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A Stellar Year For Hydrangea Macrophylla
Hydrangea Season: 2021 Possibly the Best Year Yet The stars have aligned this year for our favorite summer plant, Hydrangea macrophylla. Thanks to many factors (mostly weather) this [...]
Tree Peonies
The biggest bloom of June Tree peonies are the aristocrats of the garden. I’ve always felt that they’re the pinnacle of gardening and the plant that many [...]
Managing an Historic Collection of Rhododendrons
Managing an Historic Collection of Rhododendrons Ambling the paths at Heritage Museums and Gardens is an invitation to revel in a kaleidoscope of bright pinks, lavenders, purple [...]
Hybridizing Rhododendrons
100 Years of Rhododendrons After Dexter died in 1943, many of his hybrid rhododendrons were scattered away from Sandwich to different places. While Dexter himself had given [...]
Dexter Centennial
100 Years of Rhododendrons This year, 2021, marks the centennial of the year that Charles Owen Dexter acquired Shawme Farm. It is because Dexter bought himself a [...]
Heritage Museums: Sustainable Initiatives
Down To Earth by Les Lutz Heritage Museums & Gardens is going green! Over the last year we have been studying all aspects of our operations to become [...]
Antique Fire Truck Event
Indigenous Peoples’ Day
Spooky Knights Community Fundraiser – Friday
