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The Barbey Welcome Center Groundbreaking
The Barbey Family Welcome Center Groundbreaking, February 7, 2024 Groundbreaking Ceremony Marks the Start of Construction for the New Barbey Family Welcome Center at Heritage Museums & Gardens February 8, 2024 (Sandwich, MA) -Heritage Museums & Gardens, a renowned cultural and natural destination, is embarking on an exciting phase of development with the groundbreaking for the new Barbey Family [...]
Welcome Center Capital Campaign
Welcome Center Capital Campaign Announcement, July 12, 2023 Heritage Museums & Gardens Announces Capital Campaign for New Welcome Center July 12, 2023 (Sandwich, MA) Heritage Museums & Gardens, a beloved cultural institution known for its dedication to preserving and showcasing history and horticulture, is thrilled to announce its capital campaign for the construction of a new Welcome Center. This [...]
Volunteer Spotlight!
Volunteer Spotlight: Featuring Elliot Friend By: Iris Clearwater, Volunteer Coordinator & Senior Gardener Upon entering the J.K. Lilly Automobile Gallery, you cannot help but marvel at how perfectly clean and well maintained the cars are, and think, Wow, who takes care of these? You’ll also be amazed to find out that out of the currently 43 vehicles in our collection, [...]
Where Have All the Flowers Gone? And Yet Another Chapter
Where Have All the Flowers Gone – and Yet Another Chapter in 2023 Mal’s Corner – CCHS Spring 2023 Newsletter As most of you know, I do follow the weather patterns fairly closely and am especially concerned with major deviations, particularly the sudden and severe cold events with temperature declines of 25 to 30 degrees in 24 hours or less. [...]
Volunteer Spotlight!
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 women started the Hydrangea Display Garden here at Heritage in 2008. [...]
Spring Garden Planning
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 slowly starting to swell on the maples. Seeing plants like narcissus [...]
Monarch Butterflies
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 of my childhood. I remember concentrating while adding distinctive black lines [...]
Helping Your Garden Through a Drought
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 than the declaration indicates. I’m certainly not a hydrologist and not [...]
