Beautiful Peony (牡丹花) Garden, Waterfalls
and More in Pennsylvania
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鮮紅得 如此驕艷 如此風情。

Peony flowers in Tree Peony Garden in central Pennsylvania, USA.

牡丹是中國傳統名花，花型碩大，色澤豔麗，香氣怡人，自古即為富貴吉祥的象徵，故又稱為「富貴花」.
“国色天香，乃牡丹之富贵。” 唐時世人極愛牡丹，牡丹不僅成為名貴的觀賞花卉，更是國運昌隆的象徵，
白居易《牡丹芳》詩︰「花開花落二十日，一城之人皆若狂。」由此可知，當時世人對牡丹的狂熱及牡丹
在唐朝的地位。
The owner of this Tree Peony Garden is a Chinese American with a strong interest and hobby in gardening. He
bought a large farm land in rural area in central Pennsylvania for his enjoyment of retirement life. He plants and
cultivates these beautiful tree peony flowers by himself. He invited several of his classmates and friends to
come here to share his enjoyment of beautiful peony flowers. We are, therefore, very lucky to have this special
opportunity to come here to enjoy the beautiful flowers and his hospitality on May 23 and 24, 2008.
In addition to this tour of the Tree Peony Garden in central Pennsylvania in May 2008, we also toured several
clusters of beautiful waterfalls in eastern Pennsylvania in Delaware Water Gap National Recreational Area in
July and September 2006 as shown in the following photos.
The Main Falls in the cluster of Bushkill Falls. Drop
about 100 feet.
The zigzag trail, boardwalk and steep stairway on the sidewall of the gorge for visitors to go down to the
bottom of the gorge to see the Main Falls in the cluster of Bushkill Falls.
The bridge over the stream and the stairway/trail to
go up the sidewall on the other side of the gorge
Upper section of the Raymondskill Falls - Drop about 70 feet

Map: Click here to see Google Map showing location of Raymondskill Falls
Three more photos from the Tree Peony Garden.
Upper Part of Dingmans Falls
Some more photos from the Tree Peony Garden.
密林靜靜小石路， 運河邊漫步林間，風光迷人。

A view of the hiking trail in Bull's Island State Park (which is part of the Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park)
with Delaware and Raritan Canal on the left side of the trail.

Map: Click here to see Google Map showing location of Bull's Island State Park

In eastern Pennsylvania, Delaware River is the boundary between Pennsylvania and New Jersey. There are
several state parks along Delaware River with substantial areas of forest that attract large number of many
kinds of song birds. On May 26, 2008, we went hiking in two of such forest areas to listen to and to watch
these song birds. These two areas are: (1) Bull's Island of the Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park near
Raven Rock on New Jersey side of the river and (2) Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve near New Hope on
Pennsylvania side of the river.
It is a pleasure to listen to the wonderful sound of many kinds of song birds in the forest while hiking on these
trails with the Delaware River on one side and Delaware and Raritan Canal on the other side. When we look up,
sometime we are lucky to see two song birds on the trees as shown in this photo.
可靜聽幽林百鳥啁啾之樂，自然之聲飄于密林，此起彼伏，駐足聆
聽，的確美妙動人，人行其中，耳聽鳥鳴，宛若仙境。

Since these song birds are small, very often we can hear them but we cannot see them. Instead, what
we see are often the forest canopy with sunshine shinning through like this photo.
吾友是賞鳥高手，經常會駐足聆聽，通過一些蛛絲馬跡發掘好鳥。

Here we see a water thrasher singing with its beak open.
In this section, the trail becomes a dike with the Delaware River on right side and the Delaware and Raritan
Canal on left side.
A pair of Canada geese with six babies on the Delaware and Raritan Canal.
Wild flower along the hiking trail
A picture of me (Sing Lin) at Dingmans Fall.
More information on location, phone number, direction and website of these points of interest in Pennsylvania
are in the following list.

Tree Peony Garden
176 Bamboo Lane
Centre Hall, PA 16828
Phone: 814-360-5827
Fax: 814-364-9721
(Note: Bamboo Lane is off Highway 322 (Boal Avenue))
Website: www.treepeonygarden.com

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Bushkill Falls

Address:
Bushkill Falls,
PO Box 151,
Route 209 & Bushkill Falls Rd.
Bushkill, PA 18324
Toll Free 1-888-628-7454, Phone (570) 588-6682, Fax (570) 588-9060.
Website: www.visitbushkillfalls.com

Location: It is reached by Bushkill Falls Road and is about 1.5 mile west of the junction of Route 209 and
Bushkill Falls Road. It is in mid-section of Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, on Pennsylvania side
of Delaware River, off Route 209 in the town of Bushkill, a series of eight waterfalls, nestled deep in the
wooded Pocono Mountains

