2023-04-13T15:11:55-04:00April 13th, 2023|Categories: About Heritage, Blog, Gardens and Plants|
Volunteer Spotlight: Featuring Joy Bogstad By: Iris Clearwater, Senior Gardener Aptly named for the Joy she brings to everything that she does, and to all who have the pleasure to know her, Joy Bogstad has been volunteering here at Heritage for 15 years, ever since she and 7 other [...]
2023-03-14T13:01:07-04:00March 14th, 2023|Categories: About Heritage, Blog, Garden Care and Tips, Gardens and Plants|
Garden Planning By: Les Lutz, Director of Horticulture March is such a hopeful month. There are signs all through the garden that winter is slowly losing its grip on the landscape and spring is starting to show itself. The Witch-hazels are finishing their late winter show and buds are [...]
2022-08-29T12:10:02-04:00August 29th, 2022|Categories: About Heritage, Blog, News and Media, News and Press|
Climate Action: Heritage Museums & Gardens Leading The Way By: Judith Holt Article featured in the August 19th, 2022 edition of the Sandwich Enterprise The unsurpassed dedication to creating beautiful gardens and exquisite museum events at Heritage Museums & Gardens in Sandwich is equally matched [...]
2024-01-25T10:58:09-05:00August 15th, 2022|Categories: About Heritage, Blog, Garden Care and Tips, Gardens and Plants|
Monarch Butterflies Monarch Butterflies Need Our Help! Tips on how to support these iconic creatures By: Iris Clearwater, Senior Gardener When I was a child learning how to draw or color a butterfly, I would automatically draw a monarch. These were the most common and iconic butterflies [...]
2024-01-25T14:42:45-05:00August 2nd, 2022|Categories: About Heritage, Blog, Garden Care and Tips, Gardens and Plants|
Helping Your Garden Through a Drought By: Les Lutz, Director of Horticulture The drought we are in is serious. The State of Massachusetts has declared the Cape to be in a Level 1 – Mild Drought. I might argue that we are actually in a worse situation [...]
2024-01-25T15:44:13-05:00July 5th, 2022|Categories: About Heritage, Blog, Garden Care and Tips, Gardens and Plants, Hydrangea|
As New Englanders, we are well-versed in the constant change of the seasons. Living in this part of the planet, we are treated to a wide range of weather, and we have the opportunity to see how one season can affect another. For example, we know that [...]
2024-04-11T11:17:01-04:00May 12th, 2022|Categories: About Heritage, Blog, Garden Care and Tips, Gardens and Plants|
Why Doesn't Everybody Grow Japanese Skimmia? By: Iris Clearwater, Senior Gardener For the entire month of April, every time I turned the corner by the labyrinth, I was overwhelmed with a heady, exquisite perfume, resembling jasmine. It took me a while to locate the source to be a [...]
2024-03-26T10:41:28-04:00May 10th, 2022|Categories: About Heritage, Automobiles, Current Exhibits, Exhibits, Heritage Collection, Now at Heritage|
Old Colony History Museum Virtual Visit: Heritage Museums & Gardens Heritage Museums & Gardens was delighted to be featured on Old Colony History Museum's Virtual Visits program on Friday, May 6! This live Zoom program featured a 30-minute video tour of Heritage, focusing on the Creating Cape Cod exhibit, [...]
2024-04-11T11:08:59-04:00April 26th, 2022|Categories: About Heritage, Blog, Garden Care and Tips, Gardens and Plants, Hydrangea|
Fertilizing Hydrangeas - Apply the KISS Approach By: Mal Condon, Curator of Hydrangeas One of the most common concerns for the home gardener regarding hydrangeas is fertilizing – how much, when and how? There is a lot of information out there on fertilizers, but luckily, I have found [...]
2024-01-25T11:25:11-05:00April 11th, 2022|Categories: About Heritage, Exhibits, Heritage Collection, Now at Heritage, Wampanoag|
Digging Into History By: Amanda Wastrom, Assistant Curator While we know quite a bit about the recent past of the land that now makes up Heritage Museums & Gardens (the past 100 years or so), the earlier history of our local area is more of a mystery. With a [...]
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