Week of August 31, 2012
![Abies concolor](images/bloom2012/8_31.jpg)
The Chanticleer Overlook with views to Abies concolor, The White Fir.
Photo by Lisa Roper
![Acalypha wilkesiana 'Marginata Bronze'](images/bloom2012/8_31a.jpg)
The red foliage of Acalypha wilkesiana 'Marginata Bronze' relates to the pink flowers of Melinus nerviglumus 'Savannah', beneath the jagged leaves of Melianthus major on The Pool Terrace.
Photo by Lisa Roper
![Hanging Baskets](images/bloom2012/8_31b.jpg)
Willow baskets with orange flowered Tropaeolum majus 'Golden Moon' below, Manihot esculenta 'Variegata' on the right, and golden variegated Coprosma 'Taupata Gold' on the left, hang along The Chanticleer House Terrace.
Photo by Lisa Roper
![The Chanticleer House](images/bloom2012/8_31c.jpg)
A rich tapestry of foliage color and texture enhance the gardens around The Chanticleer House.
Photo by Lisa Roper
![Tennis Court Garden](images/bloom2012/8_31d.jpg)
The Tennis Court Garden as seen from above, with red Lagerstroemia indica [Dynamite] still blooming and the tawny seedheads of Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Karl Foerster' weaving throughout.
Photo by Lisa Roper
![Cut Flower Garden](images/bloom2012/8_31e.jpg)
Zinnias, Sunflowers, Anemone x hybrida 'Richard Ahrens', and Eustoma grandiflorum, commonly called Lisianthus, bloom in The Cut Flower Garden.
Photo by Lisa Roper
![Okra flower](images/bloom2012/8_31f.jpg)
An Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) flower blooms in The Vegetable Garden.
Photo by Lisa Roper
![Gravel Garden](images/bloom2012/8_31g.jpg)
A Verbascum stands sentry duty in the Gravel Garden.
Photo by Lisa Roper
![Oenothera freemontii](images/bloom2012/8_31h.jpg)
Trough with yellow Oenothera fremontii, and the red edged Kalanchoe thrysifolia in The Gravel Garden.
Photo by Lisa Roper
![Gaillardia aristata 'Oranges and lemons'](images/bloom2012/8_31i.jpg)
Gaillardia aristata 'Oranges and Lemons' blooms under a shower of Panicum capillare on The Rock Ledge.
Photo by Lisa Roper
![Scilla scilloides](images/bloom2012/8_31j.jpg)
Scilla scilloides, a late blooming Asian bulb blooms near Verbascum foliage on The Rock Ledge.
Photo by Lisa Roper
![The Minder Woods](images/bloom2012/8_31k.jpg)
Aster divaricatus on the left and Begonia grandis var. evansiana 'Alba' on the right, line a path in The Minder Woods.
Photo by Lisa Roper
What's in Bloom - 2011 Season
Take a look at last seasons Highlights to help plan your visit this season...Opening Times
Wednesday - Sunday
10am - 5pm
Make parking reservations here.
Parking reservations are required until
3pm Saturdays & Sundays,
and until 6:30pm Friday evenings.
Parking reservations are not required on Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Friday Late Closings
Open until 8pm May 3 through
August 30.
Picnicking is permitted only in the picnic areas except on Friday evenings from 4-8pm, guests may picnic anywhere in the garden.
We ask guests to carry out what they bring in.
Early Saturdays in 2024
We open at 8:00am on August 3,
September 7, October 5, and November 2 for early entrance in 2024.
2024 Season Pass
Purchase a 2024 Season Pass, good through November 3, 2024.
House and Garden Tours
Held every Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 11am.
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Garden Highlights Tour
Held every Wednesday and Saturday at 2pm.
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News & Events
Once Upon a Garden:
Storytime at Chanticleer
Story Time will be held at 9:30am,
on July 20, August 10 . Registration is required.
Woody Plant Conference
Friday, July 19, 2024 at the
Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College.
Register here.
Perennial Plant Conference
Friday, October 18, 2024 at the
Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College.
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Chanticleer hosts many workshops at the garden. View the list here.
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