Map: Click here to see Google Map showing location of Bushkill Falls

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Raymondskill Falls

Location: It is reached by Raymondskill Road and is about 1.5 miles west of Junction of Raymondskill Road
and Route 209. It is in northern part of Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, on Pennsylvania side of
Delaware River, about 9 miles south of Milford and about five miles north of Dingmans Falls.
Websites: http://www.waterfalls-guide.com/pa_raymondskill_falls.htm or

www.aria-database.com/waterfall/fallsmonth/11-99.html

Map: Click here to see Google Map showing location of Raymondskill Falls

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Dingmans Falls:

Phone: (570) 828-2253
Location: The visitor center and the falls are at the end of a 1-mile approach road off Johnny Bee Road, which
intersects PA Rt. 209 near milepost 14, just south of the traffic light at PA Routes 209 & 739 in Dingmans
Ferry PA.

Website: www.nps.gov/dewa/planyourvisit/dingmans-falls.htm

Map: Click here to see Google Map showing location of Dingmans Falls

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Fulmer Falls + 4 Waterfalls in George W. Childs Recreation Site

Websites: www.waterfalls-guide.com/pa_fulmer_falls.htm

http://pennsylvania.hometownlocator.com/maps/feature-map,ftc,1,fid,1175330,n,Fulmer%20Falls.cfm

Direction:

1)        At junction of Route 209, Route 739 and Dingmans Park, take Route 739 (i.e., Bethany and Dingmans
Choice Tpke) West
2)        Continue on Route 739 for 1.2 miles, then turn left onto Silver Lake Road.
3)        Continue on Silver Lake Road (SR 2004) for 1.7 miles, then turn left onto Park Road
4)        In very short distance when you see the sign of “Dingmans Creek”, turn left to park on one of several
parking lots on either side of Dingmans Creek. You have arrived at George W. Childs Recreation Site with
Fulmer Falls and other 4 falls
5)        Hike on the 1.8-mile loop trail (i.e., Waterfalls Loop), which circles these cascading waterfalls along
Dingmans Creek.

Map: Click here to see Google Map showing location of Fulmer Falls

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Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve:

1635 River Road (i.e., Route 32)
P.O. Box 685
New Hope/ Doylestown, PA 18938
Phone: 215-862-2924
Websites: http://www.bhwp.org/visiting/location.htm

http://scenicbuckscounty.com/Bowman'sHill/Bowman'sHill.html  

The Preserve is situated on the north side of Bowman's Hill, near the Delaware River, approximately 2.5 miles
south of New Hope, and approximately 40 miles northeast of Philadelphia.

PLEASE NOTE: A large stone picnic pavilion (the Moore Pavilion) will be on your right as you proceed up the
hill to the wrought iron gates in our deer fence. Pull up to the white line and the gates will automatically open
for your vehicle; follow the paved road to Visitor Center parking

Map: Click here to see Google Map showing location of Bowmans's Hill Wildflower Preserve

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Bull’s Island State Park

Mailing Address:
2185 Daniel Bray Highway
Stockton, NJ 08559
Phone: (609) 397-2949
Websites: http://www.state.nj.us/dep/parksandforests/parks/bull.html

Location: At intersection of Highway 29 (Daniel Bray Hwy) and Bull’s Island Road/Quarry Road, Raven
Rock/Stockton, New Jersey
(About 6 miles north of junction of Rt. 202 and Rt. 29 and about 3 miles north of Stockton.)

Map: Click here to see Google Map showing location of Bull's Island State Park
Canada geese in flight over Delaware River
牡丹形態雍容華貴，端麗高雅，被視為昌盛繁榮、富貴吉祥的象徵。牡丹可說是色、香、姿、韻俱佳，千
古以來多少文人墨客為之傾倒，在詩畫、詞賦、戲曲中留下了許多膾炙人口的詠牡丹佳作。如唐朝皮日休
《牡丹》︰「落盡殘紅始吐芳，佳名喚作百花王。競誇天下無雙艷，獨佔人間第一香。」牡丹因此有了
「百花王」美稱。「國色天香，乃牡丹之富貴, 濃郁的香氣和嬌豔的姿容。
天香國色，牡丹雍容華貴，被人們譽為“花中之王”，它是興旺發
達、美好幸福的象徵。
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There is another peony garden, Peony Envy Flower Farm, in New Jersey and is open to public as described
in the following web page:

http://www.shltrip.com/Part_2_of_Spring_Flowers_in_NJ.html
青山環抱，瀑飛泉清。
唯有牡丹真國色，花開時節動京城。”國花牡丹，當仁不讓