Du Pont Gardens of
the Brandywine Valley:
Photographs by Larry Lederman

One of America’s most prominent industrial families, generations of du Ponts created and stewarded some of the nation’s most beautiful gardens for nearly 200 years. These former family estates dot the Brandywine valley of northern Delaware and southeastern Pennsylvania. Now public spaces, such as the Hagley Museum & Library, the sites represent an unrivaled horticultural legacy. 

Larry Lederman’s photographs give witness to the creative design and natural wonder the gardens manifest today. Over the course of 15 months, Lederman captured transient yet revelatory moments of light and bloom as winter melted to spring, and summer faded to autumn. Collectively, the images document the enduring contributions made by generations of one family to the horticultural heritage of the United States.

Images © Larry Lederman