Special landscape tour offered at Grey Towers

MILFORD, PA — Visitors will be able to view flowering and fruiting native shrubs, a water-filled moat with floating lilies, an outdoor dining table made of water and a meeting room that used to be a child’s playhouse during a special landscape tour of Grey Towers National Historic Site on Saturday, July 19, at 1:30 p.m.

“Evolution of the Grey Towers Landscape: Summertime in Cornelia’s Gardens” will feature Grey Towers horticulturist Elizabeth Hawke and an inside look at how some of the landscape plants, trees and buildings were incorporated into the design of the 1886-French Chateau-esque mansion estate by the Pinchot family. Grey Towers, donated to the public in 1963, currently is administered by the United States Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service as a museum, education and conference center.

This program differs from regular public tours because the entire program will be focused on the exterior grounds of the estate. Group size is limited and pre-registration is suggested. Regular tour fees apply.

Participants should meet in the Visitor Pavilion in the Grey Towers parking lot. Dress appropriately for hot and humid weather; water bottles are suggested.

For more information email to greytowers@fs.fed.us or call 570/296-9630.