Conservation Gardens at our Eastern Shore B&B
Rest and relax by immersing yourself in nature
with our beautifully kept gardens and trails.
Conservation Landscaping
Our historic Maryland boutique hotel is located on the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, and our professional landscaping team practices conservation landscaping.
“Conservation landscaping refers to landscaping with specific goals of reducing pollution and improving the local environment… [it] provides habitat for local and migratory animals, conserves native plants and improves water quality.” – U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
A Sneak Peek of the Gardens
What Plants Do We Grow?
Brampton 1860 Gardens is home to many native plants and trees – a list is below:
Native Herbaceous Perennials
- Ferns
- Grasses
- Eastern columbine
- Milkweed (swamp & butterfly)
- Baptisia (false blue indigo & yellow wild indigo)
- White doll’s daisy
- Aster Bee balm Primrose Violet
- Garden Phlox
- Black eyed Susan
- Goldenrod
Native Shrubs
- Devils walking stick
- American beautyberry
- Ninebark
- Sumac
- Allegheny blackberry
- Elderberry
Native Trees
- River birch
- Eastern Redbud
- Flowering dogwood
- American Holly Sweet Gum
- Tulip Poplar American crabapple
- White Pine
Flowering Trees
- Crepe myrtle
- Northern Catalpa Plum
- Pear
- Eastern redbud
- Star magnolia
- Southern magnolia
- Japanese magnolia
- Weeping cherry dogwood
Native Vines
- Passion flower
- American wisteria
Edible Fruit
Fruit season June – September
- Blueberries
- Blackberries
- Wineberries
- Strawberries
- Mulberries
- Cherry
- Plum
- Pear
Garden Day Trips
Our gardens often have inspirational effect on our guests! If our property inspires your own green thumb, you may enjoy a day trip to one of these beautiful gardens during your stay.
- Adkins Arboretum – Ridgely, MD
- Ladew Gardens – Monkton, MD
- Longwood Gardens – Kennett Square, PA
- Chanticleer – Wayne, PA
- United States Botanic Gardens – Washington D.C.