Last updated on 28 July 08
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Rockwood Mansion and Garden

Photograph © Karl Gercens
Photograph © Karl Gercens
Photograph © Karl Gercens
Photograph © Karl Gercens
Photograph © bcostin

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Rockwood has an English style country estate in the Gothic Revival style. Joseph Shipley, a merchant banker, spent most of his life in Liverpool, England and Rockwood Mansion was inspired by Wyncote, his English house (designed by George Williams). The garden is thoroughly gardenesque.

Address - Rockwood Museum, 610 Shipley Road, Wilmington, Delaware, USA
Opening times - Daily. Open 10am to 6pm.
Website - Visit the Rockwood Mansion and Garden website

Local Hotels

Hotels within 30km as the crow flies from this garden.

Days Inn Wilmington (2km away)
From $59.15 to $110.00
Courtyard Wilmington Downtown (3km away)
From $109.00 to $209.00
Doubletree Hotel Downtown Wilmington - Legal District (3km away)
From $83.30 to $279.00
Homewood Suites by Hilton Wilmington-Brandywine Valley (5km away)
From $107.10 to $330.00
Doubletree Hotel Wilmington (5km away)
From $80.50 to $229.00
Super 8 Pennsville (9km away)
From $69.00 to $114.00
Hampton Inn Pennsville (10km away)
From $84.15 to $209.00
Hampton Inn Philadelphia/Bridgeport (11km away)
From $104.00 to $150.00

Nearby Gardens

Gardens within 30km as the crow flies from this garden.

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(5.0/5)
E I du Pont Garden (4km away)
Winterthur Garden (6km away)
(5.0/5)
Mt Cuba Center (9km away)
(5.0/5)
Brandywine Conservancy Wildflower and Native Plant Gardens (12km away)
Crozer Arboretum Garden (14km away)
(1.0/5)
Longwood Gardens (15km away)
(5.0/5)

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