Maggie Lidz, Estate Historian and Curator of Garden and Estate Objects writes: On June 28, 1900, Louise du Pont, who was born at Winterthur in 1876, married Bostonian Frank B. Crowninshield. The New York Times wedding announcement described the groom as well-known in New York and very popular and the bride as having made her 1898 debut [...]
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The First Wedding at Winterthur
Posted in Events, Garden, tagged garden weddings, romantic garden, Weddings, Winterthur Garden on October 4, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Riot of Color – Inside and Out
Posted in Events, Garden, Plants, tagged Emilie Sloan, Hagley Car Show, Winterthur Garden on September 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
It’s a busy weekend at Winterthur. In the garden, the quarry garden, children’s veggie garden, box scroll garden, Enchanted Woods, and the reflecting pool garden are hot spots of colorful flowers. In the galleries, you will find a fun trunk show of garden-themed Emilie Sloan bags. I’m off to puchase one for my daughter’s 25th [...]
Winterthur Farmstand Opens on Saturday
Posted in Events on June 1, 2010 | 1 Comment »
This weekend the Winterthur Farmstand will open with seven new vendors! Stop by on Saturdays throughout the summer to select from vegetables grown at Winterthur and produce and other items from local farms. Winterthur Farmstand Saturdays, June 5–September 25 (or longer, depending on the weather) 9:00 am–1:00 pm Route 52, just south of main entrance Vendors [...]
UPDATE Farmstand This Weekend
Posted in Events, tagged farmstand, food, members, vegetables, Winterthur Garden on September 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This Saturday, September 12, we are again offering members and staff the opportunity to buy fresh vegetables grown here on the farm at Winterthur. The Winterthur Farmstand will feature heirloom tomatoes, potatoes, and peppers (hot to mild) grown at Winterthur and corn, tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, onions and peaches from neighboring Hill Girt Farm. The Farmstand [...]
Farmstand Reminder
Posted in Events on September 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This Saturday, September 5, 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 [...]
Garden Faeries at Work
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 [...]
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- In addition to winter jasmine and snowdrops; adonis amurensis, winter aconite, and leucojum are all coming into bloom. 1 week ago
- Winter jasmine, snowdrops, and witch hazels in flower - winter aconite just starting to peek out of the ground. 2 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 2012/2/4 February 4, 2012Time of Observations: 2012/02/04 05:10:00 EST Gage Precipitation (60): 0 in Air Temperature: 34.9 deg. F Dew Point Temperature: 25.5 deg. F Wind Speed: 1.7 mph Wind Direction: 279.8 deg. (W) Barometric Pressure: 30.33 inHg Solar Radiation: 0 W.m-2 Wind Gust Speed (5): 2.2 mph at 10:09 Gage Precipitation (5): 0 in Relative humidity: 68 % Wind Chill: 34.9 deg. […]
- Current data summary at 2012/2/4 February 4, 2012
