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. …
Does this Salad Look too Pretty to Eat? Not if You Were Lord Dunmore!
Okay, so the placement of a whole calendula was to get your attention. You wouldn’t eat the entire thing but the flower’s yellow petals, along with the Johnny jump-ups, violets, and Roman (purple) Broccoli would have been beautiful and completely edible additions to salads of the wealthy in colonial Virginia!…
From the Garden: A Time for Tulips
We have now reached that glorious time of the year when the tulips are at their full magnificence….
From the Garden: A Season for Transplants
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