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Nature Drawing at Blithewold with Artist/Instructor Joanne Murrman, BFA, M.Ed. Thursdays, February 1 to June 20 10 AM - 12 PM Location: Education Space The Nature Drawing Class is an opportunity to look at Blithewold’s gardens for inspiration. ...

So much life happens in the garden. Right now the birds are singing, the bees are buzzing, and newly returned (human) visitors are snapping pictures or leaning in for a closer look at a flower. Our theme this year is "Life in the Garden" and I ...

Blithewold Presents: Virtual Garden Field Trip: High Elms Little Compton, RI Thursday, June 4 4 PM 45 minutes Blithewold and High Elms were featured as part of The Garden Conservancy's June 2020 Open Days, which has been postponed to June ...

Peak Rose Garden Week! Herb Garden! Tadpoles! An individual rose is beautiful in itself but an abundance of roses is glorious! A rose garden in full bloom can transport one’s spirit to a secret garden enhanced by many colors and fragrances. ...

May is often a time for celebrations. From weddings to graduations to Memorial Day parties, May can feel like a whirlwind. In the gardens, May begins to settle down by mid-month. Tulips kick off the first few weeks with a glorious show of color. ...

This week I have the privilege to introduce to you Sean Coffey, one of our Horticulture Interns.  It has been a pleasure working with him and we always enjoy hearing his perspective on the gardens and grounds. This is Sean's second season here and ...

April showers (and May showers and June showers) bring lots of flowers!  Yes, I know it's been a chilly spring full of rainy days and nights, but all the rain is a blessing to our gardens.  Last summer's long dry spell put many plants to the test. ...

Happy Fourth of July weekend!  It's that time of the summer when we finally begin to take a step back from our full-speed-ahead mode of May and June.  Just when Gail, Sean (our intern this summer) and I are completely exhausted from all the moving, ...

The to-plant list is getting shorter and we are beginning to transition into a summer-full of deadheading/staking/weeding/enjoying. Right on schedule too: we always aim to be *done by July 4th. (*No garden is ever done.) This week we got the last of ...

Despite increasingly frosty temperatures some plants in the garden seem unable to resist the urge to keep growing and are lending a whole new meaning to the idea of "evergreen". Usually by now have extolled the virtues of evergreen foliage in the ...