One of Winterthur’s wonderful garden guides, Mary Patterson, took on the difficult task of choosing her favorite plant at the Museum Store plant shop. With all the amazing, healthy plants to choose from, I’m sure it was difficult. Mary decided on the hellebore as her plant pick of the week writing, “A bright spot in [...]
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Plant Pick of the Week – Hellebores!
Posted in Plants, Products, tagged Hellebore, museum store, Plant Pick of the week, Winterthur Garden on April 4, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Can’t Resist: Chocolate and Gardening Books – on sale now!
Posted in Events, Products, tagged book sale, chocolate, Winterthur on April 2, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Race me to the bookstore. Winterthur is having a book sale with loads of terrific gardening books at 40% off. I’m eyeing “The Gardeners’ Book for the Gardener Who’s Best at Everything.” Sounds like I could learn a lot from it. It’s right next to a book on chocolate – a perfect combination. Plus there’s a tempting focus on [...]
What’s Flowering in the Children’s Garden
Posted in Garden, Plants, Products, tagged children, children's garden, environment, gardening, kids, life, lifestyle, nature, vegetables, Winterthur Garden on September 10, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Several visitors and staff members have asked for the names and sources of some of the plants growing in the children’s vegetable garden. I have copied the inventory below along with a very informal rating and source code. The rating scale is from “-” (no germination/poor performer) to “++” (star performer). If there is neither a plus [...]
