In the first decades of the 20th century, a group of Philadelphia women founded four vital organizations and as a result changed lives and landscapes throughout North America:

• The Garden Club of Philadelphia, the first garden club, in 1904
• The Pennsylvania School of Horticulture for Women in 1910
• The Garden Club of America in 1913
• The Woman's National Farm & Garden Association in 1914

The Progressive Women in Horticulture tour focuses both on the visionary women who gave birth to the garden club tradition and laid the groundwork for horticulture as a profession for women and on the women who followed in their footsteps and created some of America's finest gardens.

Who these incredible women were and what made their accomplishments possible are the topics of the tour.

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE ONE-DAY TOUR

Wyck
Colonial home of Jane Bowne Haines II, founder of the Pennsylvania School of Horticulture for Women

Stenton
Home of James Logan, Secretary to William Penn, and site of the first meeting of the Garden Club of America and a Colonial revival garden

Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania
The elegant, Victorian landscape of Lydia and John Morris

THE THREE- TO FIVE-DAY TOURS INCLUDE THE ONE-DAY TOUR SITES PLUS:

Landscape Arboretum of Temple University Ambler
Site of the Pennsylvania School of Horticulture for Women where women trained to lead the World War I Women's Land Army

The Highlands
18 th century estate transformed by Caroline Sinkler in the 1920s into nationally acclaimed gardens

Hope Lodge
Site of a Colonial Revival Garden

Mt. Cuba Center
Showcases the designs of Marion Coffin, an outstanding 20th century landscape architect, and the foresight of Mrs. Lammot du Pont Copeland who turned this stunning private garden into a public garden

Gibraltar
A recently restored garden designed by Marion Coffin

The Arboretum of the Barnes Foundation
Established by Laura Barnes as a major component of the institution better known for its world class art collection

Winterthur Museum & Country Estate
Features two fabulous Marion Coffin designed gardens as part of its spectular landscape.

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