Painting in the Garden of Eden

A Walk in Eden

There is a spectacular garden in Pennsylvania which should be on everyone’s life-list to visit, and if possible, to paint. This garden is so vast, varied and delightful that it cannot be appreciated all at once. Visitors to Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, are always awe-struck by the magnificent trees, plants, textures, compositions, colors and design of these historic and world-renowned gardens built by Pierre DuPont. We have been visiting Longwood for over twenty years and still find surprises every time. As we have matured, so have the gardens and our appreciation for them has grown even deeper. Big gardens like this are developed to be for pleasure and education, and they are often designed, as Longwood was, along the European ideas of an earthly paradise. Spend some time in Longwood, and you will agree with us that they have more than succeeded.