August 2020

Bus Trip: Flashy Fall at Chanticleer Pleasure Garden and the Morris Arboretum at University of Pennsylvania October 10, 2024!

Sit back. Relax. Leave the driving to us! Join DIG IT! and the Rollin' Garden Party Bus for a Flashy Fall Frolic Garden tour on Thursday, October 10, 2024. Tour Chanticleer Pleasure Garden and Morris Arboretum where horticulture, art and passion unite! Both award-winning gardens are highly esteemed and have been featured in many publications.

"Chanticleer has been called the most romantic, imaginative, and exciting public garden in America. The garden is a study of textures and forms, where foliage trumps flowers, the gardeners lead the design, and even the drinking fountains are sculptural. It is a garden of pleasure and learning, relaxing yet filled with ideas to take home." Chanticleer website

Visiting these two spectacular gardens will take you away into another world. You’ll leave everything behind for a whole day - and maybe even more - without a thought.
Perhaps Alice Corcoran, a frequent Rollin’ Garden Party Bus-Tripper says it best: Thank you for a wonderful day yesterday. When I get home from your trips I always feel that I was on a mini vacation. Thanks again.” Alice Corcoran

STOP 1: Chanticleer Pleasure Garden with gardens galore such as the Teacup Garden built around a French antique sculpture, now fountain and Tennis Court Garden with many garden beds of shapes depicting bodily movements. Not to mention majestic gardens surrounding and almost smothering Chanticleer House and an elevated walkway over other gardens, Serpentine Garden, Asian woods... So much more for you to discover with map in hand. See the website

STOP 2: Lunch on our own in Wayne along N. Wayne Avenue. A list will be provided.

STOP 3. Morris Arboretum and Gardens, University of Pennsylvania, a haven of unique gardens such as Mercury Loggia, Orange Balustrade... and trees aged and humongous such as Katsura, Morris's signature tree. There are Natural areas, birds and...
Visit the Morris here here

WHERE: Rockaway Townsquare Mall, 301 Mount Hope Avenue, Rockaway
When: Board the bus at 8:30am; Leave at 9:00 SHARP. Returns 6:30-ish.
COST: $85 includes bus, garden admissions
REGISTER here
QUESTIONS: mary@dig-itmag.com

Testimonials

Mary, I loved this trip. Stonecrop had such a large variety of plants and in beautiful settings. I bought 5 plants and will be able to remember these two gardens when I look at them. The snacks were over the top. Thanks again. Barb Pecca

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Just a word of thanks for again putting together a wonderful trip. The tour at Stonecrop was informative and the grounds were inspiring but you saved the best for last. The private garden was the best one I have ever visited! Such artistry in the layering of plant material, not to mention the specimen plants too numerous to count. I was in gardener's Eden! Many thanks for a fantastic day (and your brownies and date bars too.) NJ Master Gardener April Fisher
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Just a quick note to thank you for a very enjoyable day. Please keep me on your list for future trips. Again, thanks for everything. Joanne Matejov

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I had a stupendous day on your DIG IT! bus trip to Stonecrop Gardens and the private house tour gardens in Courtland Manor, New York. The flowers were exquisite, the tour guides were knowledgeable, the participants were fun to be with, the extra surprise snacks were appreciated and I thank you so much for arranging this memory of a lifetime trip!! Please let me know when the next trip is planned. Judy Bjorklund
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One of the great things about the Monticello trip -- beside I had never been there and wanted to go -- was that I took a substantial interest in Jefferson's descendants -- who were and are mostly Black people. My friend's pastor right here in Morristown turned out to be one of them and is featured on an ancestory.com advert It's the same face. I would never have known or cared without the trip! So thanks. Adrienne Bliss Brown

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Mary, Enjoy every trip you give because you take me to places I've never been. I appreciate the love and work that goes into each garden I see. Their diversity and their choices of plantings are always unique. I thought it was so nice that the homeowners greeted you and gave you some history of their property. The nursery was a special treat because it was filled with hidden surprises. I like that we could roam freely and take in its ambience. What really makes the trip is people like "you" that run it. Your pleasantness and Ursula's energy always make for a happy heart. Cheryl Uhlig PS: Your cookies are the best!!!!
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Thank you for a wonderful day yesterday. When I get home from your trips I always feel that I was on a mini vacation. Thanks again, Alice Corcoran

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This particular trip was unique, I felt, because you got to see 3 individual gardens in homes very near to one another and the way each person or persons made use of the space they had. Another enjoyable day! Wayne Lambert
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We had a fantastic time on the last trip. Thank you for all your time & effort to make these trips special. Best regards, Dawn Strubeck

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Just wanted to let you know again how much Bob and I enjoyed our first trip with the group. We find it challenging to tell others how awesome and different each venue was, but they certainly sense our excitement. Thank you again for a terrific day and looking forward to September's outing. Evelyn & Bob
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“Just wanted to thank you again for organizing the great day today. We both enjoyed it very much. Ursula and Elijah were a lot of fun. The blueberry buckle was delicious! Thank you to the baker. Looking forward to the trip in the fall. Please keep us on your mailing list. Thanks again. Ron and Carol Stickney

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The garden was amazing; I did not want to leave. Actually, the whole trip was great which made me very happy because I had talked Noreen, Marge, Elenore and Alice C into going.... and they all enjoyed it. a.ciccarelli
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Thanks so much for the great garden trip. It was fun to talk to fellow gardeners, see beautiful gardens and be immersed in revolutionary history. You did a great job making the trip educational and a lot of fun! Karen Trawin

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The Virginia Voyage was a great weekend getaway! Any avid gardener, ‘a.k.a. Plant Geek, would have had a fantastic time. Thank you again for another wonderful trip. We are looking forward to the next DIG IT! Rolling Garden Party! Dawn & David
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Good morning, Had an enjoyable time in VA. Thanks. Peg Ross

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Loved the trip to Ladew, Monticello and Mt Vernon. The conversations were fun and the subject matter very interesting and informative. Will certainly consider future trips with DIG IT! Cindy