The Gardens of the Historic Amstel & Dutch Houses

Proceeds from Arasapha fundraisers support two historic gardens within a short walk of each other. The gardens are free and open daily, sunrise to sunset. ​You're welcome to sit on a bench, reflect, read, or perhaps enjoy a brown bag lunch.  

Amstel House Garden
2 E. 4th St, Historic New Castle DE

The Amstel House Garden was designed as a Colonial Revival garden in the 1930s by Charles Gillette, a highly regarded Virginia landscape architect. 

Dutch House Garden
32 E. 3rd St, Historic New Castle DE

The Dutch House Garden was designed as a Colonial Revival Garden in 1939 by Robert Wheelwright, a Philadelphia landscape architect.  Victorine Homsey, a Wilmington architect, updated Wheelwright's Colonial Revival design in 1952, and a Dutch Kitchen Garden was installed in 2011.