We’ve just completed a successful run of Wednesdays at Winterthur walk/talks/demos for 2008. Thank you for your participation and interest!
Time to begin thinking about next year. What are your ideas for topics? What interests you? What would you like to learn about? Who would you like to hear from? Any part of the estate or garden [...]
Archive for October, 2008
W@W: Wednesdays at Winterthur for 2009!
Posted in Garden, Lectures, Tours, tagged Wednesdays at Winterthur, Winterthur on October 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Not Your Regular List of Fall Garden Projects
Posted in Garden, Garden Tips, tagged autumn, fall, projects on October 29, 2008 | No Comments »
I enjoy garden projects – as opposed to chores. To me a project is something that will improve or add lasting value to your garden. Raking leaves, for example, is a chore. Naturalizing bulbs, on the other hand, is a project because a sweep of naturalized bulbs will add years of low maintenance beauty to [...]
Hate Raking Leaves? A Mulch Mowing How-to
Posted in Garden, Garden Tips, tagged autumn, fall, leaves, mulch mowing on October 28, 2008 | No Comments »
“… a mature, healthy tree can have 200,000 leaves. During 60 years of life, such a tree would grow and shed 3,600 pounds of leaves, returning about 70% of their nutrients to the soil.”
Wisconsin County Forests webpage
Think about how many millions of leaves will be gathered here at Winterthur and in the many gardens throughout [...]
Idesia’s Unique Fruit Brighten the Autumn Garden
Posted in Garden, tagged Idesia on October 27, 2008 | No Comments »
An unusual tree that is catching our visitor’s notice is Idesia polycarpa, sometimes called the iigiri tree. Winterthur has two young plants near the White Gates in the Pinetum. Our plants are currently bearing clusters of bright orange berries. The berries will ripen to red and turn black as they age. Each tree will bear either [...]
Don’t Miss It!
Posted in Garden, tagged fall color on October 27, 2008 | No Comments »
I walked into the office this morning, put down my bag, grabbed a camera and almost ran back into the garden. The light was coming from behind the house and into the magnificent oak and tulip-poplar trees north of the conservatory and I wanted to capture the moment.
The Winterthur Garden is at its fall peak right [...]
Fall Fantasy
Posted in Garden on October 14, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I took a long walk through the Winterthur Garden yesterday afternoon. The air was as crisp as a Macintosh apple; yummy and sweet. It was the perfect tonic amidst the worry of Wall Street. According to a news report some are turning to nicotine, illegal drugs and over-eating for emotional comfort. The article suggested that [...]
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About Winterthur
Winterthur Museum & Country Estate is located among the rolling hills of Delaware’s Brandywine Valley. At the core of the estate’s 1,000 acres is a century’s old garden where vibrant displays of bulbs, perennials, and flowering trees and shrubs unfold beneath a majestic canopy of trees. For more information about Winterthur visit our Web site at winterthur.org.
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