Nemours
Wilmington, Delaware Although the legendary DuPont family made a fortune in America, the DuPont heirs did not forget their French roots. In 1909 Alfred I. DuPont created an opulent series of formal French gardens and named the estate and gardens after his great-great-grandfather's hometown. The gardens encompass more than 100 acres and are filled with dozens of fountains, living up to its description as a miniature Versailles.
The Botanic Garden of Smith College
Northampton, Massachusetts
Nestled in a scenic valley, Smith College has distinctive charm, but it's also a living laboratory of plants and trees. Students who stroll this 125-acre campus enjoy a beautiful garden with more than 8,000 plant species. The grounds boast the oldest rock garden in North America with 2,000 kinds of alpine dwarf and woodland plants.
Rosedown Plantation
St. Francisville, Louisiana
This 371-acre state historic site was once a prosperous cotton farm, and the 28 acres of gardens around the mansion were once the province of the lady of Rosedown, Martha Turnbull. The gardens blend French formality with naturalistic English landscape design, surrounded by the elderly oak trees draped in Spanish moss.
