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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 [...]
2025-06-18T12:18:35-04:00June 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 [...]
2024-01-25T11:07:57-05:00April 1st, 2018|Categories: Down to Earth, Gardens and Plants|Tags: Wind|
*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. The recent (never-ending) winds have me thinking about the science of wind and plants. While I don’t claim [...]
2024-01-25T14:39:42-05:00February 1st, 2018|Categories: Down to Earth, Gardens and Plants|Tags: Garden tips, Seeds|
Down to Earth: Stratification Opens Interesting Possibilities For New Garden 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. Now is a great time of [...]
2025-06-18T12:18:52-04:00October 11th, 2017|Categories: Exhibits, Heritage Collection|
From The Heritage Collection In these days of video and camera phones, images are ubiquitous. It may be difficult to imagine a time when painted portraits were the only visual remembrances of family and loved ones possible. Portraits were expensive, and even those who could afford them might [...]
2024-01-25T11:19:21-05:00September 1st, 2017|Categories: Blog, Garden Care and Tips, Gardens and Plants|
Flower Factories Apples and pumpkins have hit the farm stands and the nip of colder days to come is in the air, but the gardens at Heritage are still bursting with color as the last of summer’s heady blossoms reach their peak. Dahlias, gorgeous in their many vibrant [...]
2025-06-18T12:48:28-04:00August 1st, 2017|Categories: News and Media, Press Releases|
Proceeds Provide Support for Care of Heritage’s Automobile Collection August 1, 2017 “Cocktails for Cars,” a Concours-like event that brings together car owners and their high-end classics and exotics with auto enthusiasts for one special fundraising evening, takes place at Heritage Museums & Gardens on Saturday, September 16, [...]
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