White Arrow in Azalea Woods

Do you find the Winterthur Garden hard to navigate?  Unsure where the path may lead you?  Is the newly emerging foliage obscuring your view of the Museum (the main referencing point when out “in the wild”)?  Well fear no more! The white arrows have made their return and just in time to celebrate the glorious display of azaleas, primrose, lovely scented lilacs and a host of other spring flowering plants.

H. F. du Pont used simple, white directional arrows to help lead guests to the “must see spots” during Winterthur’s Spring Tour.  Chris Strand, Winterthur’s Director of Garden and Estate thought that it would be a relatively easy thing to replicate, while giving an historical nod to Winterthur’s original form of way finding. The white arrow tour is now in its 5^th year. The journey begins on the back patio of the Visitors Center, winds its way through the garden and ends at the back side of the Dorrance Gallery. 

If you have never taken the tour, come give it a try and let us know what surprises you discovered along they way.

Each spring the white arrows make their return to the garden, guiding visitors to the highlights in our seasonal display.  The route begins at the Visitors Center and ends at the Dorrance Gallery with the path in between changing weekly. This tour is inspired by the white arrows used by H. F. Dupont during spring tour to point out the “must sees” in the garden. Please come out and see the garden’s “changing exhibition.”

Spring has arrived in the Winterthur Garden. The birds are singing, the flowers are blooming, and the white arrows have come out of hibernation to direct guests through the garden for Spring Tour. The route starts at the Visitor Center, meanders through the garden highlighting weekly seasonal changes, and ends at the Dorrance Gallery by the Reflecting Pool. Come out to see some old favorite floral combinations and perhaps a few hidden treasures!