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May 31, 2015 • Bucks County
Welcome to the PHS Garden Visits
You may visit the gardens in any order you choose.
Directions are provided for visiting the gardens
beginning at Garden #1. Watch for PHS EVENT signs at
garden entrances. PLEASE NOTE: if you are using a GPS to
locate the gardens, please follow any parking instructions in
the written directions. This is a rain-or-shine event.
Tours can involve quite a lot of walking on woodland
trails, uneven terrain, steep inclines, cobblestones, grass,
and dirt paths. Each participant must be able to navigate
themselves. Please dress for the weather and wear
comfortable walking shoes.
PHS and garden owners are not responsible for accidents
or injuries on garden visits. All visitors must wear their
wristbands to be admitted to the gardens. The gardens
may not accommodate those with disabilities. Private
homes are not open to visitors. Dogs, other than seeingeye dogs, are not permitted.
Please respect the hours of the tour and the privacy of the
garden owners. If you do arrive early, we request that you
do not enter the gardens until noon. The gardens close
promptly at 5 pm.
Photographers: No tripods or video cameras, please.
Garden owners are pleased to have you photograph their
gardens, but please do not take photos of their homes.
1. Nancy Wells
146 East Ashland Street
Doylestown, PA 18901
This garden is a town garden, about seven years old and
divided into five areas with gravel instead of grass. The
front, with its Donald Wyman crabapple, is edged with
a wrought-iron fence; inside is boxwood, groundcover,
daylilies and miscellaneous bulbs. A Japanese maple sits in
the gravel and is pruned every spring. An autumn-blooming
clematis adorns the fence, when its white flowers cascade
over the sides. The driveway bed is a mix of shrubs, trees,
perennials and bulbs. A pyracanthia and an apple tree
are espaliered against the side. An area by the side door
has herbs that are used in the kitchen. Behind the house
is a greenhouse and four raised beds for vegetables and
flowers. Behind the greenhouse is the pool house, which
holds a potting shed. Along the side is a walk-back toward
the house with a long bed of peonies on one side and
a trellised rose on the other with some evergreens and
perennials.
The side garden has a woodsy feel and is a nice spot for
lunch or a cup of coffee. The back has mainly trees, some
grasses, two sheep and a lamb.
The back garden is three levels. A sculpture on the right in
the middle level is a kaleidoscope. The pool is in the lower
level, surrounded by assorted tree shrubs, perennials and
bulbs with benches and chairs to sit in.
From Philadelphia via I-76 W
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Merge onto I-76 W/Schuylkill Expressway W.
Merge onto I-476 N/Veterans Memorial
Hwy N/Mid-County Expressway N via
EXIT 331B toward Plymouth Meeting
(Portions toll).4.3 mi
Merge onto I-276 E/Pennsylvania Turnpike
East toward New Jersey (Portions toll). 9.1 mi
Take the PA-611 N exit, EXIT 343, toward
Doylestown/Horsham/NAS Joint Reserve
Base Willow Grove.
0.9 mi
Merge onto Easton Road 9.6 mi
Easton Rd becomes S Main Street 0.4 mi
Turn right onto E Ashland Street
E Ashland St is just past Bridge Street 0.2 mi
146 E. Ashland Street is on the right.
Parking is available on the street near the house.
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3. Charlene and Bob Hills
When viewing the mid-century modern house from Spruce
Street, the front garden’s winter aspect is dominated by a
mature Nelly Stevens holly and several Serbian spruces. In
spring, a succession of dogwoods bloom as cornus florida,
Rutgan hybrids and, lastly, kousa reach their peaks. Across
the driveway is the owners’ collection of daylilies. By
including early, mid-season and late varieties as well as rebloomers, they provide five months’ color to the otherwise
foliage-oriented plantings. Recently, the owners have
added several varieties of camelia which, when mature, will
add early winter and early spring color interest.
The rear yard, enclosed by conifers and an owner-designed
bamboo fence, is centered on a 15- by 50-foot stoneedged koi pond with a bridge and waterfall.
Garden features include tree peonies, deciduous and
evergreen azalea, young rhododendron, hardy orchids,
arum, Solomon seal, and hellebore, as well as a variety
of maple genera from Japan, Manchuria and the
Appalachians. Ground covers are primarily ferns, mazus and
John Creech sedum.
On one side of the house is a walled “secret garden” which
is planted with camellia, clematis and tropicals.
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Start out going southwest on E State St/
US-202 Bus N toward S Pine Street Take the 1st right onto N Pine Street Turn right onto E Court Street Take the 3rd right onto Spruce Street 0.05 mi
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100 Spruce Street is on the right.
Parking is available on the street near the house.
This garden has several interesting existing specimens that
date back to earlier days when it was owned by several
generations of a Quaker family. There was a grove of
ancient quince, one of which remains, from which pectin
was obtained, important in making preserves, an Austrian
pine, now the second largest in Bucks County, and a huge
Himalayan pine, now deceased.
The present owner has collected rare and unusual plants
over the course of his career. Grafted conifers have been a
principle interest and there is a separate garden devoted to
them, but one will find interesting plants of all descriptions
scattered throughout the cultivated areas. A nursery
devoted to the production of specimen conifers takes up
the remainder of the 28-acre property.
There is a vegetable garden, perennial borders, peony
beds, hydrangea collections, wildflower areas and a good
selection of Japanese maples along with other unusual
trees and shrubs collected over a lifetime. But it is the
conifer garden that is unique, and possibly something many
have not seen before.
