Moving isn’t easy—and leaving behind a recently renovated custom kitchen can make it even more difficult. “There were tears because it was such a personal investment,” says Sue Walter, reflecting […]

It’s a Monday morning in early October—still warm but spitting rain from time to time. Throwing some final items into a travel bag, Timothy Barr is awaiting pickup by a […]

Anthony Andiario and Maria van Schaijik wanted the sort of restaurant where people strolling down West Chester, Pa.’s Gay Street late in the day could drop in for dinner. And […]

It was mid June, and already customers at Barnard’s Orchard were inquiring about the Lodi, which ripens in July. Last year, Lewis Barnard’s crop of the sauce apple overbore, so […]

Owen Owens lives near a small Brandywine River tributary called Bennett’s Run that’s known for its vibrant population of stoneflies, mayflies and caddisflies. Avondale’s Stroud Water Research Center classifies the […]

Along Wilmington’s Winding Way Road, verdant hills roll into picturesque pastures hugged by old oaks, maples and poplars that watch over Coverdale Farm Preserve. Evoking an Andrew Wyeth or Peter […]

Helen Hope Montgomery Scott would not have approved of her granddaughter’s outfit. Rest assured if she’d published a memoir, the socialite heiress who purportedly inspired Katharine Hepburn’s character in The […]

At a time when many neighbors are still dragging their Christmas trees to the curb, David Culp is outdoors, preparing his garden for spring. For many of us, spring starts […]

In the heart of Chester County, there’s a little piece of Provençe, France—thanks to sisters Amy Saha and Joanne Voelcker. On their 42-acre Wagontown farm, some 1,200 lavender plants flourish. […]