Posted in Enchanted Woods, Events, Garden, tagged Enchanted Woods, Garden on March 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Quercus, our elf friend who helped create Enchanted Woods, has been busy at work preparing the new Upside-down Tree for the garden. In February, starting at the top of the tree, he removed the bark and the dead wood, notice the color differences.
By mid-March he had removed all the bark. This week Quercus has been [...]
Posted in Enchanted Woods, tagged upside down tree on February 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When we were originally designing Enchanted Woods, Gary Smith, our landscape architect drew an image of an upside down tree. He never shared the image with the rest of the design team because he thought it would be irresponsible to cut down a living tree and flip it upside down. A few years ago, our arborist, John [...]
Posted in Enchanted Woods, Garden, tagged Enchanted Woods, Faerie Cottage, thatching, Winterthur on April 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I am pleased to announce that the Faerie Cottage in Enchanted Woods has been re-thatched. Our thatcher, William Cahill, spent several weeks replacing the mossy and worn roof on the cottage with fresh thatch. In the spirit of recycling and conservation, our new thatch roof uses phragmites, a common wetland grass found throughout the area [...]
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