Winterthur Garden

By Denise Magnani

Book Overview

Henry Francis du Pont spent many years perfecting his garden at Winterhur in Wilmington, Delaware, his home from his birth in 1880 until his death in 1969.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810937794
• ISBN13: 9780810937796
• Release Date: February 1995
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 2.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.3" x 1.0" x 9.8"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

Slanted story of Henry Francis Dupont's Garden

As a director of Winterthur Garden near Wilmington, Delaware, the author is hardly about to criticize her employers or their deceased benefactor, Henry Francis Dupont, but she sometimes gets carried away with her praise for Harry while failing to provide much information on the Bidermanns, who started the estate, or on how gunpowder money, and the deaths of hundreds of thousands of soldiers, funded Dupont's hobby which basically involved non-formal color woodland landscaping concentrating on rhododendrons. The book includes attractive color photos of the woods around the estate but provides only a small b/w map of the present estate and gardens, hardly suitable for use when touring the gardens. Not recommended for gardeners on tight budgets, but of interest to those who are fascinated with the Duponts.