July 2009

Children's Vegetable Garden
Exclusively for Members!
Registration deadline May 30.
Saturdays, June 13–August 8 (no July 4th class)
8-9:30 am (Beginner class for ages 6-8; Advanced class for ages 9-11)

Children of member families are introduced to vegetable gardening in this 9-week course. They learn to plan, cultivate, care for, and harvest their own plots as well as form a community garden with staff horticulturists. Each session is an hour and a half. Children must be accompanied by an adult. All garden tools and seeds are provided. Call 302.888.4779 for more information or to register.
Free to Members

Summer Touch-It Room Hours
The Touch-It Room will be open June 15 - September 6, 2009 the following hours:
Tuesdays - Sundays, 12:30 - 4:30 pm.

Once Upon a Family Tour
Beginning June 20, 2009 Tuesday-Sunday, 10:00 am (members only) or 12:30 pm
Beat the heat and join us this summer for an interactive tour designed especially for families with children between the ages of four and twelve. Learn about the lifestyle of the du Pont family while exploring the period rooms and spaces where they played and entertained. 45 minutes - 1 hour tour. Strollers welcome.
Members free; Included in all admission tickets.

Enchanted Woods Family Pack

Pick up a Family Pack in the Galleries Reception Area of the museum to help you and your family use your senses to explore the Enchanted Woods in new ways. Loaded with open-ended activities and learning tools!
Free with admission. Check-out at the Galleries Reception Desk in the museum building. Limited quantity available. Most appropriate for children ages 3 - 7 and their caregivers.

WOW! Wee Ones at Winterthur
Meet at Visitor Center at 10:00 am to register/check-in.
Program Begins: 10:15 am (lasts approximately 1 hour)
For ages 3-6 and adult caregiver(s)
July 1
On the first Wednesday of every month, join us for stories related to Winterthur’s collection and garden. This early childhood literacy series incorporates active learning through music, movement, and exploration of objects in a warm and welcoming setting. This month's stories will focus on animals that call Winterthur their home, including chipmunks and koi fish. Sorry, not appropriate for day cares or other large groups.
Free for Members. $5 per non-Member child with 1 accompanying adult free. Children under 2 free. $18 each additional adult.

Wednesdays at Winterthur
Garden Walks, Talks, and Demonstrations 7.1.09
Compost for a Healthy Planet
11:30 am, July 1
Location: Greenhouse Bldg #68

All organic matter will decompose within time! Through active composting, you can turn organic matter from your backyard and household residues into a rich soil amendment to help improve plant growth, give roots a healthier environment in which to expand and stabilize, reduce potential soil erosion from wind and water, provide additional nutrients and reduce the waste-stream at your local landfill. Join Dorothy Abbott, extension agent for renewable resources, as she shares the secrets of compost, a gardener’s black gold.
Included with all admission tickets, Members free

Wednesdays at Winterthur
Garden Walks, Talks, and Demonstrations 7.8.09
Trees: Nature's Ultimate Multi-Taskers
11:30 am, July 8
Location: Greenhouse Bldg #68

Among natural resources, trees are unrivaled in their usefulness. From cleaning the air to shading our homes to supplying the raw material for countless products and purposes, trees epitomize the term “multi-tasker.” Join Winterthur’s arborist superintendent John Salata for an introduction to several of our native “wooden wonders,” and an enlightening discussion on the multi-faceted and vitally important role trees play in our backyard, our lives, and in the world.
Included with all admission tickets, Members free

Second Saturdays Garden Walk:
Chimney Swifts and Wineberries
July 11, 8:00 pm, Visitor Center

Discover popular and little-known landscape features while walking with a Winterthur horticulturist. Bring your flashlight, dress for the weather, and wear walking shoes. In case of inclement weather, call 302.888.4915 after 10:00 am. Walks last approximately 90 minutes.
Included with all admission tickets. Members free.

Build a Bluebird Box

Saturday, July 11 2:00–4:00 pm

Sorry, SOLD OUT!

Have you noticed the bluebird nesting boxes scattered throughout the Winterthur estate? Build your own bluebird box to create a habitat for these special birds. Explore the estate and learn all about the beautiful feathered friends who call Winterthur home.

Children ages 8+ with 1 adult. Members free. $10 per child with 1 adult free. Registration required by July 8. Call 302.888.4600.

Wednesdays at Winterthur
Garden Walks, Talks, and Demonstrations 7.15.09
Summer Annuals Container Tour
11:30 am, July 15
Location: Greenhouse Bldg #68

Looking for different ideas for your summer containers? Learn new combinations of annuals, tender perennials, and tropicals. With horticulturists Leigh Donnelly and Michele Christiano, enjoy a walking tour of Winterthur's summer containers.
Included with all admission tickets, Members free

Wednesdays at Winterthur
Garden Walks, Talks, and Demonstrations 7.22.09
Introducing the Upside-Down Tree
11:30 am, July 22
Location: Greenhouse Bldg #68

The newest feature in Winterthur’s Enchanted Woods—the Upside-Down Tree—has “roots” extending back to the very conception of the beloved children’s garden. Hear the curious tale of how the piece came to be from John Salata, who discovered the tree, and Randy Fisher, who artfully fashioned it into its present form.
Included with all admission tickets, Members free

Faces of a New Nation: American Portraits of the 18th and Early 19th Centuries from The Metropolitan Museum of Art
July 25, 2009 - January 24, 2010
View masterpieces portraying the men, women, and children of early America. These stunning paintings depict not only people from a particular time and place, but they also reveal the values of the nation across a span of nearly 150 years.

Winterthur is the only venue for this select group of portraits from The Met, which represents many of the young country’s great artists, including John Smibert, John Singleton Copley, Gilbert Stuart, and Samuel F. B. Morse. Members free. Included with all admission tickets.

The exhibition was organized by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. It is sponsored by DuPont and Potter Anderson & Corroon. Susan Walker Morse (The Muse), Samuel F. B. Morse, ca. 1836–37, oil on canvas. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of Herbert L. Pratt, 1945. Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Wednesdays at Winterthur
Garden Walks, Talks, and Demonstrations 7.29.09
Cool Off with the Koi
11:30 am, July 29
Location: Greenhouse Bldg #68

On this beautiful, warm summer day, discover a peaceful, shady oasis in the Glade Garden. The waterfall and ponds entice with cool waters filled with brightly colored koi. Join horticulturist Amy Bloom as we meet Winterthur’s koi collection. Learn how they came to live at Winterthur and interesting facts about how we care for them.
Included with all admission tickets, Members free

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