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Container Gardening in the Shade

Posted in Garden, Garden Programs, Plants, tagged , , on June 15, 2013 | Leave a Comment »

Wednesday at Winterthur – June 19, 2013 Enjoy a beautiful container garden, even in the shade. Join Suzanne French, garden horticulturist, and learn how to create and maintain interesting container gardens for low light conditions. 11:30 am, please meet at the Brown Horticulture Learning Center.   Join us for demonstrations, talks, and guided walks covering [...]

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Enchanted Summer Day on Saturday, June 15!

Posted in Enchanted Woods, Events, Garden, tagged , on June 14, 2013 | Leave a Comment »

Lois Stoehr, associate curator of education, writes: Bring your children, your children’s children, your neighbor’s children, or any other kids you happen to know to Enchanted Summer Day, which takes place this Saturday (the 15th) from 11:00 to 3:00.  Enjoy music, magic, stories, crafts, face-painting, and ice cream from Woodside Farm Creamery.  The weather looks great for [...]

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How to Prune Spring-Flowering Shrubs

Posted in Garden, Plants, tagged , on June 8, 2013 | Leave a Comment »

Wednesday at Winterthur – June 12, 2013 The Winterthur Garden is filled with fabulous spring-flowering shrubs—which means lots of summer pruning!  Join associate curator Carol Long as she highlights the pruning of some of the more common garden shrubs as well as the proper tools to do the job right. 11:30 am, please meet at [...]

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Groundcovers for Your Garden

Posted in Garden, Garden Programs, Plants, tagged , , on June 1, 2013 | Leave a Comment »

Wednesday at Winterthur – June 5, 2013 Groundcovers were once primarily used as a substitute for grass. In modern gardens, they are used as labor-saving devices and are available in different forms, textures, colors, and sizes. Specialist garden guide Fair Bauernschmidt leads the way through the Winterthur Garden to explore a variety of groundcovers for every [...]

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Dove Tree – Almost Open!

Posted in Garden, tagged , , on May 2, 2013 | Leave a Comment »

Ever since Bob Hill of the American Horticulture Society wrote a sweet article about the Winterthur Dove Tree, we’ve been waiting for it to bloom. Guess what? It’s almost there. Look for it in full bloom sometime in the next 10 days. It’s a wonder to see— like a huge flock of doves decided to [...]

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Point-to-Point, May 5, 2013

Posted in Garden, tagged , , on May 1, 2013 | Leave a Comment »

Winterthur is ‘the’ place to be on Sunday, May 5. Make plans to join the Point-to-Point festivities! All the details: http://www.winterthur.org/?p=1045  Oh yes, just so you know, we are not able to offer narrated garden trams on Sunday, May 5, due to Point-to-Point carriage and antique auto parades through the garden. (One advantage is a nice quiet [...]

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Azaleas About to Burst Into Bloom!

Posted in Garden, Plants, tagged , , on April 29, 2013 | Leave a Comment »

Question to Susan S., the horticulturist of Azalea Woods:  When will the azaleas peak? Our best guess:  May 3-12 Susan elaborates: The Kurume azaleas are showing quite a bit of color. I think most will start to open as this week progresses, with a lot of color by this weekend. The azaleas on the back [...]

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A Soft April Day

Posted in Garden, tagged , on April 24, 2013 | 3 Comments »

I love April, even somewhat cloudy days. The extravagant, wild color of May is too much for my senses; I am overwhelmed. I prefer the somewhat softer palette of April with its pale pinks, creamy whites, translucent greens, and butter yellows.  So, this is my favorite time of year in the Winterthur Garden, second only [...]

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Historic Daffodils

Posted in Garden, tagged , on April 19, 2013 | Leave a Comment »

Wednesday at Winterthur – April 24, 2013 11:30 am, please meet at the Brown Horticulture Learning Center The colorful daffodils throughout the Winterthur Garden date back to the late 1800s and early 1900s. Join Linda Eirhart, assistant director and curator of plants, for a closer look at the color and size variations in the cultivars [...]

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What’s in Bloom at Winterthur? April 17, 2013

Posted in Garden, tagged , on April 19, 2013 | Leave a Comment »

Thanks to the 5+ hours of work by two amazing volunteers, here’s the 9 page (count ‘em, 9 pages!) bloom list for the Winterthur Garden. The survey was made on Wednesday, April 17. http://www.winterthur.org/pdfs/Winterthur Bloom Report 04.17.2013 number 14.pdf Highlights: Cherry trees and shrubs – near Magnolia Bend and at Visitor Center Virginia Bluebells (Mertensia virginica) [...]

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