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February 8, 2012

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  • Autumn’s Colors at Longwood Gardens

    Celebrate with pumpkins, chrysanthemums, music and more

    Longwood Gardens' treehouse in the fall.

    Longwood Gardens celebrates the harvest season with Autumn’s Colors, a festive showcase of fall colors, giant pumpkins, unusual gourds and live concerts.

  • Awbury Arboretum

    A wee bit of England transplanted to Germantown

    Awbury Arboretum

    A wee bit of England transplanted to Germantown

  • Bartram’s Garden

    America’s birthplace of gardening

    Exploring Bartram's Garden

    With its riverfront location and beautiful view of the Philadelphia skyline, Bartram’s Garden also appeals to more active visitors.

  • Binky Lee Preserve

    A former farm, now being reclaimed as natural lands

    Binky Lee Preserve

    A former farm, now being reclaimed as natural lands

  • Boathouse Row

    19th-century boat houses line the Schuylkill River just west of the Philadelphia Museum of Art

    Boathouse Row

    Much of the park’s rowing activity centers around Boathouse Row which is near the Philadelphia Museum of Art and sandwiched between Kelly Drive and the Schuylkill River. Along Boathouse Row, you’ll find twelve structures.

  • Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve

    A natural habitat for Pennsylvania’s native plants

    Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve

    Bring your binoculars with you to Bowman’s, a hilltop preserve where more than 1,000 species of native perennial woodland wildflowers, trees, shrubs and ferns draw an array of birds.

  • Brandywine Conservancy’s Wildflower and Native Plant Garden

    A garden that inspired the paintings of three generations of Wyeths

    The gardens surround the Brandywine River Museum

    A garden that inspired the paintings of three generations of Wyeths

  • Brandywine Valley Wine Trail

    Explore the wineries of the Brandywine Valley

    Chaddsford Winery

    Take a tour of incredible wineries located in the beautiful, historic Brandywine Valley.

  • Buckingham Valley Vineyards

    A friendly, laid-back winery, with more than a dozen varieties

    A friendly, laid-back winery, with more than a dozen varieties

  • Bucks County Audubon Society

    The nation’s only agriculturally based National Historic Landmark

    The nation’s only agriculturally based National Historic Landmark

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