From Maggie Lidz, Winterthur’s estate historian: The Winterthur estate has had conservatory displays since Evelina du Pont and her husband Antoine Bidermann moved into their newly built house in 1841. In fact, December 13, 1838 Evelina wrote to her sister Victorine du Pont, who lived at Eleutherian Mills (now part of the Hagley Museum and [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Garden History’
The Greenhouses at Winterthur
Posted in Garden, tagged Garden History, greenhouse, Winterthur Garden on March 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Lost Gardens of the Brandywine
Posted in Garden, tagged exhibitions, Garden History on March 2, 2010 | 1 Comment »
March 27 – July 25, 2010 We are very excited this spring to have a new exhibition about gardens opening here at Winterthur. During the clamorous years before World War II, American gardens developed into a high art. Through the use of antique garden furniture, rare color photography, and never-before-seen family images of garden [...]
January in the Winterthur Garden
Posted in Garden, tagged Garden History, January gardens, Winterthur Garden on January 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It is such a wonderful surprise to see flowers blooming in winter and H.F. du Pont planned his garden to maximize that pleasure. Here are notes that he wrote over his lifetime about the Winterthur garden in January. – – -Maggie Lidz, Estate Historian. The photo was taken at Winterthur January 31, 1913 of blooming crocus. [...]
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- In addition to winter jasmine and snowdrops; adonis amurensis, winter aconite, and leucojum are all coming into bloom. 2 weeks ago
- Winter jasmine, snowdrops, and witch hazels in flower - winter aconite just starting to peek out of the ground. 3 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 2012/2/11 February 10, 2012Time of Observations: 2012/02/11 01:10:00 EST Gage Precipitation (60): 0 in Air Temperature: 31.9 deg. F Dew Point Temperature: 32.3 deg. F Wind Speed: 0 mph Wind Direction: 0 deg. (N) Barometric Pressure: 29.91 inHg Solar Radiation: 0 W.m-2 Wind Gust Speed (5): 0 mph at 6:05 Gage Precipitation (5): 0 in Wind Chill: 31.9 deg. F
- Current data summary at 2012/2/11 February 10, 2012
