Week of September 7, 2012
White, sterile flowers of Hibiscus syriacus 'Diane' flank the stairs leading into The Chanticleer House Gardens.
Photo by Lisa Roper
Beautiful reflection of the bath house in the Chanticleer pool.
Photo by Lisa Roper
Containers planted with tropicals, including Musa 'Saba' and Musa xishuangbannaensis 'Mekong Giant' , a cold hardy banana from Yunnan, China, line The Chanticleer Terrace.
Photo by Lisa Roper
Phormium 'Pink Stripe', one of many containers on the Chanticleer Terrace.
Photo by Lisa Roper
The Grain Sorghum Seedheads continue to turn color in The Serpentine, blending with the reddish hues of the Schizachyrium scoparium [Blue Heaven] grass.
Photo by Lisa Roper
An array of foliage color and texture, including the purple tinted Strobilanthes dyerianus, surround a seeating area near The Entry Gardens.
Photo by Lisa Roper
Vigna caracalla, or Snail vine, meanders through a container in The Entry Garden.
Photo by Lisa Roper
Acer davidii, Hedera helix 'Elfenbein' and Aristolochia tomentosa are trained on the walls of The Ruin.
Photo by Lisa Roper
Gaura lindheimeri 'Whirling Butterflies' blooms in the Gravel Garden.
Photo by Lisa Roper
Ornamental grasses, including Nassella tenuissima in theforeground, Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Karl Foerster' in the upper right, and Panicum virgatum 'Dallas Blues' in the left distance are backlit in The Gravel Garden at sunset.
Photo by Lisa Roper
Echinacea 'Tomato Soup' and Liatris aspera bloom in The Rock Ledge above The Pond.
Photo by Lisa Roper
Sweetly fragrant spires of Ligularia fisheri line a path in The Asian Woods Garden.
Photo by Lisa Roper
A Helianthus sp. towers over the Vegetable Garden bench.
Photo by Lisa Roper
'Delica Thorn' bitter melon colors up yellow-orange on The Vegetable Garden fence.
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
Parking reservations required until 3pm Wednesdays-Sundays.
Reservations required Fridays until 6:30pm.
Starting July 5, reservations will not be required on Wednesdays & Thursdays.
Friday Evenings
Open until 8pm through Labor Day, parking reservations are required until 6:30pm.
Due to limited parking, we cannot accommodate groups on Friday evenings.
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.
2023 Season Pass
Chanticleer’s 2023 Season Pass is available for purchase.
Purchase a 2023 Season Pass, good through November 5, 2023.
Early Saturdays in 2023
We open at 8:00am on July 1, September 2, and October 7.
Regular admission fees apply and parking reservations are required.
House and Garden Tours
Held every 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 Times will be held at 9:30am on June 17, July 22, and August 26. Registration is required.
Chanticleer Gardeners Share Summer Workshop: Planting Succession, Staking, and Flower Arranging
June 26 & 27, 9am-4pm
Register here.
Wildside, a film screening/h4>
Join Annie Guilfoyle for the first screening in the U.S. at the Radnor Memorial Library.
Wednesday, July 12, 6:30pm
Register here.
Woody Plant Conference
Join the 2023 Woody Plant Conference virtually or in-person at the
Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College.
Friday, July 14, 2023.
Register now.
Perennial Plant Conference
Join the 2023 Perennial Plant Conference virtually or in-person at the
Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College.
Friday, October 20, 2023.
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