Heronswood (botanical garden)

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Heronswood is a botanical garden in Kingston, Washington, USA, established by Dan Hinkley and Robert Jones in 1987. Heronswood is a display garden exhibiting plant varieties collected and propagated for introduction into the North American nursery trade. The display garden has been featured internationally as an example of environmentally sensitive and botanically impressive plantsmanship. The real estate and nursery business associated with it were bought by the W. Atlee Burpee Company in 2000.^[1] The display garden open to the public on special occasions.^[2]

Heronswood is both a botanical garden and catalog resource for rare and unusual plants, originally established by Dan Hinkley and Robert Jones in 1987. Heronswood itself may be best known for its original Pacific Northwest display garden situated on 15 picturesque acres in Kingston, Washington. The real estate and nursery business associated with Heronsowood was purchased by the by the W Atlee Burpee Company in 2000.^[3]

Today, Heronswood Nursery is a wholly owned subsidiary of Burpee Seed Co. and consists of more than 150 acres (0.61 km²) of land scattered throughout various locations in the Mid-Atlantic, Pacific Northwest as well as in England. Plant research and production encompasses four USDA hardiness zones including zones 5-9.^[4] The premier display and trial gardens are now located in Doylestown, Pennsylvania on historic Fordhook Farm, the original home of seed pioneer W. Atlee Burpee. The original garden in Kingston, Washington remains open today on special occasions. Heronswood continues to conduct research and plant exploration initiatives, bring about environmentally sensitive and botanically impressive plantsmanship.

Heronswood itself may be best known for its original Pacific Northwest display garden situated on 15 picturesque acres in Kingston, Washington. The premier display and trial gardens are now located in Doylestown, Pennsylvania on historic Fordhook Farm, the original home of seed pioneer W. Atlee Burpee.