Fordhook Farm, Open for Special “Digging Deeper” Event as part of the Garden Conservancy's Bucks County Open Day June 27th

The Garden Conservancy’s Open Days Program presents four private gardens and a special “Digging Deeper” event at historic Fordhook Farm June 27th.

Digging Deeper: Pollinator-Savvy, presents Burpee gardening and horticulture expert, Venelin Dimitrov, who will personally guide participants through Fordhook’s expansive bee-friendly gardens and present the crucial role that honey bees, butterflies, birds and other pollinators play in producing 75% of the world's flowering plants.

Tickets for the event are $25 for members of the Garden Conservancy and $35 for non-members, which includes small group session and guided tour.

Fordhook Farm is one of four regional, private gardens open on Saturday. There will be four gorgeous gardens open for touring:

Fordhook Farm (105 New Britain Road, Doylestown): Visitors can explore the research headquarters, trial gardens and home of W. Atlas Burpee & Co., the birthplace of many culinary favorites including Golden Bantam, the first yellow sweet corn; the Big Boy tomato; Iceberg lettuce, and Fordhook lima bean. Once home to the Burpee family, the eighteenth-century farm has been designated a National Historic Site. A large collection of rare Asian and North American pines, cypress and false cypress also adorn the property.

Paxon Hill Farm (3265 Comfort Road. New Hope): A rare chance to view the expansive private estates, featuring multiple gardens set among ten acres. Reflecting ponds, a woodlands walk, orchard, bocce court, granite-edged parterre garden, weeping Tupelo tunnel, fountains, and an intimate courting garden are among the settings incorporated throughout the property. Swans, geese, peacocks and guinea fowl roam the gardens.

Bucks County Woodland Retreat ( 4860 Anderson Road, Doylestown): Highlights include two vintage limestone quarries, undulating hills, and an eighteenth-century converted barn residence. The site was transformed into a woodland garden with a hidden quarry, native plants, natural paths and garden sculptures, along with butterfly and pollinator gardens. The property was developed by Barbara Geller, owner and landscape designer, and Robert Mitchell, a local artisan and builder.

The Garden at Federal Twist (208 Federal Twist Road, Stockton NJ): Offers a naturalistic, informal, hidden garden atmosphere, showcasing many large-scale perennials and grasses. The garden began as an experiment to explore the potential for working in unimproved, heavy clay. Ecologically, the space mimics a wet prairie. Flowers and butterflies abound. Two small ponds attract hundreds of frogs, insects and wildlife. A plant sale from specialty growers Broken Arrow Nursery will take place at this location; and staff from Organic Plant Care of Frenchtown, NJ, will be on hand to educate on plants and trees, and soil.

Open Days take place rain or shine, and no reservation is required for self-guided tours. Admission $7 per garden; children 12 & under free.

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