, Swiss Cheese on Brioche - OR - Grilled Portobello Mushroom, Roasted Bell Pepper, Boursin Cheese, Arugula, Balsamic Vinaigrette, on Tortilla Wrap

12:00 PM Depart for WynEden

12:15 PM Arrive at WynEden Gardens - WynEden is Wayne Guymon’s home garden, a 9.5 acre site containing over 4,000 different plants and cultivars, 15,000 hostas, 7,000 Rhododendrons & Azaleas, 3 ponds, 3 streams and 5 acres of edited woodland. In early spring, as hellebores and winter flowering shrubs start their decline, tens of thousands of bulbs burst into bloom along with thousands of bloodroots.  Other spring ephemerals include hepaticas, terrestrial orchids, the Jeffersonians dubia and diphylla, many primroses, phlox, and heucheras, all blooming beneath some 40 odd dogwoods scattered throughout the property.  Tucked away between two ranges of low hills and surrounded by mature, native woodlands, the site itself is spectacular at any time of the year.  The Philadelphia Inquirer called it a "bucolic idyll."  

2:15 PM Depart for Longwood - Spring is an extremely popular time to visit Longwood Gardens. The season of fresh beginnings from the progression of early spring bulbs are ushering in the season, to vibrant blooms of tulips, to the welcoming fragrance of flowering trees beckoning you to explore more.

6:00 PM Depart for home

7:45 PM Approximate return to Harrisburg
8:15 PM Approximate return to Mechanicsburg

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