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Wednesdays at Winterthur for 2013

Posted in Garden, tagged on February 5, 2013 | Leave a Comment »

Mark your calendars or enter these dates in your smart phones! Wednesdays at Winterthur programming will begin on April 3 at 11:30a at the Brown Horticulture Learning Center. Here’s the line-up of talks, demonstrations, and walks for 2013. Very soon (they need one more edit!) you’ll find full descriptions of the program on the Winterthur web site: [...]

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Gift to Garden Announced

Posted in Garden, tagged , , , on February 4, 2011 | 3 Comments »

Winterthur is very excited to announce a gift of $1 million from Alice Cary Brown and W. L. Lyons Brown, Jr. (Lee) to fund the creation of the Brown Horticulture Learning Center. This gift will be used to adaptively renovate an original estate greenhouse to house the 3,000-square-foot center. Featuring a classroom and meeting space, the center [...]

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Another Year of ‘Wednesdays at Winterthur’

Posted in Garden, Lectures, tagged , on November 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

If you happen to visit Winterthur in the middle of the day on a Wednesday during the growing season you will have the opportunity to enjoy a lecture by one of our staff members on a horticultural or historic topic. Most guests are surprised to learn that these lectures require no pre-registration, carry no fee, and offer [...]

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Memorial Day Weekend in the Garden

Posted in Garden, tagged , , on May 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Can’t make it to the ocean this Memorial Day? Take some time to walk in the cool of the Winterthur Garden instead. For me, it offers a similar solace and serenity. Walking through the March Bank as the breeze moves the fern fronds is like heaven on earth.  If you venture to the top of Sycamore [...]

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Birds and Blue

Posted in Garden, Lectures, Plants, Tours, tagged , , , on March 23, 2009 | 6 Comments »

Happy Spring!  If you’ve ever seen the Winterthur Garden in late March, you may be wondering how ”the blue” is coming along on the March Bank. While the indigo hues of Glory-of-the-snow and Siberian squill are evident in the warmest spots, we are about a week away from the blanket of blue. Stay tuned! Two events are fast [...]

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W@W: Wednesdays at Winterthur for 2009!

Posted in Garden, Lectures, Tours, tagged , on October 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »

We’ve just completed a successful run of Wednesdays at Winterthur walk/talks/demos for 2008. Thank you for your participation and interest! Time to begin thinking about next year. What are your ideas for topics?  What interests you? What would you like to learn about? Who would you like to hear from? Any part of the estate or [...]

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Wednesdays at Winterthur – back again for fall!

Posted in Lectures, tagged on September 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Wednesdays at Winterthur walks will resume on September 3rd and continue until October 29th.  Each will begin at the greenhouses at 11:30 and will last about 1 hour. Come out, get some fresh air and enjoy the Winterthur Garden. I’m getting a little worried though – I’m leading the first one on stone walls and bridges. [...]

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