Swiss Pines was established by Arnold Bartschi (1903-1996), who was a native of
Switzerland who was, by the mid-1930s, owner of the J. Edwards Shoe Company. In 1957, he purchased the of the former Llewellyn estate; during the next thirty 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 (150 varieties); the
herb garden (100 species), the
groundcover garden (28 varieties), and the
pinetum (over 200 types of
conifers). Per the
Charlestown Township website, Swiss Pines was closed for the foreseeable future as of 2013. In 2023 Charlestown Township assumed ownership of the property and has begun planning to make the property available for public use. Swiss Pines continues to be closed to the public during the restoration period. == See also ==