PennDesign Alumni Association Garden Party

Please join the PennDesign Alumni Association in Bucks County for an afternoon at ‘The Hammerstone’ with colleagues old and new as guests of PennDesign alumni Diane Burko, MFA’69 and Richard Ryan, MLA’97. This event will be held at the Burko/Ryan residence at 7690 Tohickon Hill Rd, Point Pleasant, PA 18950.

 

“The Hammerstone”, a Paleolithic dig site and garden is a work in progress. In 2002 Diane Burko and Richard Ryan purchased a three-acre country garden with two log homes built in 1976 and specimen plantings.  Work in the garden and subsequent research revealed an ancient quarry site.  Originally excavated by Henry Mercer in 1893, it is now a site of active discovery and experimentation.  Bounded by three water courses, the Delaware River, the Tohickon Creek and Geddes Run, the argillite quarry contains early Jurassic, 200 million-year old fossils as well as four-thousand year old stone tools.  Work on the site is transforming the past into the present and future possibilities.
 

We’ll gather together for drinks and hors d'oeuvres and a hosted garden tour.  Families are welcomed and encouraged to tour Bucks County for the day. Local activities include tubing on the Delaware, The Mercer Museum, The Michener Museum, The Moravian Pottery and Tile Works, The Bucks County Children’s Museum, and more!
 

Registration Required. Tickets are $10 for adults. Children are free.

Questions? Call The PennDesign alumni office, (215) 746-3167.