UpDate - Vol. 15, No. 34, Page 5
June 6, 1996
Restoration recognized

     The Friends of Goodstay Gardens Inc. was awarded a 1996 New
Castle County Historic Preservation Award for its restoration of the
Apple House and Gardens at a May 17 presentation at Rockwood Museum in
Wilmington. Shown at the ceremony are (from left) Dick Cecil, New
Castle County Council; Helen Eliason, Friends of Goodstay Garden; and
John M. Clayton Jr., University development.
     The Friends was organized in 1992 to assist the University in
restoring and maintaining the Goodstay Gardens, planted in the early
19th century and among the oldest gardens in Delaware.
     The gardens were planned in American Tudor style with boxwood
hedges and gravel paths surrounding floral beds, a magnolia walk and a
reflecting pool.
     The group provided a new water system, renovated the small,
octagonal Apple House as a visitors center, helps maintain the plants
and offers guided tours of the gardens, which are free and open to the
public.