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2024-01-25T11:18:07-05:00December 10th, 2018|Categories: Blog, Garden Care and Tips, Gardens and Plants|
Hybrid of Horticulture and Ecology Plants like communities too. When we built the new parking lot at Heritage Museums & Gardens, the general concept behind the landscape was that of creating a plant community. We chose plants that are (mostly) native to the northeast and grouped them so [...]
2023-01-10T17:14:25-05:00November 1st, 2018|Categories: Exhibits, Heritage Collection|
From The Heritage Collection It is easy to forget how much we rely on arbitrary social signifiers in navigating our world. When we come up against the unfamiliar conventions of other places and other times, they can seem strange or amusing or just plain wrong to our way [...]
2021-07-05T18:56:38-04:00October 29th, 2018|Categories: Blog, Garden Care and Tips, Gardens and Plants, Hydrangea, Rhododendron|
Prune Hydrangeas & Propagate Rhododendrons Color is everywhere and trees (and shrubs) are near peak on the Cape. I’ve been out a lot lately trying to soak in the color as I know the gray twig season of winter is just around the corner. Most of us are [...]
2021-07-05T18:36:02-04:00October 5th, 2018|Categories: Blog, Garden Care and Tips, Gardens and Plants|
Trees, Shrubs and Plants for Fall Color It’s not hard to notice fall is around the corner. The air is crisp and the trees (and many other plants) are starting their annual journey into dormancy. Along the way we are privileged to witness their spectacular show. Of course [...]
2024-03-26T10:49:41-04:00August 13th, 2018|Categories: Blog, Garden Care and Tips, Gardens and Plants|
Hakone Grass (Hakonechloa macra) How to be inspired in August…. Especially this August, with its heat and humidity. Walking around the Garden (Heritage Museums & Gardens), I’m excited to see the beautiful meadows(I’ll discuss the meadows in a future article) of the Parking Garden with their spectacular show [...]
2024-04-11T11:10:52-04:00July 26th, 2018|Categories: Blog, Down to Earth, Garden Care and Tips, Gardens and Plants, Hydrangea, News and Media|
Let’s Talk about Hydrangeas! For those of you that read my columns, you know that I’ve devoted the last two to several hydrangea species. Specifically Hydrangea macrophylla and Hydrangea arborescens. This week I’m going to discuss the other species that’s common on the Cape, Hydrangea paniculata, the Panicle Hydrangea. As we move through [...]
2024-01-25T11:17:05-05:00July 20th, 2018|Categories: Blog, News and Media, Press Releases|
First Wellness Garden in Our Region July 20, 2018 July 20, 2018 (Sandwich, MA) – The “Garden of the Senses,” the first wellness garden to be established in the region, begins construction next week at Heritage Museum & Gardens, sowing the seeds for a new nature experience firmly [...]
2021-07-05T19:23:16-04:00June 5th, 2018|Categories: About Heritage, Blog, Gardens and Plants, Rhododendron|
Life Blooms Charles Owen Dexter got some bad news in 1921. At age 59, his doctor told him he didn’t have long to live. What would you do if you got news like that? If you were Charles Dexter, you’d buy some beautiful, rolling farmland on Cape Cod and [...]
2024-01-25T11:00:58-05:00May 22nd, 2018|Categories: Blog, Down to Earth, Garden Care and Tips, Gardens and Plants|Tags: Propagating|
Monitoring your Propagating Plants! *Down to Earth is a weekly garden column in The Sandwich Enterprise written by Heritage’s Director of Horticulture, Les Lutz. For the full article with images please visit The Sandwich Enterprise here. Late last fall I discussed winter propagation of hardwood trees and shrubs. I decided [...]
2023-01-10T17:14:55-05:00May 7th, 2018|Categories: Exhibits, Heritage Collection|
Waves of Beauty, Tides of Light “Speed, whipping wind and the crying of gulls—flying spray and salt on the lips. It was good to be alive and on the water again!” American marine artist Frank Vining Smith (1879-1967) wrote this about a fishing [...]
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