April 25–27, 2025
Join us for a weekend of curated garden and museum tours, farm-to-table food, and sky-high views.
Depart the Garden on a charter bus, as a group
Arrival to the Four Seasons Philadelphia
This evening, after arriving, we will have a Welcome Cocktail Reception at the Jean-Georges restaurant, located on the 59th floor, with panoramic city views. With our host, NYBG CEO & The William C. Steere Sr. President Jennifer Bernstein, let’s toast to the start of a wonderful garden weekend.
Visit to Winterthur Museum and Garden & Lunch in the Peony Garden
We will travel to the historic neighborhood of Winterthur for curated garden tours from experts and for a lunch, immersed in preserved nature. Winterthur Museum and Gardens is home to 1,000 acres of protected meadows, woodlands, and waterways. Designed by Henry Francis du Pont, the 60-acre garden is full of magnificent collections and naturalistic gardens. We will enjoy lunch outside in the Peony Garden.
Visit to a Private Garden, Patterns
After lunch at Winterthur, we will travel just down the road to visit the garden and estate Patterns. Patterns is now the home of Elise DuPont, but it holds a rich history of collaboration between several designers, originally designed by AIA’s 1960 Architect of the Year, I.W. Colburn. We will enjoy a private curated tour from head gardener Chris Scott.
Visit to Longwood Gardens
In the late afternoon, we will make one last garden visit to Longwood Gardens. At the end of November 2024, Longwood launched a new garden experience, Longwood Reimagined, the largest component of the project being the new 32,000-square-foot West Conservatory. Longwood Reimagined also includes a reconstruction of their cascade garden, a new bonsai courtyard, an enhanced water lily court, and an expansion of their beloved orchid house. Longwood Gardens President and CEO, Paul B. Redman, will personally give us our tour of the grounds.
Welcome Dinner & Cocktail Reception
After our garden-packed day, the group will come back together on Saturday evening for a private dining experience at the Four Seasons.
Visit to Chanticleer Garden
We will depart Philadelphia and head to the Main Line, to visit Chanticleer Garden. We will enjoy coffee and refreshments by the Tea Cup Garden before immersing ourselves in all Chanticleer has to offer, with a private curated tour of the grounds. Chanticleer is filled with unique, impressive, and beautiful spaces like the gravel garden, pond garden, tennis court garden, the ruin garden, and more. The garden is a study of texture and forms, where even the drinking fountains are sculptural.
Lunch at Terrain Café
After Chanticleer, we will travel just down the road for lunch at Terrain Café—a farm-to-table café where horticulture and gardening meets home and dining. We will enjoy a private lunch in their venue space, followed by the opportunity to shop their upscale nursery, gardening and home store, and Anthropologie.
Depart Terrain Café to return to the Garden
The New York Botanical Garden has arranged a room block at the Four Seasons Philadelphia:
The Four Seasons Hotel Room Block
New York Botanical Garden Room Reservation
Contact the hotel directly at (215) 419-5000 and quote the group affiliation of New York Botanical Garden.
Four Seasons Philadelphia Website
Other Hotel Recommendations:
Please reach out to Fallon Sullivan at fsullivan@nybg.org or 718.817.8774 with any questions or to learn more information.
For cancellations made on or before March 31, 2025, travelers will be refunded the cost of their trip minus the non-refundable deposit of $500. For any cancellations made on or after April 1, 2025, no refunds will be granted.
The program as described above is subject to change.
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