Down on the Farm: A Summer of Produce from Andalusia in 1870
September 2, 2021In 1870, five years after the Union victory in the American Civil War, the City of Philadelphia was a hustling, bustling metropolis of approximately 675,000 people, and growing in both…
The Farmers’ Club at Andalusia
July 3, 2021The Farmers' club was an auxiliary to the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture (PSPA), one of the first agriculture societies in the United States, but all members of the Farmers…
A History of the Green Walk
May 4, 2021The musings of James Biddle (1929-2005) were included in the Friends of Andalusia newsletter, The Column, in the Fall 2004 edition. With the recent changes to Andalusia's gardens by designer Arabella Lennox-Boyd,…
Kitty’s Diary
August 12, 2020What does a young lady do during the summer at Andalusia in the late 19th century? During the month of August in 1886, 14 year old Katharine Craig Biddle, affectionately known as Kitty,…
