Sean & Sophia
Things To Do
Longwood Gardens
A 40 minute drive from the wedding venue, Longwood Gardens is a botanical garden that consists of over 1,077 acres of gardens, woodlands, and meadows in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, United States in the Brandywine Creek Valley. It is one of the premier horticultural display gardens in the United States and is open to visitors year-round to enjoy native and exotic plants and horticulture (both indoor and outdoor), events and performances, seasonal and themed attractions, as well as educational lectures, courses, and workshops.
Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library
Winterthur is an extraordinary museum, garden, and library that offers a variety of tours, exhibitions, and engaging programs. They're known for a magnificent collection of American decorative arts on display through Henry Francis du Pont’s former home and showcased in permanent and rotating gallery spaces. Spend the day exploring their famous 60-acre naturalistic garden, or get lost in 1,000 acres of rolling hills, meadows, and woodlands carefully designed by H. F. du Pont. Reservations are required. Please bring a mask. They're not required at most times or in most places, but you may be asked to wear one if it gets crowded.
September Farms
Just 13 minutes away from the wedding venue is September Farms. Cheese curds, Gouda, Aged Cheddar, and other artisanal charcuterie goods and lovely coffee shop and bakery as well. Open Monday to Friday: 7:00am - 8:00pm and Saturday: 7:00am - 8:00pm.
The Woodlands at Phillips Mushroom Farms
40 minutes away, the Woodlands at Phillips is the retail store for Phillips Mushroom farms. They are in the restored family farmhouse dating back to 1828 offering a large variety of Phillips fresh mushrooms and "everything mushroom". Follow the path of mushrooms to their FREE Mushroom Growing Exhibit and Museum open year round. Check out their website and join the monthly newsletter. They also have an online store on their website.
Brandywine River Museum of Art
35 minutes away from the venue, discover an outstanding collection of American art, including works by N.C., Andrew and Jamie Wyeth, housed in a historic grist mill with glass-walled lobbies overlooking the scenic Brandywine. During the holiday season, experience the extensive O-gauge model train display, one of the largest in the country, with five trains running simultaneously on nearly 2,000 feet of track. Enjoy guided tours of the Andrew Wyeth Studio, the N.C. Wyeth House and Studio and Kuerner Farm (April to mid-November). Museum shop and cafe.
Wharton Esherick Museum
35 minutes away from the wedding venue is the Wharton Escherick Museum. Wharton Esherick was a sculptor who worked primarily in wood, readily extending his unique forms to furniture, furnishings, utensils, interiors, buildings, and more. His motto, "if it isn't fun, it isn't worth doing," is evident in the joyful expression of his work, inviting the eye and the hand. A National Historic Landmark for Architecture, his hilltop studio/residence, with more than 300 of his works on exhibition, has been preserved much as it was when the artist lived and worked there. The Museum is open to the public through guided tours for which reservations are required. Please note: ALL VISITORS MUST HAVE ADVANCE RESERVATIONS.
Baldwin's Book Barn
30 minutes away from the wedding venue, the Book Barn was built in 1822 and is a five-story building which exudes bookish charm with its cozy nooks, stone walls, friendly atmosphere, wood-burning stove, and shelf upon shelf of books, maps, and prints. Baldwin's Book Barn is an inveterate and unique institution of Chester County, Pennsylvania where people have come for decades to buy and sell books.
American Helicopter Museum & Education Center
25 minutes away from the wedding venue, the American Helicopter Museum and Education Center, located in the land of industry innovators in the Philadelphia region, is the nation's premier aviation museum devoted exclusively to helicopters. Established in 1996, the nonprofit organization collects, restores and displays rotary-wing aircraft, including over 35 civilian and military helicopters, autogiros and convertiplanes.
Hershey Park
Hershey Park is about an hour and 15 minutes away from the wedding venue if you would like to make a weekend trip before the wedding.