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Wednesdays at Winterthur, July 8th, 11:30 am at the greenhouses.

Among natural resources, trees are unrivaled in their usefulness.
From cleaning the air to shading our homes to supplying the raw material for countless products and purposes, trees epitomize the term “multi-tasker.”
Join Winterthur’s arborist superintendent John Salata for an introduction to several of our native “wooden wonders,” [...]

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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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This morning, I had the opportunity of introducing ten second graders from nearby Greenwood Elementary to the garden. We had a ball exploring hideouts, trees, dragonflies and bullfrogs. In the afternoon, I decided to retrace our steps camera in hand. Walking to the Quarry Garden to check out the bright festival of primroses, I heard [...]

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