Wednesdays at Winterthur: June 24 11:30 am at the greenhouses. Join garden guide specialist Ed Stevenson for a walk through the garden, looking in detail at those majestic woodland trees, the oaks and beeches. Their identification, characteristics, growth conditions, and how they may be used in a home garden will be explored.
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June 24 Focus on Trees: Oaks and Beeches
Posted in Garden, tagged environment, garden programs, nature, trees, Winterthur Garden on June 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Who grows up to become a gardener?
Posted in Garden, tagged environment, family, gardener, life, lifestyle, nature, Winterthur Garden on June 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Jeannette Lindvig, a guide in the house and the garden, shares a beautiful essay and photo of the Winterthur Garden: The other day I watched a young family walking through the garden at Winterthur. The parents were patient and attentive to their three children, two of whom walked easily with their parents. The one who [...]
Gardening with Children
Posted in Garden, tagged children, children's garden, environment, gardening, kids, life, lifestyle, nature, vegetables, Winterthur Garden on June 15, 2009 | 3 Comments »
This last Saturday, Winterthur garden interns and staff helped 21 children plant their vegetable gardens for our annual “Kids Grow” children’s gardening program. Over the next 10 weeks children and their parents will watch their seeds grow, pull weeds, thin, pinch, water and weed their way to a nice harvest of salad vegetables. By the [...]
Love your Lep’s: Native Plants for a Butterfly Garden Review
Posted in Garden, tagged butterflies, environment, insects, native plants, nature, wildflowers, Winterthur Garden on June 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Meghan Gallagher, a Winterthur horticulturist, led the Wednesdays at Winterthur walk on June 10th. She follows up with more great information about butterflies. We had a gorgeous day and the company was great! Many important questions surfaced throughout the walk, including the significance of butterflies in the garden. Besides their beautiful colors, lepidopteran’s are nature’s [...]
June 17: Just the Birds, Not the Bees
Posted in Garden, tagged birds, environment, garden programs, nature, Winterthur Garden on June 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Wednesdays at Winterthur: June 17 11:30 am at the greenhouses. Winterthur provides many suitable nesting environments for the birds that spend their breeding season in this region. Learn which birds call Winterthur “home” and where you may expect to find them nesting. Horticulturist Jim Pirhalla leads this walk through the Winterthur Garden.
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