Wednesday, April 7th - 11:30 a.m. Spring into Action Enjoy the wildflowers, trees, and beautiful natural landscape of the Winterthur estate. Meet Mary Patterson, specialist garden guide, for a stroll on garden paths and off the beaten track. Explore new areas and experience Henry Francis du Pont’s beautiful spring legacy. Included with all admission tickets, members [...]
Archive for March, 2010
Wednesdays at Winterthur:Spring into Action
Posted in Garden on March 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Learn While Volunteering
Posted in Garden, tagged farmstand, invasive removal, volunteering on March 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
For avid gardeners there is so much information available to us through classes, books, magazine articles, and the web that it amounts to a surplus of data and advice. One of the best ways (and most enjoyable) to learn about gardening is to work alongside other gardeners. The tips shared from gardener to gardener and the observations made [...]
This Week in the Garden, March 26, 2010
Posted in Garden, Garden Tips, tagged bulbs, chionodoxa, Garden, March Bank, propagation, scilla, snowdrops, Winterthur Garden on March 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I consider the time when the March Bank is in its full blue regalia to be the calm before the storm; the storm being the flowering flurry of April. There is a quiet composure to the vast blue display and when viewed from a distance, it is one in which you can get visually lost. [...]
Greater Philadelphia Gardens site
Posted in Garden on March 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Just a quick note to make sure you know about the Greater Philadelphia Gardens web site. It has a wonderful event calendar segment that contains events from lots of wonderful area gardens. What fun to live in an area so rich in well-run gardens! http://www.greaterphiladelphiagardens.org/events.asp
Winterthur Blue – March 25, 2010
Posted in Garden, Plants, tagged March Bank, Winterthur Garden on March 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Bob Davis shares beautiful photos of the Winterthur Garden taken on Thursday, March 25th, 2010. This is “the” weekend to see the March Bank in its incredible azure blue phase. Bob included photos of the East Terrace, just outside the house, resplendent in the soft yellow masses of Winterhazel and Cornelian cherry blossoms. Enjoy!
Yellow Clivia ‘Sir John Thouron’ in Winterthur Plant Shop!
Posted in Garden on March 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Stephanie Albany Hill clues us in on a rare Clivia in the Winterthur plant shop today! I stopped by to take a look and it’s a beaut. Stands about 3′ above the rim of its pot with two hearty trunks. I am not sure you noticed when you last stopped by the plant shop, but [...]
Something Blue
Posted in Garden, tagged chionodoxa, March Bank on March 23, 2010 | 2 Comments »
[Glory-of-the-Snow today] This afternoon Carol Long, Assistant Curator of the Garden, let me put her on the spot. I asked her to write up her prediction of when the March Bank’s famous ‘blue phase’ would reach its peak, so that we could let staff members and guests know when to expect the best display. Here is what [...]
Hellebores of Pine Knot Farms
Posted in Garden, tagged hellebores on March 19, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Dick and Judy of Pine Knot Farms are here today and tomorrow with a wonderful selection of hellebores for sale. Pine Knot Farms is renowned for growing some of the most beautiful hellebores. The spectacular flowers peek their heads out of the ground in the late winter and early spring and provide some of the first [...]
This Week in the Garden 3-19-10
Posted in Garden, Garden Tips, Plants, tagged bulbs, crocus, gardening, glory-of-the-snow, March Bank, snowdrops, spring snowflake, squill, tips, winter aconite, Winterthur Garden, woodland flowers, woodland gardening on March 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It is amazing to think about the fact that two weeks ago we still had a fair amount of snow on the ground. Now, the woodland floor of many of our garden areas are covered in a multitude of flowers, with more to emerge with the impending warm weekend. I know that we are just about to [...]
Winterthur’s “Other Half”
Posted in Garden, tagged Winterthur Garden, Winterthur program, WPAMC on March 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Tyler Putman, a WPAMC Fellow with interests in historical gardening shares his observations of the Winterthur Garden and the connection to his graduate work. Thanks, Tyler! As a Fellow in the Winterthur Program in American Material Culture, I am incredibly fortunate to spend two years studying at the Museum. After a winter exploring the [...]
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- In addition to winter jasmine and snowdrops; adonis amurensis, winter aconite, and leucojum are all coming into bloom. 2 weeks ago
- Winter jasmine, snowdrops, and witch hazels in flower - winter aconite just starting to peek out of the ground. 3 weeks ago
- Almost 60 degrees! More snowdrops pushing - daffodil and lycoris leaves starting to come up too. 1 month ago
- Snowdrops, winter jasmine, and winter honeysuckle in flower on a sunny December day. 1 month ago
- Tuberose still in flower in kids vegetable garden, Colchicum on Oak Hill, and Begonia grandis in Enchanted Woods. 4 months ago
Winterthur Weather Data- Current data summary at 2012/2/11 February 10, 2012Time of Observations: 2012/02/11 00:00:00 EST Gage Precipitation (60): 0 in Air Temperature: 32.2 deg. F Dew Point Temperature: 32.1 deg. F Wind Speed: 0.6 mph Wind Direction: 330.4 deg. (NNW) Barometric Pressure: 29.94 inHg Solar Radiation: 0 W.m-2 Wind Gust Speed (5): 1.3 mph at 4:55 Gage Precipitation (5): 0 in Relative humidity: 100 % Wind Chill: 32.2 de […]
- Current data summary at 2012/2/11 February 10, 2012
