Guidebook for Wilmington
Food Scene
This place has everything right!!! Great service, fantastic food, and dessert was excellent. The ambiance was delightful, and the dinner in the lighted greenhouse is magical.
It also has a fantastic selection of items for both your garden and home. The plants they offer are of excellent quality and number in the hundreds of types and species. Everything from garden tools, to hats, boots, gloves & more can be found here. Non-garden related gifts for all are also nicely laid out throughout a few eclectic county like buildings making gift searching fun. You can also get seed and fertilizer here. Parking is free.
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Terrain Cafe
914 Baltimore PikeThis place has everything right!!! Great service, fantastic food, and dessert was excellent. The ambiance was delightful, and the dinner in the lighted greenhouse is magical.
It also has a fantastic selection of items for both your garden and home. The plants they offer are of excellent quality and number in the hundreds of types and species. Everything from garden tools, to hats, boots, gloves & more can be found here. Non-garden related gifts for all are also nicely laid out throughout a few eclectic county like buildings making gift searching fun. You can also get seed and fertilizer here. Parking is free.
Arts & Culture
Galleries featuring pre-Raphaelite art, Brandywine school illustrators & 9-acre sculpture garden.
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Delaware Art Museum
2301 Kentmere PkwyGalleries featuring pre-Raphaelite art, Brandywine school illustrators & 9-acre sculpture garden.
Sightseeing
Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library is an American estate and museum in Winterthur, Delaware. As of 2011, it houses one of the most important collections of Americana in the United States of America. It was the former home of Henry Francis du Pont, a renowned antiques collector and horticulturist
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Winterthur Visitor's Center
5105 Kennett PikeWinterthur Museum, Garden and Library is an American estate and museum in Winterthur, Delaware. As of 2011, it houses one of the most important collections of Americana in the United States of America. It was the former home of Henry Francis du Pont, a renowned antiques collector and horticulturist
Shopping
Christiana Mall has four anchor stores - Nordstrom, Macy's, JCPenney, and Target - along with Barnes & Noble as a junior anchor and Cabela's and Cinemark Theatres located along the mall's perimeter. The mall contains 179 shops, and is owned and managed by Brookfield Properties Retail Group. It has 1,267,241 square feet of gross leasable area on one level.[1] Christiana Mall is the largest shopping mall in the state of Delaware and the largest in the five states without sales tax outside of Oregon. The Christiana Mall is located nearly 40 miles from Center City, Philadelphia. Due to the lack of sales tax in Delaware, the mall attracts numerous shoppers from neighboring states.
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Christiana Mall
132 Christiana MallChristiana Mall has four anchor stores - Nordstrom, Macy's, JCPenney, and Target - along with Barnes & Noble as a junior anchor and Cabela's and Cinemark Theatres located along the mall's perimeter. The mall contains 179 shops, and is owned and managed by Brookfield Properties Retail Group. It has 1,267,241 square feet of gross leasable area on one level.[1] Christiana Mall is the largest shopping mall in the state of Delaware and the largest in the five states without sales tax outside of Oregon. The Christiana Mall is located nearly 40 miles from Center City, Philadelphia. Due to the lack of sales tax in Delaware, the mall attracts numerous shoppers from neighboring states.
Essentials
Janssen's Market has been a Greenville landmark for over 50 years thanks to the dedication of three generations of Janssen family members. Janssen's provides a relaxing, friendly environment where customers pick-up the necessities, talk to the butcher about the best cut of meat for an upcoming dinner party, or work with the florist to develop the perfect bouquet. At Janssen's, you're part of the family!
Janssen's Market
3801 Kennett PikeJanssen's Market has been a Greenville landmark for over 50 years thanks to the dedication of three generations of Janssen family members. Janssen's provides a relaxing, friendly environment where customers pick-up the necessities, talk to the butcher about the best cut of meat for an upcoming dinner party, or work with the florist to develop the perfect bouquet. At Janssen's, you're part of the family!
Everything Else
The museum's core collection was started in childhood by the naturalist, philanthropist and high-profile convicted murderer [2][3][4] John E. ("Golden Eagle") du Pont. Du Pont built a personal collection of seashells, birds and bird eggs. Even before getting a doctorate in natural science in 1965 and writing several books on birds, he became interested in developing a natural history museum. During and after graduate school, DuPont took part in several scientific expeditions to the South Pacific and the Philippines, and is credited with the discovery of two dozen subspecies of birds.
At his request, his uncle Henry Francis du Pont provided land across from the Winterthur estate in the Brand
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Delaware Museum of Natural History
4840 Kennett PikeThe museum's core collection was started in childhood by the naturalist, philanthropist and high-profile convicted murderer [2][3][4] John E. ("Golden Eagle") du Pont. Du Pont built a personal collection of seashells, birds and bird eggs. Even before getting a doctorate in natural science in 1965 and writing several books on birds, he became interested in developing a natural history museum. During and after graduate school, DuPont took part in several scientific expeditions to the South Pacific and the Philippines, and is credited with the discovery of two dozen subspecies of birds.
At his request, his uncle Henry Francis du Pont provided land across from the Winterthur estate in the Brand