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Wyck
The Quaker way of life preserved for 300 years
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Wyck
Photo courtesy of Wyck
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Outsider Tip
Bring your camera when the old roses bloom in late May and early June. The vegetable garden and perennial border are at their best in mid to late summer.
Support the Friends of Wyck
Friends of Wyck, a membership group, seeks help and support in its mission to preserve and interpret the historic house and garden with lectures, workshops and garden programs. Visit their website for more information.
Kids' Stuff
Look for clues about how Quaker children lived here at Wyck. Guess which building is the ice house, smoke house, tool house and greenhouse.
Duck into the partially hidden garden along busy Germantown Avenue for a 2.5-acre oasis of color and scent at the historic Wyck House gardens. You’ll be whisked back to the Colonial and Victorian eras as you walk through the rose garden, vegetable garden, lawns and other plantings, many of which are direct descendents of the original 19th-century plantings.
As you stroll past the flower borders and low boxwoods that accent Wyck’s gardens, feel free to talk roses with your guide. The ornamental rose garden blooms with more than 30 varieties of old roses.
COME PREPARED
Open April - December, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Other hours by appointment. Fee for tours. Log onto www.wyck.org for details.
DON'T MISS
The Revolutionary Germantown Festival, held the first Saturday in October.
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