Early this week, I had the pleasure of escorting camera man Chris from the National Geographic Channel into the Winterthur Garden. They are here filming an episode of “America’s Lost Treasures” that focuses on objects of regional interest that local people submit for consideration. We were out in the morning chill do get background shots for [...]
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National Geographic Filming and Garden Solace
Posted in Garden, tagged hydrangea, National Geographic Lost Treasures, Wada's Memory magnolia, Winterthur Garden on February 2, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Stone Spring House Brought Back to Life with Care and Pride
Posted in Garden, tagged spring houses, Winterthur facility, Winterthur Garden on February 1, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
John W. Castle, P.E., Director, Facilities Services at Winterthur writes: Facilities Services is in the midst of a project to repair many of the outbuildings of the Estate. We first hired an architect to survey all the well houses, spring houses, smoke houses and outhouses and to make repair recommendations. This report was used to [...]
He’s Everywhere!
Posted in Garden, tagged Pinetum, Sundial Garden, Winterthur Garden on January 23, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Frank Quinnette continues his introduce-the-horticulturist project: Most places I’ve worked there is always that one person who nearly everybody looks to for answers. Jim is that guy. To be fair I’d guess he doesn’t have all the answers. He shouldn’t have to. That can be a lot of pressure for anybody. But as [...]
The Care Taker of Azalea Woods
Posted in Garden, Plants, Techniques, tagged Azalea Woods, azaleas, Rhododendrons, Winterthur Garden on January 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Frank Quinnette writes: I don’t usually use this word for horticulturists at Winterthur. I think it can bring to mind a misinterpretation of what we do here in the garden. But in Susan’s case the basic definition of the word fits to everything she does in Azalea Woods. Care Taker. With eight (count [...]
Happy New Year and Welcome to Spring!
Posted in Garden, tagged children's garden, March Bank, members, members' walk, nature, snowdrops, walking, weather, winter, Winterthur Garden on January 6, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Ok—well, we really are still in winter but for the most part you would not know. With multiple days in the 40’s and 50’s there is lot of activity in the horticultural world. Early flowering shrubs such as fragrant honeysuckle (Lonicera fragrantissima), witchhazel (Hamamelis vernalis) and winter jasmine (Jasminum nudiflorum) are in blossom and the [...]
Join the Search for Snowdrops!
Posted in Garden, Plants, tagged galanthus, jasmine, snowdrops, Winterthur Garden on December 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Throwing down the garden gauntlet – where have you seen snowdrops in bloom at Winterthur? In your search for snowdrops, be on the lookout for the Winter jasmine in bloom on the south staircase of the Reflecting Pool garden. A cheery bright yellow for a dark winter’s day. For more info about Jasmine and Galanthus in [...]
Big Man for a Big Job
Posted in Garden, tagged horticulturist, Winterthur Garden on December 18, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Well folks, believe it or not, I’ve been told that people are actually reading the stuff I write. So to the 20 of you who read the Winterthur Garden blogs that I wrote twice and to my wife who accidentally made my snow blog her default internet home page (I wouldn’t change it for her…was [...]
A Charming Old Summerhouse by Maggie Lidz
Posted in Garden, tagged Latimeria, Lidz, Summerhouse, Winterthur Garden on December 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Maggie Lidz, Winterthur’s estate historian shares: “I have bought a charming old summerhouse…” HF du Pont to his landscape architect, Marian Coffin, May 21, 1929. Earlier this year I posted a blog about Winterthur’s Latimeria Summerhouse (April 1, 2011). http://gardenblog.winterthur.org/2011/04/01/latimeria-summer-house/ The white-latticed garden structure anchors the Winterthur Peony Garden and has been the source of much [...]
BHLC Progress
Posted in Garden, tagged Brown Horticulture Learning Center, Winterthur Garden on December 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
John Castle, Winterthur’s Director of Facility Services reports on progress at the Brown Horticulture Learning Center construction site. Winterthur is still waiting for permits from the County, which should come any day. In the meantime, there is still much work that is going on that does not require county permits, such as demolition, layouts and [...]
Winterthur Bloom Report #41 for November 30
Posted in Garden, Plants, tagged iigiri tree, winter interest, Winterthur Garden on December 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Our wonderful volunteers have been at it again, taking inventory of the Winterthur Garden to see what is in bloom and berry. Here is their list from yesterday, November 30. http://www.winterthur.org/pdfs/CurrentWinterthurGardenBloomList.pdf Be sure to come and walk in the garden soon. These crisp, bright, early winter days are perfect for an aerobic workout that satisfies [...]
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- In addition to winter jasmine and snowdrops; adonis amurensis, winter aconite, and leucojum are all coming into bloom. 2 weeks ago
- Winter jasmine, snowdrops, and witch hazels in flower - winter aconite just starting to peek out of the ground. 3 weeks ago
- Almost 60 degrees! More snowdrops pushing - daffodil and lycoris leaves starting to come up too. 1 month ago
- Snowdrops, winter jasmine, and winter honeysuckle in flower on a sunny December day. 1 month ago
- Tuberose still in flower in kids vegetable garden, Colchicum on Oak Hill, and Begonia grandis in Enchanted Woods. 4 months ago
Winterthur Weather Data- Current data summary at 2012/2/11 February 10, 2012Time of Observations: 2012/02/11 01:10:00 EST Gage Precipitation (60): 0 in Air Temperature: 31.9 deg. F Dew Point Temperature: 32.3 deg. F Wind Speed: 0 mph Wind Direction: 0 deg. (N) Barometric Pressure: 29.91 inHg Solar Radiation: 0 W.m-2 Wind Gust Speed (5): 0 mph at 6:05 Gage Precipitation (5): 0 in Wind Chill: 31.9 deg. F
- Current data summary at 2012/2/11 February 10, 2012
