THE HORTULUS FARM FOUNDATION
Founded in 2008, The Hortulus Farm Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit community destination with a mission to inspire, educate and delight.
Our mission is to inspire, educate, and delight. We aspire to be a permanent and important resource for local ornamental horticulture, regenerative agriculture and community events.
We are appreciators, curators and growers of beautiful, classic and rare plants that make life better.
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Our garden tours are currently under construction. The grand re-opening of our public garden tours is tentatively scheduled for May 2024. Self guided tours are also scheduled for reopening May 2024.
HORTULUS FARM is a one hundred acre 18th century farmstead, situated amidst the beautiful, rolling hills of Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The gardens, which span the 100 acres under multiple owners, were created by famed garden and event designer Renny Reynolds and noted garden author Jack Staub, and have been called both "one of Pennsylvania's secret treasures" and "a garden of world-class charm." A longtime member of Greater Philadelphia Gardens, in 2015, Hortulus Farm was honored by being made the second-only-in-their-history Affiliate Garden of The Garden Conservancy, giving it major new national prominence. The Hortulus Farm Foundation was created in 2000 to ensure that this historic property will continue to exist as a public place of tranquility and horticultural inspiration in perpetuity.
The property is the ancient seat of the Thompson and Warner families, and an original William Penn land grant of 1683. The Isaiah Warner house, the classic stone home that centers the property, was built between 1793 and 1830, and was added to the U.S. Registry of Historic Places in 2004. Two immense dairy barns as well as other outbuildings were added in about 1860 and the property was worked as a significant dairy operation by the original owners’ descendants right into the 20th century.
OUR PARTNERS
Hortulus Farm is honored to partner with some of the nation's most prestigious cultural, horticultural, and nature organizations. (Click each organization name to be routed to partners' websites.)
THE GARDEN CONSERVANCY The nation’s largest garden preservation organization, their mission being to save and share outstanding American gardens for the education and inspiration of the public. Hortulus Farm was made an Affiliate Garden of The Conservancy in 2015, the second only in their history.
GREATER PHILADELPHIA GARDENS Philadelphia is America’s Garden Capital, where one can visit over 30 public gardens, arboreta, and historic landscapes, all located within 30 miles of Philadelphia. Member gardens include Longwood Gardens, Winterthur, Chanticleer: A Pleasure Garden, Mt. Cuba, Bartram’s Garden, and Hortulus Farm.
THE JAMES A. MICHENER MUSEUM The Michener Art Museum in Doylestown, PA is a wonderful regional museum exhibiting both American and International paintings, sculpture, craft and design, and, most particularly, the work of the Bucks County Impressionists. Hortulus Farm has loaned a number of important paintings in our collection to the museum and we have recently entered into a partnership with them regarding our annual "Art In The Garden" installation.
AUDUBON OF NEW JERSEY Founded in 1897, the New Jersey Audubon Society fosters environmental awareness, protecting New Jersey's birds, mammals, other animals, and plants, especially endangered and threatened species, and promoting preservation of valuable habitats. Hortulus Farm became an official NJ Audubon destination site in 2014, with 44 species of avian life identified (so far).
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President: Jon Kontz