It includes building glasshouses, relocating the Cascade Garden, creating an outdoor Bonsai Courtyard and building a restaurant and private event space.
First Day Hikes: get active on New Year’s with these trails
You can get 2024 off to a vigorous — or ambling — start by taking part in one of the annual free New Year’s Days hikes at Delaware parks. They range from flat, easy courses to more challenging ones. You can even bring your favorite mug to Rockwood Park on Monday, Jan. 1, and the museum staff will make you …
Winterthurâs Enchanted Woods, in whimsical gingerbread
Winterthur has moved its Enchanted Woods indoors this season â as a delightfully detailed miniature form in gingerbread â for Yuletide at Winterthur. The 150-pound creation features gingerbread, chocolate, fondant and icing. Thatâs all edible. On this day of Christmas: Holiday events to mark on your calendar The construction sits on a hardwood platform, edged with red ribbon, with styrofoam …
5 area du Pont gardens celebrated in new book
A new book explores the rich heritage of five Delaware-area gardens that belonged to members of the du Pont family. “Du Pont Gardens of the Brandywine Valley” (Monacelli, $60 hardcover) looks at Hagley Museum and Library, Nemours Estate, Mt. Cuba Center, Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library, and Longwood Gardens. Written by Marta McDowell and featuring photos by Larry Lederman, the …
Winterthur Garden & Estate Insider: Forest Canopy August 16
Garden & Estate Insider: Forest Canopy Kevin Braun, arboriculture and natural lands supervisor, will share the history of Winterthurâs wonderful forest canopy. Included with admission. Free for Members. Join our staff and invited experts for other Garden & Estate Insider events, every Wednesday, AprilâOctober. August 23âMerino Mania August 30âThe Meadowâs Wildflowers walk Winterthur Museum and Library The library is open by appointment …
Polarization challenges Return Day traditions
Delaware LIVE News is part of the Delaware Journalism Collaborative, a partnership of local news and community organizations working to bridge divides statewide. Learn more here. You have to wonder: In these days of deep political anger, how wise is it to let opposing politicians stand together near a weapon? Thatâs what Delaware does after every election. Itâs the tradition …
Winterthur offers $2 admission to SNAP members
Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library now offers $2 admission for up to four people to those who receive the modern version of food stamps. The goal, through Museums for All and ACCESS Delaware, is to allow people who may not otherwise be able to afford admission a chance to visit regularly and enjoy the art, nature and history Winterthur …
Winterthur brings back its Artisan Market July 16-17
Winterthur’s Artisan Market will return July 16-17 with more than 100 vendors scattered in five locations around the grounds. Guests can walk to them or ride a trolley along the garden pathway to quicker access, with entertainment giving the event more of an old-fashioned festival feel. Last year’s inaugural event was a raging success, partly because the 5,000-plus attendees …
Delawareanâs spice blend company among vendors at Hagley Craft Fair
Blair Danovich’s spice blends are meant to help people add authentic flavors to their dishes. Global traditions and family history inspire the hand-crafted seasoning blends that Delaware’s Blair Danovich will be selling at this weekendâs Hagley Museum and Library Craft Fair. Danovichâs Cook Awesome Food’s seven blends follow âthe principle that traditional global flavors should be accessible to …
For 1st time, Milford woman describes escaping twin towers 20 years ago
     Peggy Reillyâs husband, Jim, assumed she had been killed in the South Tower collapse. Peggy Reilly only wears shoes she can run in. Itâs a lesson the Milford resident learned in 2001 on the 13th floor of the World Trade Centerâs North Tower when American Airlines Flight 11 slammed into the building 80 floors above. …