The spring speaker for the Kennett Township Historical Commission will be Colvin Randall, who will discuss the history of Longwood Gardens. The lecture will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, May 16, at the Kennett Township building, 801 Burrows Run Road, Chadds Ford.
Mr. Randall has written three books about Longwood and has worked there since 1977, serving as public relations manager, historian/information manager and since 2008 the first P. S. du Pont Fellow. He now oversees the fireworks displays, the pipe organ and the carillon.
His talk will cover "the complete story of Longwood Gardens over the past century
from the planting of the original arboretum by a Quaker family, to
Pierre du Pont’s creation of the gardens, conservatory and fountains,
to its transformation from a private estate to one of the world’s
greatest horticultural showplaces."
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