Congratulations to a 6-year-old friend of the Winterthur Garden who received a “First Place” award from the PTA Council of Baltimore County in the Visual Art, Primary Division with this entry in the “Wow” theme. The work is entitled “Dancing with the flowers in the Enchanted Woods.” The work is tempra on canvas. The artist’s statement: “I [...]
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Dancing with the Flowers in the Enchanted Woods
Posted in Garden on August 31, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Sunflower Days
Posted in Garden, tagged home garden, sunflowers, Winterthur Garden on August 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Matt Mickletz, art handling specialist at Winterthur, reports on he and his wife’s first vegetable garden together. Willing staff members are assigned garden plots at Winterthur. It is our first garden together and we have been having a great time trying our green thumbs out. My wife’s father’s side of the family has been farmers [...]
Enjoying Summer in the Garden
Posted in Garden on August 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Wednesdays at Winterthur Garden Walks, Talks, and Demonstrations 9.2.09 Enjoying Summer in the Garden 11:30 am, September 2 Location: Greenhouse Bldg #68 Spring is easy to enjoy, and so is fall, but finding something to enjoy in the summer garden can be a challenge. Join Chris Strand, Director of Garden & Estate, for a walk [...]
Fall Web Worms
Posted in Garden, tagged fall web worms, Winterthur Garden on August 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I recently asked our arborist, John Salata about fall web worms, those yucky white webs one sees in tips of trees along roadsides this time of year. Here is his response, plus a link to a UMass web site about the problem. Generally we don’t do much in the way of controlling fall webworm. Not to [...]
Summer Harvests
Posted in Garden on August 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Rosemary Krill tells about her recent finds at the Winterthur farm stand: Thank you to the Garden staff and to the farmers from Happy Cat Farm and SIW Vegetables for opening the farmstand on some Saturdays from 10:00am to noon. Whenever I visit a farmstand in August, I wish that we could eat this month [...]
Summer Ferns
Posted in Garden on August 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Rosemary Krill shares her observations of the Winterthur Garden in late-August: By mid to late-August, I look for the first signs of autumn weather, signaling the end of summer heat and humidity, But this year, high summer stayed with us. The moist heat seemed endless, the cicadas ‘roared,’ and the still ‘greenness’ of the Winterthur [...]
As Summer Turns to Fall
Posted in Garden, tagged autumn, fall, Hal Bruce, Winterthur Garden on August 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday, I came across a paragraph in “Winterthur in Bloom” by Harold Bruce that seems appropriate for late August. The book was written in 1968 with forward by Henry Francis du Pont. I especially enjoy studying the photographs to see what the Winterthur Garden looked like 40 years ago. On page 167, the chapter on Autumn [...]
The Farmstand This Weekend
Posted in Garden, tagged farmstand, food, members, vegetables, Winterthur Garden on August 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This Saturday, August 22, we are again offering members and guests the opportunity to buy fresh vegetables grown here on the farm at Winterthur. The Farmstand will feature potatoes, greens, and heirloom tomatoes grown at Winterthur and corn and tomatoes grown at neighboring Hill Girt Farm. The Farmstand will be open from 10 am to noon [...]
Picnicking at Winterthur: Frequently Asked Questions
Posted in FAQs, tagged family, FAQ, food, members, picnic, picnicking, Winterthur, Winterthur Garden on August 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The Winterthur estate offers many beautiful places to picnic. Below are the answers to several “Frequently Asked Questions” about picnicking on the grounds. In general the responses below follow the golden rule and were developed to ensure that all guests at Winterthur have an opportunity to enjoy the beauty of the Winterthur garden. We welcome [...]
A Nice Moment in the Garden
Posted in Garden, tagged birds, environment, nature, Winterthur Garden on August 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of our staff members posted this as a comment on one of our blog entries, but I thought it was worth re-posting as its own entry for everyone read: I saw the most amazing thing yesterday on the path behind the Museum Store; a pair of cardinals (mom & dad) teaching their baby chick [...]
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The Winterthur Garden Blog is the official Web log of Winterthur Museum & Country Estate. The blog offers behind-the-scenes information and personal perspectives on the garden, written by the people who work and volunteer here.
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- Anemone, cardinal flower, and white wood aster in flower at the Quarry. 1 week ago
- Cosmos, angelonia, sunflowers, and zinnias are keeping the kids' gardens looking fun and colorful this summer. 3 weeks ago
- I have been travelling, but I am back now and the Hydrangeas look spectacular out in the garden and along Clenny Run by the Cottage. 2 months ago
- The peonies are in all their glory. Be sure and look for the beautybush (Kolkwitzia amabalis) and its fountains of soft pink flowers. 3 months ago
- So many azaleas coming into bloom - and so early. Trillium, windflower, and Virginia bluebells are still putting on a show. 4 months ago
Winterthur Weather Data- Current data summary at 2010/9/2 September 2, 2010Time of Observations: 2010/09/02 10:10:00 EDT Gage Precipitation (60): 0 in Air Temperature: 81.4 deg. F Dew Point Temperature: 71.4 deg. F Wind Speed: 3 mph Wind Direction: 207.9 deg. (SSW) Barometric Pressure: 30.12 inHg Solar Radiation: 512 W.m-2 Wind Gust Speed (5): 4.2 mph at 10:06 Gage Precipitation (5): 0 in Relative humidity: 72 % Heat Index: 85.6 de […]
- Current data summary at 2010/9/2 September 2, 2010
