Celebrate the early-spring garden and bulb display on the beautiful March Bank with a day of events. The event gets its name from the du Pont family custom of walking the path from the March Bank to Magnolia Bend at this time of year looking for the first flowers in the garden.
Your admission includes access to the plant sale and the guided Director’s Garden Walk:
10:00 am–3:00 pm: Plant Sale of cyclamen, perennials, and unusual snowdrops. Members’ preview sale, 9:00–10:00 am
2:15 pm: Director’s Garden Walk: Snowdrops and Other Minor Bulbs
For an additional fee of $20, you can also attend two lectures:
11:00 am–12:00 pm: “On the Wildside: Taking Naturalistic Planting to a New Level,” lecture presented by Keith Wiley, one of Britain’s most innovative designers who has taken naturalistic planting to a new level in his development of the Wildside Garden.
1:00–2:00 pm: “Plant Hunters,” lecture presented by Ambra Edwards. An award-winning writer and garden historian, Edwards will take you through time and across the world to discover the unexpected origins of some favorite garden plants.
Self-guided tours, plant sale, and guided garden walk included with admission. Members free. Lectures may be added for $20. Registration recommended.