As the garden quietly edges toward summer, the white arrows that lead guests to the flowering highlights have been removed and stored away until next year. There is always something to see in the Winterthur Garden but the “sensory overload” of the spring is now replaced with lush greens and a more discerning eye to […]
Posts Tagged ‘Enchanted Woods’
The Virtual White Arrow Tour
Posted in Enchanted Woods, Garden, Plants, Tours, tagged Azalea Woods, Enchanted Woods, Icewell Terrace, martagon lily, Quarry Garden, white arrow, Winterthur Garden, yellow arrow tour on June 6, 2017 | 1 Comment »
An Enchanted Look Back
Posted in Enchanted Woods, Garden, Garden History, Garden Programs, tagged Enchanted Woods on May 30, 2017 | 2 Comments »
Garden Insider: Discover Winterthur’s Past in Enchanted Woods Wednesday, May 31, 2017 – 11:30 am – Brown Horticulture Learning Center Remnants of Winterthur’s past, including architectural fragments, columns, and gates, are found throughout Enchanted Woods. Join horticulturist Suzanne French to discover how these elements were masterfully used in the creation of one of this country’s […]
A New Way to View the Garden
Posted in Enchanted Woods, Events, Garden, Garden Programs, tagged 1750 House, Brick Lookout, Chinese Pagoda, Enchanted Woods, Follies exhibition, Garden, Latimeria Summerhouse, Mushroom Seat, Painshill, Peony garden, Stourhead, Stowe, Sycamore Hill, Winterthur Garden on August 22, 2016 | Leave a Comment »
Something is brewing in the Winterthur Garden as is evident by a strange mirrored structure at the edge of the Pinetum. Follies. This may not be a word used much in the American lexicon but you probably know the concept. The following definition about sums it up: Architecture. A whimsical or extravagant structure built to […]
Enchanted Summer Day – Save the Date!
Posted in Enchanted Woods, Events, Garden, tagged children's garden, Enchanted Woods, Garden on June 3, 2016 | Leave a Comment »
Enchanted Summer Day is Saturday June 18th ♦ 11am – 3pm Celebrate the beginning of summer in our award-winning children’s garden! Enjoy music, magic, stories, crafts, face-painting, and ice cream from Woodside Farm Creamery. It’s sure to be a fun-filled day for the whole family, rain or shine. Here’s the Winterthur Web site page […]
A Late-Winter Tour
Posted in Garden, Garden Tips, Plants, tagged Azalea Woods, bulbs, chionodoxa, crocus, daffodils, Enchanted Woods, eranthis, galanthus, Garden, gardening, glory-of-the-snow, March Bank, Oak Hill, photography, Pinetum, Quarry Garden, Reflecting Pool, snowdrops, Sycamore Hill, winter aconite, winter garden, Winterthur Garden on March 2, 2016 | Leave a Comment »
What better way to utilize an “extra day”–Leap Day–than to take a moment to see how the Winterthur Garden is waking up. The intent was to go right to the March Bank because that is the main display at this time of year but I was lured by other flowers along the way. Here is how the […]
A Green Haze in the Gathering Green
Posted in Garden, tagged Avondale Brown Stone, Belgian block, design, Enchanted Woods, Gathering Green, grass, paving, Winterthur, Winterthur Garden on December 2, 2015 | Leave a Comment »
It has been a long time in the making but the “ruins” path construction is completed in Enchanted Woods. The grass in the Gathering Green was only lush and inviting after consistent reseeding accompanied by little foot traffic; two things easily undone by a school group visit or two. After many failed attempts of keeping the green, green […]
The Creation of an Old Look
Posted in Enchanted Woods, Garden, tagged design, Enchanted Woods, Gathering Green, masonry, stone paths on October 26, 2015 | Leave a Comment »
The work on the Gathering Green in Winterthur’s Enchanted Woods is developing. The blogpost from September 3rd laid the ground work out for this project and this post will highlight the progress thus far. The initial work entailed the removal of soil. This was done primarily by hand—either through digging with a shovel or through […]
Wednesdays at Winterthur – Enchanted Woods
Posted in Garden, Garden Programs, Lectures, Tours, tagged children's garden, Enchanted Woods, fairies, Garden, garden programs, Wednesdays at Winterthur, Winterthur Garden on April 23, 2014 | Leave a Comment »
April 30, 2014 – Join garden guides Terry Colonna and Fair Bauernschmidt for a fascinating tour of the Enchanted Woods. Learn how the design evolved, study the construction of each garden feature, identify the plant materials and hear their related fairy folk lore. Walks last 45-60 minutes. Join us for demonstrations, talks, and guided walks […]
Fall Garden Projects
Posted in Enchanted Woods, Garden, tagged Enchanted Woods, fall, paths, paving, Quarry Garden, thatching on October 10, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
An area of the garden will be getting a little fall facelift in the upcoming weeks. Starting on October 14th and ending the 24th, weather permitting (we use this fallback excuse in the garden all the time), Page Excavating Company will be resurfacing Quarry Lane. Across the street, our trusty thatcher William Cahill of Custom […]