Gardens to Visit

D.C. AREA

Brookside Gardens in Wheaton, Maryland

Green Springs Gardens in Arlington

McCrillis Garden in Bethesda

National Cathedral Herb Garden 

National Arboretum 

Hillwood Museum and Garden  

Dumbarton Oaks  in Georgetown

Tudor Place - in Georgetown

U.S. Botanic Garden 

Franciscan Monestary

DAY TRIPS and BEYOND

Longwood Gardens, near Wilmington, Delaware, is the premier public garden in the East.

Winterthur is the 1,000-acre Delaware estate of the DuPont family.

Ladew Gardens north of Baltimore

Lewis Ginter Garden in Richmond

Maymont Garden in Richmond

Chanticleer Garden, about 12 miles west of Philadelphia, is described as a Pleasure Garden and it delivers.  With its huge endowment, it can afford to be stunning and innovative.