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Growing at Rockwood: The Grand Garden Tour
Sat - 10-11 am - 5/10
90-minute garden tour, $20, $15 NCC, $2 Art-Reach Member, FREE for RPPS Member
Join Rockwood staff for a tour of the estate's 170-year old gardens. Highlights include Rockwood's original 1850s pleasure garden, the modern apothecary garden, one of America's oldest attached conservatories, and much more. Rockwood was built as a specimen garden at the same time as the Gothic revival mansion - this tour will also discuss the unique origins of the plants collected there throughout its history and their popularization from global colonization efforts by Western powers. Ages 14+. Use "Art-Reach2025" and "RPPS2025" coupon codes at check out to unlock membership discount - must provide proof of memberships at beginning of tour. Tour involves some stairs.
Date: 5/10/24
Fee: $20, $15 NCC, $2 Art-Reach Members, FREE for RPPS Members
Location
Rockwood Park at Rockwood Park
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