Hand Fans in John and Carolyn Grossman Collection
The Winterthur Library Revealed: Five Centuries of Design and Inspiration
Gateway to the South: John F. Watson
The Byrdcliffe Arts and Crafts Colony
Maxine Waldron Collection of Children’s Books and Paper Toys
Quarry Garden |
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| Begun in 1902, when H. F. du Pont was 22, March Bank is the oldest surviving garden area at Winterthur. Du Pont studied The Wild Garden (1904) and other writings by British horticulturists William Robinson and Gertrude Jekyll. Using these ideas, du Pont began naturalizing daffodils on the bank and by the 1940s had planted thousands of snowdrops, snowflakes, crocus, squills, and glory-of-the-snow. |  |
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Peony Garden |
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| The herbaceous and tree peonies feature a dazzling array of white, pink, red, yellow, bronze, peach, and maroon flowers in May. Originally designed as an iris garden by landscape architect Marian Coffin in 1929, it was adapted to showcase the work of Dr. A. P. Saunders, a noted peony hybridizer. |  |
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Oak Hill |
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| Stroll along the grass paths that afford spectacular views of the surrounding countryside and pond below. Drifts of colorful native and exotic azaleas bloom from April into summer. Lavender colchicum carpet the hill in autumn, echoed by the purple beautyberries nearby. |  |
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Pinetum |
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| This rich collection of conifers, or cone-bearing trees, includes pines, firs, spruces, cedars, and their relatives. H. F. du Pont’s father, Henry Algernon du Pont, began the Pinetum in 1914. A notable collection of flowering quince forms a floral corridor beneath the evergreens. |  |
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Sycamore Hill |
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| This area, dominated by a venerable old sycamore, features summer-flowering shrubs and trees. Lavender lilacs, fountain buddleias, and princess trees combine with cherry red weigelas. Fragrant white mock-oranges, deutzias, magnolias, and dogwoods bloom in June. Many of these plants also offer brilliant fall foliage or colorful berries. |  |
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Magnolia Bend |
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| This area features a grove of stately saucer magnolias, some planted as early as 1875 by Henry Algernon du Pont. Located at a convergence of paths, Magnolia Bend serves as a transition from woodland garden to open meadow while echoing colors and textures from surrounding plantings. |
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Sundial Garden |
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| Designed as an April garden by landscape architect Marian Coffin, this charming area originally was the site of the croquet lawn and tennis courts. Fragrant heirloom plants in shades of pink, white, and lavender form concentric circles around a central armillary sundial. |  |
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Winterhazel Walk |
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| The contrasting color combination of yellow winterhazels and rosy-lavender Korean rhododendrons presents a colorful display in early April. Many perennials, including corydalis, primroses, and hellebores bloom in shades of the larger shrubs. |  |
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Azalea Woods |
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| The eight-acre Azaleas Woods is H. F. du Pont’s masterpiece of color, harmony, and naturalistic design. Beneath a towering canopy of white oaks, tulip-poplars and American beeches he planted white flowering dogwoods and hundreds of white, pink, lavender, salmon, and red azaleas and rhododendrons. |  |
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March Bank |
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| Begun in 1902, when H. F. du Pont was 22, March Bank is the oldest surviving garden area at Winterthur. Du Pont studied The Wild Garden (1904) and other writings by British horticulturists William Robinson and Gertrude Jekyll. Using these ideas, du Pont began naturalizing daffodils on the bank and by the 1940s had planted thousands of snowdrops, snowflakes, crocus, squills, and glory-of-the-snow. |  |
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