The Gardens: More Pictures. This Time They're Not Just Irises

Grey Towers is known for its gardens. In fact lots of people just come to the Mansion to see the gardens. Cornelia was very interested in landscaping and she loved to garden. A coworker of mine's father-in-law was a plumber who worked for the Pinchots in later years and he said that whenever he would come over, Cornelia would be in her garden.

Mountain Laurel. It's the PA state flower, and it is everywhere at Grey Towers. Must of have something to do with GP being Governor.




Climbing Hydrangea.


There are lots of millstones around the property. Cornelia offered to pay anyone who could get a millstone up to Grey Towers five dollars, which during the great depression was a lot.






After the daphodils bloom and die the hortilcultre people tie them up like this. It supposedly keeps more nutrients in the bulbs so you will have more blooms next year.