After the spring ephemerals in the woodlands fade, I like to turn my attention to the meadows for native seasonal blooms. While the striking goldenrod and lush warm-season grasses won’t bolt and bloom until late summer, delicate flowers litter the cool-season grass sea. The wet areas are especially colorful this time of year. Time to […]
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Native June Blooms in the Meadow
Posted in Natural Lands, tagged meadows, natural lands, wildflowers on June 21, 2018 | Leave a Comment »
Functional Fire, Part 2: After the Prescribed Burn
Posted in Natural Lands, tagged meadow management, meadows, native orchids, natural lands, prescribed burn on November 6, 2017 | 1 Comment »
The following was written in August by Natural Lands Intern Madeline Banks. This is a follow-up piece to her first post about the prescribed burns that took place in April, which can be viewed here: http://gardenblog.winterthur.org/2017/05/16/prescribed-burn-at-winterthur/. A version of both posts was recently included on the blog of the Ecological Landscape Alliance and can […]
Functional Fire: Prescribed Burn at Winterthur
Posted in Natural Lands, tagged fire ecology, meadows, prescribed burn on May 16, 2017 | Leave a Comment »
” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″] The following account was written by Natural Lands Intern Madeline Banks. First things first Any kind of prescribed burning has a lot of thought and careful planning behind it. Everything from safety to environmental impact need to be considered to ensure that a burn is beneficial, not detrimental. Keeping this in […]
The Less Traveled Paths
Posted in Garden, Tours, tagged birds, fields, meadows, nature, summer, trails, wildflowers, Winterthur Garden, yellow arrow tour on July 14, 2015 | Leave a Comment »
The white arrow tour that winds visitors through the garden in the spring has a summer twist to it. The directional arrows have changed to a seasonal yellow color and now lead visitors through the wider estate to experience the dynamic habitat of our meadows. The meadows at Winterthur are part of the rolling landscape […]
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