Each year, friends and guests enjoy cocktails, hors d'oeuvres and breathtaking blooms at Andalusia Historic House, Gardens and Arboretum during our Garden Party fundraiser. All proceeds benefit the Annual Fund of The Andalusia Foundation, the nonprofit that works to preserve the gardens and buildings of this National Historic Landmark.
This year's special honoree was Jenny Rose Carey. Jenny is a renowned gardener, educator, historian, and author, and the former senior director at the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society’s Meadowbrook Farm in Jenkintown. She previously worked at Temple University for over a decade, first as an adjunct professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Horticulture and then as director of the Ambler Arboretum. Jenny Rose has been lecturing nationally and internationally for many years. She is an avid hands-on gardener who has gardened in both England and the United States. Her Victorian property, Northview, contains diverse garden spaces, including a cutting garden, an herb garden, a dry garden, and various mixed flower beds. Jenny Rose and her gardens have been featured on the PBS series The Victory Garden, in the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, the Philadelphia Inquirer, Grow magazine, and The Pennsylvania Gardener. Jenny is a Trustee of Andalusia Historic House, Gardens & Arboretum and serves on its Horticultural Committee.
During our 2022 event, Jenny Rose Carey received the inaugural Letitia Glenn Biddle Society Award! This new society honors those who advance the enduring legacy of horticulture which affects all of our sensibilities and well-being, particularly those who have made contributions in one or more of the following categories so valued by Letitia Glenn Biddle herself:
1. Land Stewardship
2. The art and craft of horticulture and design
3. Horticulture Education
4. The fostering of opportunities for professionals working in the field of horticlture
Many thanks to all of the Garden Party Sponsors for 2022:
Presenting Sponsor:
UBS/Bill McLaughlin & Judy Xie
Patron Sponsors:
Jamie & Kristin Biddle
George & Victoria Coates
Amy & Putnam Coes
Sam & Kate Earle
June & Hank Smith
Richard Snowden & Fred Holzerman
Laura & David Thayer
Contributing Sponsors:
Broadpath/Gretchen Roede
Don & Linda Caldwell
Jenny Rose & Augustus Carey
Suzanne & Adam Ciongoli
Ron Fenstermacher, Jr. PC
Peter & Laura Johnson
First Trust Portfolios
Fox Rothschild, LLP
John & Franny Glomb
Al & Heather Murphy
Mark & Wendie Steffens
Dale Van Sant
Community Sponsors:
Glen Foerd
Sally Francis & Tom Connelly
Photo gallery is from the 2022 Garden Party - Photo Credits: Janet Ingersoll Carey