Swiss Pines
Swiss Pines is a arboretum and Japanese garden located on Charlestown Road, Malvern, Pennsylvania. It is open several days a week in the warmer months; an admission fee is charged for groups.
Swiss Pines was established by Arnold Bartschi, born in Switzerland and by the mid-1930s, owner of the J. Edwards Shoe Company. In 1957, he purchased the of the former Llewellyn estate, and during the next 30 years he developed the Swiss Pines site. It became a nonprofit foundation in 1960.
At present, Swiss Pines displays a Japanese tea house and garden, a stone garden, statuary, streams, lake, stone lanterns, and bridges set among naturalistic plantings. Plant collections include the Glendale Azalea Garden ; the herb garden, the groundcover garden, and the pinetum.
Per the Charlestown Township website, Swiss Pines is closed for the foreseeable future.
