Join Our Team Trade Partners News SERVICES OUR EXPERIENCE WHY BANCROFT CONTACT US Longwood Reimagined Longwood Reimagined will transform 17 acres of existing property and feature a 32,000 SF glasshouse at the heart of its renowned garden grounds. Project Stats Owner Longwood Gardens Location Kennett Square, PA Project Type CM Design Professional Weiss/Manfredi and Reed Hilderbrand Market Cultural Square Footage 17 acres Bancroft recently began construction on Longwood Reimainged, which will transform Longwood’s Kennett Square property as it exists today. Adding new plantings and buildings across 17 acres, Longwood Reimagined: A New Garden Experience will expand the public spaces of the renowned central grounds and connect them from east to west, offering a newly unified but continually varied journey from lush formal gardens to views over the open meadows of Pennsylvania’s Brandywine Valley. In keeping with Longwood’s tradition of blending fountain gardens and horticultural display, the centerpiece and largest single element of Longwood Reimagined is the creation of a new 32,000-square-foot glasshouse, designed by WEISS/MANFREDI, with gardens and pools designed by Reed Hilderbrand. This new West Conservatory with its asymmetrical, crystalline peaks seems to float on a pool of water, while the garden inside, inspired by the wild and cultivated landscapes of the Mediterranean, is conceived as seasonally changing islands set amid pools, canals, and low fountains. In the tapestry-like garden design, iconic plants of this ecology such as aloes, laurels, blueblossom, and Greek horehound hug the ground, with higher plants such as cypress and 100-year-old olive trees rising up into the soaring space while other plantings are suspended from above. Building on the great 19th – century tradition of glasshouses through new sustainable technologies, the West Conservatory is a living, breathing building, with earth tubes and operable glass walls and roof that allow the interior garden to thrive. Related Projects MT. CUBA CENTER GREENHOUSE/HEADHOUSE Part of a Master Plan project at a botanical garden, the Greenhouse Complex aspired to a zero-energy footprint and involved extensive environmental sustainability measures. LONGWOOD MAIN FOUNTAIN GARDEN REVITALIZATION After two years and over $90 million worth of construction, the Main Fountain Garden Revitalization, originally built during the 1920’s stands as the largest fountain preservation project of its kind in the United States LONGWOOD NURSERY PRODUCTION GREENHOUSE Longwood’s newest greenhouse, the 80,948 SF facility, accounts for 60 percent of Longwood’s crop production. Recent News Bancroft Partners with Delaware Division of Public Health for Overdose Prevention and Narcan Distribution Training Bancroft was happy to partner with the Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) to host […] Let’s start your project. Every construction company says they’ll work with you, but at Bancroft, we really do—from the very first call. We welcome a chance to show you. Contact Us Work with Us Careers at Bancroft Bancroft is growing, and we’re looking for talented, dedicated, and innovative people who want to grow with us. Join Our Team Telephone: (302) 655-3434 Email: info@bancroftusa.com Fax: (302) 254-3133 Services Our Experience Why Bancroft Contact Us Join Our Team Trade Partners News Wilmington 1300 N. Grant Avenue, Suite 101 Wilmington, DE 19806 (302) 655-3434 Princeton 700 Alexander Park, Suite 301 Princeton, NJ 08540 (609) 436-5888 Salisbury 2324 W. Zion Road, Suite 108 Salisbury, MD 21801 (410) 844-8080 Our Affiliates