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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 [...]
2024-01-25T11:01:53-05:00August 19th, 2022|Categories: Blog, Uncategorized|
In honor of Earth Extravaganza Day, we've compiled a list of resources, tips, and suggestions of ways you can help the planet. Many of these ideas will even save you money too! Water Wisely – Garden Irrigation Tips Help your plants thrive, conserve water, and cut water costs – [...]
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 [...]
2024-04-11T11:08:59-04:00April 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 [...]
2024-01-25T10:49:41-05:00November 15th, 2021|Categories: Blog, Gardens Aglow, Gardens and Plants|
Make Beautiful Bottle Flowers at Home! If you attended our Gardens Aglow event last year, you most likely saw our Bottle Flower garden. We've received a lot of questions about this upcycled project - and we're here to share with you how to bring this magic to your home. [...]
2024-03-26T11:02:24-04:00October 20th, 2021|Categories: Blog, Gardens and Plants, Hydrangea, Now at Heritage|
Moving a Large Hydrangea - Relocating an Ancient PeeGee Standard at Heritage A couple of years ago I ‘rediscovered’ two very old Hydrangea paniculata ‘Grandiflora’ tree-form plants on the slope of the Arbor Bowl at Heritage. Both specimens have accession tags indicating their presence at the time of the [...]
2022-02-10T11:20:50-05:00September 9th, 2021|Categories: Blog, Garden Care and Tips, Gardens and Plants, Now at Heritage|
Pollinator Tea Garden: Provide for native bees and use the leaves for amazing teas! Iris Clearwater, Senior Gardener There are many things that you can do to support both your own health and wellness, and that of our native butterflies and bees populations, which we need to keep [...]
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