Botanist's Lens: Spot a Sport
Have you ever spotted any sports in your yard or other gardens? Nope, I am not talking about sports as in basketball, football or...
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Historic London Town & Gardens
Visit a "lost" colonial town and garden sanctuary on the South River
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Meenal Harankhedkar, Director of Horticulture
Jun 3, 20192 min read
Botanist's Lens: Senescence in Flowers
Senesce or senescence is the biological process of aging, abscission and eventually death. Flowers usually have the shortest period of...
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Meenal Harankhedkar, Director of Horticulture
May 24, 20192 min read
Botanist's Lens: Save the best for the last!
Now that most spring blooming flowers have wrapped their show, the highlights of early summer flowers have just started blooming at...
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Meenal Harankhedkar, Director of Horticulture
May 17, 20192 min read
Botanist's Lens: Habitat Connections
Today, let's have a look at a couple of habitat connections you can find at Historic London Town and Gardens. If you stroll through the...
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Meenal Harankhedkar, Director of Horticulture
May 10, 20192 min read
Botanist's Lens: Biological Mutualism
Peonies (Paeonias sps.) certainly steal the show in May in the ornamental gardens at Historic London Town and Gardens. Very aptly,...
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London Town
May 2, 20192 min read
Botanist's Lens: Summer Colors
Most nurseries are loaded with early to late summer blooming perennial and annual flowers. Today, I am going to talk about some examples...
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Rod Cofield, Executive Director
Apr 30, 20192 min read
William Brown House - Pass-through Revealed
For the first time in at least a century (if not 200 years), this arched architectural feature is revealed! We believe that this feature...
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Rod Cofield, Executive Director
Apr 23, 20191 min read
William Brown House - Attic
An important component of the William Brown House preservation project focused on repairing some deteriorating roof joists and brick...
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Rod Cofield, Executive Director
Apr 17, 20191 min read
William Brown House - Chimneys
An notable architectural feature of the William Brown House are the two central chimneys. As you might expect, the chimneys get battered...
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Amelia Chisholm, Lab Manager
Apr 10, 20194 min read
An Interesting Chicken Burial at London Town
Did you know that April is Maryland Archeology Month? In honor, we've asked Amelia Chisholm, Lab Manager at the Anne Arundel County...
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Lauren Silberman, Deputy Director
Apr 1, 20192 min read
2.5 Year Old Reviews London Town
Hi everyone, my name is Nate, and I'm 2.5 years old. Recently, my parents took me to Historic London Town and Gardens. This is my review,...
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Rod Cofield, Executive Director
Mar 20, 20192 min read
William Brown House - Spring 2019 Goals
We're excited that Worcester Eisenbrandt (WEI) is back on site! They started last week and will work through the end of April on the...
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Rod Cofield, Executive Director
Oct 24, 20183 min read
William Brown House - Builder's Error?
One of the neat benefits this preservation project has given us is the chance to climb around the scaffolding and look more closely at...
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Rod Cofield, Executive Director
Oct 17, 20182 min read
William Brown House - Porches
Throughout the years, the William Brown House has served multiple functions (colonial tavern, almshouse/poorhouse, and historic house...
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Rod Cofield, Executive Director
Sep 19, 20181 min read
William Brown House - Windows' "Surprise"
Today's post about the William Brown House preservation project is focused on a challenge we've run into with the building's windows....
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Rod Cofield, Executive Director
Aug 29, 20182 min read
William Brown House - Scope of Work
The William Brown House project is meant to accomplish a few goals. First and foremost, the preservation work will repair damage caused...
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Rod Cofield, Executive Director
Aug 22, 20181 min read
William Brown House - Preservation Project Starts!
The much-needed preservation project has started for the c.1760 William Brown House! The first part of the project will focus on...
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London Town
Mar 1, 20181 min read
Colonial Cocktails Teaser
Colonial Cocktails Teaser
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