Stango Park

Stango Park is located along Kings Highway, at the corner of Adams Street and serves as the gateway to Lewes. The park is home to the Rollins Community Center, Lewes Public Library and the Lewes in Bloom Childrens Learning Garden.  

This park was designed as Lewes’ arboretum and has spreading trees forming an arbor over the carpets of grass. It is the perfect place on a sunny day to get a book and relax in the shade. Named for former Mayor Al Stango, twelve-term Mayor of Lewes retiring from office in 1992. Mayor Stango will be remembered for his forceful personality and his role during Lewes’ transition from a mostly blue-collar working town to a city driven by upward-spiraling real estate.

The garden beds (Old Bed) start at the bicycle path crossing at the west end and run east to alongside the Childrens Learning Garden (New Bed). Looking south from the garden beds you will see the remnants of the former Lewes railroad with a bright red caboose on display. Across the tracks are the Lewes Public Library which has its own garden page.

Annuals planted for 2023

OLD BED  
BEGONIA VIKING CORAL FLAME ON GREEN 36
BRACTEANTHA GRANVIA PEACHY KEEN 15
CALADIUM POSTMAN JOYNER 200
CANNA HAPPY CLEO 30
CELOSIA LPUMOSA KELOS FIRE YELLOW 18
COLEUS SUNSET BOULEVARD 15
CUPHEA IGNEA DAVID VERITY 32
CUPHEA TORPEDO 18
CUPHEA VEMILLIONAIRE 15
DAHLIA MYSTIC ILLUSION 18
DIASCIA TRINITY SUNSET 36
HELIANTHUS SUNCREDIBLE YELLOW 10
LANTANA LUSCIOUS LEMON TART 15
LANTANA LUSCIOUS MARMALADE 15
LANTANA LUSCIOUS RED ROYALE 15
ROSE OSO EASY DOUBLE RED  
RUDBECKIA RODEO RED SHIELD 18
SUNPATIENS COMPACT RED 10
   
NEW BED  
VERBENA ENDURASCAPE RED 15
BEGONIA TOP HAT RED 36
CALYOPHUS LADYBIRD 10
CELOSIA PLUMOSA KELOS FIRE ORANGE 18
CLEOME ROSALITA 15
HELIANTHUS MONGOLIAN GIANT 15
HELIANTHUS SUNCREDIBLE SATURN 15
LILY TRUMPET LESOTHO 5
LILY TRUMPET RISING MOON 5
PENNISETUM FIGG VERTIGO 5
PETUNIA BLANKET SILVER SURPRISE 36
PETUNIA HEADLINER STRAWBERRY SKY 18
PETUNIA VIOLET VOGUE 18
PORTULACA PAZAZZ NANO TROPICAL PUNCH 18
SALVIA SALGOON LAKE GARCIA 18
SCAEVOLA SURDIVA BLUE VIOET 18
VERBENA BONARIENSIS VERITY 18