Last week I had the great pleasure of accompanying a group of enthusiasts who study the genus Rhododendron….
From the Garden: Peas Be With You
The peas, which were somewhat slow in their initial growth due the unusually cool spring, are now ripening almost faster than we can pick them….
Learn More About the Healing Powers of Herbs in Our Colonial Garden!
If you’re planning a visit this summer, you may want to add a new program to your itinerary. It’s a one-hour session inside the Colonial Nursery and Garden where you’ll learn about everything from which plants act as bug repellants to which can help those bug bites once you get them!
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From the Garden: Spanish Potatoes
The sweet potatoes slips have now been planted. We obtained the slips from mature tubers buried in the hotbed frame in mid-April. …
From the Garden: Pretty Potions
The herbaceous border is now an exuberance of color and while most of the plants are admired solely for their appearance there are some that are beautiful and useful as well, an attribute that is much sought after by young men of a certain age who aspire to find these same qualities in a prospective mate. Two of the most striking examples of this admirable combination are the Valerian and the Foxglove….
From the Garden: Happy Accidents
Our gardens are now an exuberance of color. It seems that every day another garden specimen opens its flowers to join the cacophony that is spring time in Williamsburg. …
Carrying on Jefferson & Washington’s Culinary Vision for Colonial Williamsburg
Now that the weather has warmed up, our chefs are back in the gardens, continuing the agricultural mission of our founding fathers. They don’t just experiment with fresh herbs, fruits, and vegetables in their recipes—they actually grow most of the plants themselves right here in the Historic Area and use them for cooking demonstrations inside our Taste Studio! …
From the Garden: Of Oil and Onions
With the onset of warmer weather, the garden is making prodigious progress in both flower and leaf. The Rapeseed is near 7 feet tall and is the most asked after plant in the garden this week. …
From the Garden: Dainty Delights
It has long been customary in Williamsburg to overplant our tulip beds in the fall with species of small, hardy flowering plants that will withstand the rigors of winter to bloom in the spring; first under the tulips and then, when the tulips are exhausted, to succeed them in a glorious ground cover of color….
From the Garden: Silverbells
The Silverbell trees, known to the botanists as Halesia tetraptera, are now in bloom. …
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