Chanticleer Gardens « Nature Woman

The other day I received the May 2008 Horticulture magazine and saw on pages 47-51 that Chanticleer Garden in Wayne, PA won The Award for Garden Excellence in 2007. I visited there in April 2005, before I was really into taking photos of everything, even though the people I was with wouldn’t believe that because I still have tons of photos from the place. But I don’t have any photos of the very cool old house or the signs. So here’s a bit of what I do have.

Ah, green grass.

Minder Ruin, where Minder House once stood - a second home on the property.

Terraces leading up to Minder Ruin.

These huge acorns are located within the ruin.

There’s nothing like spring trees and flowers in blossom. . .

I love this cool stone shed.

And the water garden.

We went into the woods (you know me, I have to go into the woods) and saw Jack in the Pulpit

Among other flowers:

And trees growing side by side:

And hellebores, one of my favorite springtime plants:

And flowering shrubs:

If you ever make it to the eastern end of PA, I recommend visiting Chanticleer Garden!

Lynne at Hasty Brook Says:
March 10, 2008 at 9:12 am

Oh-so-pretty.

Liza Lee Miller Says:
March 10, 2008 at 9:31 am

Lovely. The ruins are spectacular. All those delish flowers!

Linda in Erie Says:
March 10, 2008 at 11:28 am

I just looked it up to see where it was as it looks like a really neat place to visit. I wish it was closer. We do plan on going back to the Smithsonian one of these years and Wayne, PA isn’t that far from there. Great pictures!! We love old buildings, ruins and history so I know we would love this place.