2018 Bucks County Designer House Opens For Tours This Weekend

The 2018 Bucks County Designer House & Gardens will open for tours this weekend.

This year's Designer House & Gardens is Cedaridge Farm, 93 Stover Park Road in Pipersville. The Bucks County Designer House & Gardens is an annual home makeover event that serves as fundraiser for the Village Improvement Association of Doylestown.

Tours begin Sunday, April 29; a preview gala is Friday, April 27.

Here's what organizers say about the 2018 Designer House & Gardens:

Established in 1791 as a Mennonite Dairy Farm and fruit tree orchard, Cedaridge Farm spans more than twenty acres of meadows, streams, and woodlands. It includes a farmhouse, a gardener’s cottage, a ranch house with Mercer tile bathrooms and a peg barn that was transported from the Poconos. In 1989 the property was acquired by award-winning author and photographer, Derek Fell, and garden designer, Carolyn Fell.

The Fells purchased historic Cedaridge Farm in 1989 as an outdoor studio for Derek to photograph flowers and vegetables and to test various gardening techniques as an aid to publishing more than 100 garden books, according to information provided by the Village Improvement Association. Carolyn has also used the property as a showcase for her garden design business.

"For the Bucks County Designer House & Garden Tour, Carolyn has designed a state-of-the-art cutting garden featuring sweet peas, tulips, snapdragons, calendula, peonies, larkspur, cosmos, and other annuals and perennials. Formerly a congressional aide and fashion designer, today Carolyn specializes in residential garden designs that usually incorporate a water feature," the Village Improvement Association says.

The home has been transformed by a team of professional designers and landscapers. The public can see the results during tours that will go from April 29 to May 27. Tickets are $30 in advance and $35 at the door. Tickets are available online, or at one of many retailers. Click here to purchase tickets, or to locate a retailer.

You can meet the 2018 design team and chat with them about their design work during a special event on May 10. Click here for details on that event.

Click here for more information about the house.

Image of Derek and Carolyn Fell, Cedaridge Farm owners via the Village Improvement Association