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 […]
Posts Tagged ‘natural lands’
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 […]
Monitoring the Impact of Deer
Posted in Garden, tagged deer, deer browsing, deer density, deer ex-closure, fencing, land management, natural lands, woodlands on February 24, 2014 | Leave a Comment »
Kirsten Liebl, our Natural Lands Winter Intern writes the following: If you happen to be wandering through some of the natural wooded areas of Winterthur, don’t be surprised if you come across what looks like a large cage in the forest. Don’t worry; we are not keeping any dangerous animals in there! In fact we are […]
Gardening in 20 Degrees
Posted in Garden, Garden Tips, Plants, tagged Azalea Woods, equipment, forsythia, Magnolia Bend, natural lands, pruning, waterways, weather, winter, winter garden, Winterthur, Winterthur Garden on January 31, 2013 | 1 Comment »
If I had a dime for every time I hear “So what do you guys do in the winter?” I would be writing this blog from my own private tropical island somewhere. OK—maybe not a tropical island as I am not too fond of the heat; how about a snowy New England hilltop? Regardless, you […]
A New Face in the Winterthur Garden
Posted in Garden, tagged environment, geology, intern, natural lands, university of delaware, wesley college on April 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
My name is Mark Wolanski and I am from Wilmington, Delaware. Since March I have been serving as the six month Garden/Estate intern but will be transitioning to the Natural Lands intern in May. I have recently graduated from the University of Delaware with a Bachelor of Arts in Geography. By majoring in geography, students […]