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In 1824, a fieldstone house was built for Dr. James S. Rich
in the heart of historic Doylestown. Though 191 years have
passed, much remains the same. This town garden located
at the rear of the property is laid out in a circular pattern
and includes a bronze, life-size bull, surrounded by grasses
as if feeding on the plains. Paths are crushed stone and
slate, and the beds are bordered with boxwood and old
Philadelphia “pavers” to give the garden structure and
maintain the design. American hornbeams stand guard
around the property, providing shade to espaliered pears,
apples, and magnolias. Containers are placed throughout,
offering change and continuous color to a wonderfully
private enclave.
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5. Alexandra Storm and John Bisignano
Indian Springs Farm
5500 Mechanicsville Road
Mechanicsville, PA 18934
Indian Spring Farm’s ownership can be traced back to 1681.
The original section of the house (entry with overhang roof)
was built in 1706. The property now consists of 19 acres.
The original stone barn is a “ground” barn with an English
basis in construction and was built in the late 1600s. This
historic home is surrounded with lush flowerbeds, including
a variety of perennials such as ferns, roses, daylilies
and hakone grass. Shrubs and trees include Japanese
maple, styrax Japanese snowbell, dogwood, azaleas,
rhododendrons and pieris.
Start out going northwest on Holicong
Road toward York Rd/US-202 N/
US-202 S/PA-263. Turn right onto Mechanicsville Road Your destination is just past Ash Mill Road
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5500 Mechanicsville Road is on the left.
There is no street parking; there is a 5-acre parcel of land
where cars may park on the grass - it is not paved.
6. Andrea and Rick Kaminoff
3555 Old Windy Bush Road
New Hope, PA 18938
Situated in the beautiful Solebury countryside, close to
New Hope, is the Kaminoffs’ inspiring Old Windybush
Garden, which is full of surprises and lovingly built over 20
years. Visitors are welcomed by the gentle light streaming
through a towering Norway spruce canopy above hosta
and rhododendron. Anchored by the Country French
farmhouse residence and a Colonial-era cottage, the
entrance garden leads to the terrace featuring stepping
stones planted with radiant aliums, elephant ears and
variegated perennials. Specimen trees and inventive
container plantings dot the landscape.
Geometric shapes with succulents and tropicals lend
a luscious vibe to the pool garden. And don’t miss
Grandma’s studio for the original art as well as the
accompanying forest-edge plantings. The grounds reflect
the owners whimsical creativity, fusing a deep sense of
place with Bucks County’s artistic heritage.
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2232 Holicong Road
New Hope, PA 18938
Start out going southeast on Spruce
Street toward Maple Avenue Take the 1st left onto Maple Avenue Take the 2nd right onto East Street 0.4 mi
Turn left onto E State St/US-202 Bus S.
Continue to follow E State Street E State Street becomes Route 202/
US-202 N. Turn left onto York Rd/US-202 N/PA-263. Turn right onto Holicong Road •
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The lower 5 acres adjacent to the Indian Spring Pond
are designed to leave the visitor in awe. Following the
eradication of acres of invasive Russian olive, native species
such as andropogon, aster, monarda, solidago, viburnum,
cedar and redbud are becoming established despite a
difficult start.
Recent additions to the property are Zelkova (elms) along
the driveway and Norway spruce in the background.
100 Spruce Street
Doylestown, PA 18901
2232 Holicong Road is on the right.
Parking is available on the street near the house.
100 E State Street
Doylestown, PA 18901-4313
Start out going northeast on E Ashland
Street toward S Church Street Take the 1st left onto S Church Street Turn left onto E State St/US-202 Bus N. 100 E. State Street is on the left.
Parking is available on the street near the house.
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2. Dr. James Rich House
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Start out going northeast on
Mechanicsville Rd toward Indian Walk. 0.6 mi
Take the 2nd right onto Street Road 0.4 mi
Turn left onto Lower York Rd/US-202 N. 1.8 mi
Lower York Rd is 0.1 miles past Peddlers
Village
Turn slight right onto Aquetong Road
Aquetong Rd is 0.6 miles past Upper
Mountain Rd 2.4 mi
Turn right to stay on Aquetong Road 0.2 mi
Take the 2nd right onto Old Windy Bush Road
3555 Old Windy Bush Road is on the right.
Parking is available on the street near the house.
7. Robert Goodwin and Joseph Demchur
162 Brownsburg Road East
New Hope, PA 18938
When the owners bought this classic but small (it was
described as a mansion house in an 1807 edition of
the Pennsylvania Correspondent) Bucks County stone
farmhouse, there was little there in terms of a garden.
There were black walnut trees and their inherent juglone,
which taints the soil under and around them, making it
difficult for many other plants to grow and survive. Many
of the walnut trees have been felled and over the past
ten years, with some planning and many serendipitous
experiments, a garden has evolved.
Today, there are hedges of European beech, Dragon
Lady holly and English boxwood that partition the garden
and define borders of deciduous azaleas, perennials,
hydrangeas and a growing number of peonies.
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Start out going north on Old Windy Bush
Rd toward Aquetong Road 0.2 mi
Take the 1st right onto Aquetong Road 1.4 mi
Turn right onto River Rd/PA-32. 1.5 mi
Turn right onto Brownsburg Road 1.1 mi
Brownsburg Road is 0.1 miles past Pebbletown Drive
162 Brownsburg Road E is on the left.
Parking is available on the street near the house.
Back to Philadelphia
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Start out going southwest on Brownsburg Road toward
Stoneybrook Road 0.5 mi
Brownsburg Rd becomes Stoneybrook Road 0.2 mi
Stoneybrook Road becomes Eagle Road 0.2 mi
Turn right onto Pineville Road 2.8 mi
Pineville Road becomes Pine Lane 0.8 mi
Turn right onto Durham Rd/PA-413. 3.9 mi
Turn left onto York Rd/PA-263/Officer Bradley M. Fox
Memorial Hwy.
Continue to follow York Rd/PA-263.
PA-263 S becomes US-202-S
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