Longwood Gardens launches fourth annual Community Read
This year’s title for the fourth annual community read is The Way Things Work Now, by David Macaulay, which explains complex processes in a humorous and accessible style.
KENNETT SQUARE – Longwood Gardens and a host of community partners launched its fourth annual “Community Read,” which is designed to encourage the region to join together in reading the same book to spur discussion...
What To Do: Celebrating the orchid at Longwood
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
Orchids at Longwood Gardens
The largest family of flowering plants is the orchid — a flower that is acclaimed as one of the most beautiful, delicate and graceful flowers in the world. The Royal Botanical Gardens of Kew list over 20,000 accepted species with about 800 new species added each year. Additionally, horticulturists have more than 100,000 hybrids...
What To Do: Holiday season kicks off with fun events
Holiday Light Parade in Kennett Square among busy weekend of activities
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
Holiday Light Parade in Kennett Square.
Now that Thanksgiving 2016 is history, the floodgates have burst open and unleashed a torrent of annual traditional holiday events and activities.
The holiday season will officially arrive in Kennett Square on November 27 when Downtown Kennett Square...
What To Do: One last weekend for before full-on Yuletide
A batch of events this weekend to keep your mind off the holidays
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
The National Dog Show
Thanksgiving is just around the corner and that means a huge amount of Christmas-related events will be filling the event calendar over the next few weeks.
Fortunately for those not quite ready to jump into the holiday season with both feet, there are several special events...
What To Do: ‘Mum’ is the word at Longwood
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
This is the time of year when nature’s colors go through a shift. The bright colors of summer’s flowers are beginning to disappear and are being replaced by the autumnal colors of changing leaves. The only plants that really hang on and continue to have flowers are hardy pansies, which can bloom all winter long, and chrysanthemums, which are primarily...
What To Do: Old Fiddlers’ Picnic, 88 years and going strong
Also: Music at Longwood, Star Party at Marsh Creek
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
A music event with nearly a century of tradition in Chester County highlights what looks to be a fun-filled, but warm and steamy weekend in the Delaware Valley.
The Chester County Old Fiddlers’ Picnic (Hibernia County Park, off Route 340, Wagontown, 610-383-2812, http://dsf.chesco.org/ccparks) is scheduled...
What To Do: 88th Kimberton Fair keeps on rolling
Also: The Democrats come to Philly, PoliticalFest events planned
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
The Kimberton Fair is one of the state’s oldest free admission fairs.
This is the time of the year for outdoor festivals. Every summer, this area is a hotbed for festivals — blueberry festivals, peach festivals, county fairs, firemen’s festivals, state fairs and plain old country...
Longwood Gardens lights up the summer night
Summer Spectacular is on view now through September 5. Photo by Hank Davis.
EAST MARLBOROUGH — Summer at Longwood Gardens is extraordinary by day and night. From the Waterlily Display featuring more than 100 types of colorful day- and night-blooming waterlilies, to the expansive Meadow Garden, to the shady groves of Peirce’s Woods, to performances under the stars, there is something for everyone...
What To Do: Chester County Balloon Festival
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
Balloons will once again fill the skies of Chester County, during the annual Balloon Festival this weekend.
If seeing hot air balloons — all shapes and sizes of hot air balloons — filling the skies over your head sounds like something you’d enjoy, then you should plan on attending this weekend’s 10th Annual Chester County Balloon Festival (New...
What To Do: Weaving around the world
Also: Gilbert & Sullivan come to Longwood Gardens
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
The Camphill World Wide Weave Exhibition comes to Historic Yellow Springs this weekend.
For the next few weeks, Historic Yellow Springs (Art School Road, Chester Springs, 610-827-7414, www.yellowsprings.org) is hosting a special event — a very special event — called Camphill World Wide Weave...
