MeadowBrook-Farm.com
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Welcome to Meadowbrook Farm
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Lovingly designed and created by J. Liddon Pennock, Jr. (1913-2003), Meadowbrook Farm remains his garden legacy. Meadowbrook Farm sits on 25 acres in the suburbs to the north of Philadelphia in Abington Township. Eighteen of those acres are lightly-managed second growth woods. The remaining seven acres contain the private house, display gardens, and garden center. The original parcel of 150 acres, the house, and its furnishings were given to Liddon and his wife, Alice Herkness (1915-1996), as a wedding gift by her parents in 1936. (It really was a farm back then). The house was designed in the English Cotswolds style by architect Robert McGoodwin. The house and private gardens can be toured by arrangement.
From his early entry into the florist business to the decades spent perfecting the gardens that surround his home, Liddon was a constant figure in floral and horticultural design in the Delaware Valley and beyond. Liddon and Alice were also a fixture of the Philadelphia social scene for decades.
Meadowbrook Farm allowed Liddon to hone his gift for garden design and he spent decades perfecting the gardens on the property. The resulting series of gardens has been featured in many books and magazines. After retiring from the florist business in the early 1970s, he turned his talents to creating the retail greenhouse at Meadowbrook Farm in order to share his love of horticulture and horticultural design with a new audience. On July 24, 2003, Liddon passed away peacefully at his home. At his bequest, Meadowbrook Farm became a non-profit affiliate of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society in April, 2004.
