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Winter is time for seeds (yes, it’s still winter, although recent temperatures seem to tell a different story).  We look over catalogs, order, and eventually sow these beautiful tiny cases full of life.  Watching the first seedlings emerge out of ...

From T-shirts to winter coats - was it really just last week that we had temperatures into the 80s?  This week has been quite the change.  I had to pull out my winter work gear from last year to stay warm.  Brrr.  Thankfully the sudden shift to ...

Sunday, November 13 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Join us for a special greenhouse “open house” and see what is growing under the glass at Blithewold!  Gardens Manager Gail Read will be on site to answer all your garden questions. The greenhouse is bursting ...

While the light changes and we keep up with the last deadheading of the season, seeds begin to appear in the garden.  They are everywhere, in every shape and size.  Each plant has its own method of getting its seed to where it needs to be in order ...

  Spring is definitely in full swing here and already hinting at summer!  It was so warm this week that the lovely spring blooms we've been anxiously awaiting buckled a bit with the first blast of heat.  They have since recovered, but ...

Despite the wretched weather this week, we ushered in May with a flurry of activity.  The volunteers helped us pot up 100 dahlias in preparation for planting out in the gardens next month.  They also transplanted Cosmos and Zinnia seedlings that ...

  Snow.  Freezing temperatures.  Rain.  Wind.  I think it's safe to say that the weather this week has dampened the spirit of gardeners and flower enthusiasts, but hopefully not for long.  Six inches of snow in early April is never ...

Salix gracilistyla 'Mt Aso' looking pretty in the bed outside the greenhouse.   It is starting to feel like spring and I couldn't be more excited about it!  Each fall, when we put the gardens to bed and I feel a bit worn out by the long ...

Hello again gardeners and garden admirers!  It's Betsy here.  Just wanted to reintroduce myself and say that it's a pleasure to be updating you on the state of the gardens.   The Cutting Garden in full September glory.   Labor day has come ...

Lily has to be one of the most overused descriptors in horticulture. Go figure, given how aptly it defines so many flowers: the word itself has a trumpeting flare and and if I use my imagination, a sweet fragrance too... Spring is plenty-lily-ful ...