Chanticleer Garden
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Chanticleer Garden is an estate and botanical garden
located at 786 Church Road, Wayne, Pennsylvania
. It is open Wednesday through Sunday, April through October; an admission fee is charged. The gate is crested with carved stone rooster
s, or chanticleers in French. The house and grounds were listing on the National Register of Historic Places
in 1984,
, and which in 1927 became part of Merck & Co.
After his mother's death, Adolph G. Rosengarten, Jr. tore down his own stone house on the grounds to create its "ruin
," then gave the 35 acres (141,640.1 m²) property, including his parent's mansion, as a public garden. It opened to visitors in 1993. The garden contains lawns and large trees, the Asia
n woods, a pond
garden, the ruin and gravel garden, teacup garden, tennis court
garden, and woodland
.
Botanical garden
A botanical garden The terms botanic and botanical, and garden or gardens are used more-or-less interchangeably, although the word botanic is generally reserved for the earlier, more traditional gardens. is a well-tended area displaying a wide range of plants labelled with their botanical names...
located at 786 Church Road, Wayne, Pennsylvania
Wayne, Pennsylvania
Wayne is an unincorporated community located on the Main Line, centered in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. While the center of Wayne is in Radnor Township, Wayne extends into both Tredyffrin Township in Chester County and Upper Merion Township in Montgomery County...
. It is open Wednesday through Sunday, April through October; an admission fee is charged. The gate is crested with carved stone rooster
Rooster
A rooster, also known as a cockerel, cock or chanticleer, is a male chicken with the female being called a hen. Immature male chickens of less than a year's age are called cockerels...
s, or chanticleers in French. The house and grounds were listing on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1984,
History
Chanticleer was built as the estate of Christine Penrose and Adolph G. Rosengarten, Sr. He was head of the Philadelphia pharmaceutical manufacturer Rosengarten & Sons, founded in 1822 to produce quinineQuinine
Quinine is a natural white crystalline alkaloid having antipyretic , antimalarial, analgesic , anti-inflammatory properties and a bitter taste. It is a stereoisomer of quinidine which, unlike quinine, is an anti-arrhythmic...
, and which in 1927 became part of Merck & Co.
Merck & Co.
Merck & Co., Inc. , also known as Merck Sharp & Dohme or MSD outside the United States and Canada, is one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. The Merck headquarters is located in Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, an unincorporated area in Readington Township...
After his mother's death, Adolph G. Rosengarten, Jr. tore down his own stone house on the grounds to create its "ruin
Folly
In architecture, a folly is a building constructed primarily for decoration, but either suggesting by its appearance some other purpose, or merely so extravagant that it transcends the normal range of garden ornaments or other class of building to which it belongs...
," then gave the 35 acres (141,640.1 m²) property, including his parent's mansion, as a public garden. It opened to visitors in 1993. The garden contains lawns and large trees, the Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
n woods, a pond
Pond
A pond is a body of standing water, either natural or man-made, that is usually smaller than a lake. A wide variety of man-made bodies of water are classified as ponds, including water gardens, water features and koi ponds; all designed for aesthetic ornamentation as landscape or architectural...
garden, the ruin and gravel garden, teacup garden, tennis court
Tennis court
A tennis court is where the game of tennis is played. It is a firm rectangular surface with a low net stretched across the center. The same surface can be used to play both doubles and singles.-Dimensions:...
garden, and woodland
Woodland
Ecologically, a woodland is a low-density forest forming open habitats with plenty of sunlight and limited shade. Woodlands may support an understory of shrubs and herbaceous plants including grasses. Woodland may form a transition to shrubland under drier conditions or during early stages of...
.