Mt. Cuba Center
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James Ethridge Professor Emeritus Greenhouse Management
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Middletown, Delaware, United States
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Alana Pugh Marketing and Communications Intern-
Shermans Dale, Pennsylvania, United States
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Shelby French Assistant Greenhouse Manager and Propagator at Mt. Cuba Center-
Wilmington, Delaware, United States
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Caroline Brown Ralston Director of Marketing, Communications & Membership at Mt. Cuba Center-
Hockessin, Delaware, United States
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Ashley Barton Director of Human Resources-
Lincoln University, Pennsylvania, United States
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Overview
Mt. Cuba Center is a botanical garden that inspires an appreciation for the beauty and value of native plants and a commitment to protect the habitats that sustain them. Over the past 70 years the gardens at Mt. Cuba Center have been transformed from fallow cornfields into thriving ecologically functional landscapes, thanks to the initiative of Mr. and Mrs. Lammot du Pont Copeland. With paths that take visitors from the formal gardens of a du Pont mansion through stunning vistas, intimate woodlands, and lush meadows, Mt. Cuba Center is a botanical garden that puts the beauty of native landscapes on display to inspire conservation. What began in the 1930s as the private estate of Mr. and Mrs. Lammot du Pont Copeland is now a public garden that centers the beauty and value of native plants. In addition to cultivating the public garden's formal and naturalistic landscapes, Mt. Cuba Center staff conduct research, connect guests to the natural world and teach students about native plant horticulture. Gardens are open for general admission Wednesday to Sunday, April to November. Classes are offered year-round.
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