Hope you will enjoy this new tour! Visit the former dairy and farm while exploring the ever-changing estate landscape on this narrated tram tour. Hear accounts of estate history as you see how we have repurposed historic work areas. Glimpse behind the scenes on this members-only tour led by a specially-trained guide. The 45-minute tour will [...]
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New Estate Tour Begins on August 3rd!
Posted in Garden, Tours, tagged Estate tour on July 7, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Old Fashioned GPS
Posted in Garden, Tours, tagged azaleas, Garden, H F du Pont, lilacs, primrose, spring flowers, spring tour, white arrows, Winterthur Garden on May 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Do you find the Winterthur Garden hard to navigate? Unsure where the path may lead you? Is the newly emerging foliage obscuring your view of the Museum (the main referencing point when out “in the wild”)? Well fear no more! The white arrows have made their return and just in time to celebrate the glorious [...]
Second Saturdays Garden Walk – August 14th
Posted in Tours on August 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Second Saturdays Garden Walk: Sunset From the Train Station August 14 7:00 pm, Visitor Center Learn fascinating, little-known details about the estate with our horticultural staff. Bring your flashlight and prepare for a long walk. Dress for the weather and wear walking shoes. In case of inclement weather, call 302.888.4915 after 10:00 am. Walks last [...]
This Week in the Garden, April 9, 2010
Posted in Garden, Garden Tips, Tours, tagged cherries, Garden, garden tip, lilacs, magnolia, Magnolia Bend, petal fall, petals, Pinetum, Prunus 'Accolade', spring flowers on April 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Will someone stop hitting the fast forward button, please? Over the past seven days we have progressed about three weeks—flower time, that is. We have gone from smelling the spicy scent of star magnolias (Magnolia stellata) to the perfume fragrance of lilacs (Syringa vulgaris cvs). It makes my head spin even more to think [...]
2nd Saturday Members’ Walk this Saturday
Posted in Garden, Tours, tagged 2nd Saturday Walks, autumn, fall, Winterthur Garden on October 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Crisp clear days, hints of fall color, and asters flowering in the meadows – autumn is here! Join us for a walk through the garden to see the highlights of fall from 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm on Saturday, October 10. Dress for the weather and wear walking shoes. In case of inclement weather, call [...]
Shade Gardening Tips – April 29
Posted in Garden, Plants, Tours, tagged Shade Gardening, Winterthur Garden on April 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Join the fun on Wednesday April 29th at 11:30 at the greenhouses where you will enjoy learning about gardening under trees. Gardening in the shade offers gardeners an environment full of opportunity. It was shade that inspired H. F. du Pont’s first gardening efforts when he began the creation of the March Bank in 1902. [...]
Darlings of Spring: Daffodils on April 22
Posted in Garden, Plants, Tours on April 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Join Linda Eirhart on Wednesday April 22nd for a walk to see the many cheerful daffodils in the Winterthur Garden. Meet at the greenhouses at 11:30 a.m. and join the fun! From Linda’s research on Winterthur’s daffodils; instead of mixing daffodil cultivars, Mr. du Pont always used a single cultivar in a drift. In his [...]
On the Trail of Spring Estate Hike – April 15
Posted in Garden, Tours on April 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Get out and stretch your legs on Wednesday, April 15th when Tom Maddux leads a hike from the greenhouses. We’ll start at 11:30 a.m. and enjoy early spring on the beautiful Winterthur estate. Wear your walking shoes! Identify the signs of spring during this one- or two-hour moderately-paced hike. After the first hour you [...]
After the Storm
Posted in Garden, Plants, Tours, tagged beech, sculpture, Winterhazel, Winterthur Garden on April 3, 2009 | 2 Comments »
A huge rainstorm blew through Winterthur around noon today. By 2:00, I ventured out into spring. Is the March Bank still blue? Are the trees ok? What’s in bloom? Today the air was fresh, the sky full of fluffy white clouds. The sun even broke through a few times warming my shoulders. No matter what day you [...]
Birds and Blue
Posted in Garden, Lectures, Plants, Tours, tagged Bank to Bend, birds at Winterthur, Wednesdays at Winterthur, Winterthur Garden on March 23, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Happy Spring! If you’ve ever seen the Winterthur Garden in late March, you may be wondering how ”the blue” is coming along on the March Bank. While the indigo hues of Glory-of-the-snow and Siberian squill are evident in the warmest spots, we are about a week away from the blanket of blue. Stay tuned! Two events are fast [...]
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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
