Summer Garden Event Highlights

Take a walk through the garden with Chris Strand, director, as your guide. These walks happen at night, be sure to bring a flashlight. Included with admission. Members free. Come prepared for a long walk!

For young learners ages 2 – 4 years and their favorite caregiver. We will sing songs, dance, and explore nature using our senses. Please bring a picnic blanket, sturdy footwear, sun protection, water, and anything else you need for you and your little one to feel comfortable.

Rebecca McMackin, American Horticultural Society’s lead horticulturist, will be speaking on the new era of gardening with nature in mind at Haverford College’s Jaharis Recital Hall. This program is held in collaboration with Chanticleer and Willistown Conservation Trust and sponsored by Green Weaver Landscapes.

Unwind from the week with a bite to eat while enjoying live music and evening access to the gardens including free tours. Grab a seat on the terrace or bring lawn chairs or blankets to sit on the lawn.

Winterthur celebrates American artistry and craftsmanship at this special weekend event. Shop for high-quality and handmade crafts and gifts made by the region’s best artisans, including furniture, home décor, small-batch gourmet foods, antiques and collectibles, upcycled and architectural salvage, vintage clothing and jewelry, original art, and garden items. Reservations required. Visit winterthur.org/Artisan-Market for details and tickets.

The evening features a live performance of new music from the legendary Marshall Allen of the Sun Ra Arkestra and renowned avant-garde bassist Jamaaladeen Tacuma. Allen and Tacuma will debut new music from Allen’s unreleased album, 101: An Audio Odyssey, within Salvador Jiménez-Flores’s exhibition Raíces & Resistencias. The evening will ebb and flow between live performances and intimate conversation with the musicians and artist Salvador Jiménez-Flores, discussing the importance of creative freedom, moderated by Nicole Sweeney of WRTI Radio.

Pay homage to the traditional Sanskrit creation of mandalas, or circular patterns representing the universe often used in meditation. Create your own nature mandalas using found plant materials in Laurel Hill’s green burial gardens.

Learn how to draw the birds in your backyard in this workshop taught by naturalist and wildlife illustrator Jack Hobe. Discover tricks for capturing birds on paper before they fly away, using easy-to-learn gesture sketching techniques.

Mixologist and purveyor of fine spirits Diane Keesee demonstrates just how easy it can be to create uniquely flavored vodkas using native plants from the eastern United States. Learn the classic formula for balance—how sweetness, acidity, bitterness, and spirit strength work together to create harmony in the glass.

This talk will be a pictorial journey into an intriguing and little known world that unfolds all around us. We can greatly benefit the ecosystem around us by “moth-gardening” in our yards.

Learn about the plants that grow in the Reflecting Pool with Michael Kasehagen and Alexandra Simon, horticulturists. Included with admission. Members free.

Share the joy of reading right in Enchanted Woods and cultivate a love of nature. For 3‒6-year-olds. Activities celebrating Enchanted Woods’ 25th anniversary included on first Thursday of each month. Included with admission.

Encapsulate the splendor of nature in a resilient and functional piece of garden art using cement and real foliage as your mold. In this hands on workshop, you’ll create a cupped leaf sculpture using the leaves of native plants as your inspiration and your guide. Wear old clothes and bring a pair of sturdy rubber gloves.

Join us to explore some of the hotspots for birds at Winterthur, including wetlands, meadows, and the woodlands along Clenny Run. Observe resident birds as well as migrating raptors, warblers, and sparrows. For beginning or experienced bird watchers. Be sure to dress for the weather and wear walking shoes. Bring binoculars. $20; $10 for Members. Registration required; capacity limited.

Join the interns of the garden department as they share information on their summer experiences in horticulture, natural lands, grounds management, arboriculture, Beech Leaf Disease treatment, and GIS/plant records. Bring questions and learn more about our garden intern program. Included with admission. Members free.