Botanist's Lens: Good Time to Be on the Move in the Garden!
It is an excellent time to be on the move in the gardens. Fall and early winter are excellent to be on the move for the bare root trees,...
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** Winter Hours begin soon! From November 29 - March 21, 2025, will be open Fridays and Saturdays, 10:00am - 4:00pm.**
Historic London Town & Gardens
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London Town
Sep 21, 20215 min read
William Brown House Preservation Work Update: The End and Beyond!
William Brown House, photo by Jeff Jackson Photography Preservation work began on the c.1760 William Brown House in August 2018. Now,...
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London Town
Sep 17, 20211 min read
Botanist's Lens: Biodiversity of Plants
Biodiversity refers to the variety of plant and animal species living on Earth. According to The International Union for Conservation of...
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London Town
Sep 15, 20211 min read
Botanist's Lens: Seed to Soil, Sustainable Gardening One Step at a Time!
London Town's Fall Plant Sale is coming soon! The member and volunteer preview is Friday September 24th, 12 - 4pm, while Saturday,...
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London Town
Sep 7, 20212 min read
50th Anniversary Post: Our Favorite Botanist's Lens Posts!
In celebration of London Town’s 50th anniversary, we wanted to share 5 of our favorite Botanist’s Lens posts, penned by Director of...
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London Town
Sep 2, 20212 min read
#BotanistLens: Naturalizing ephemerals of London Town, bringing everlasting joy
London Town Gardens is a host to a diverse variety of plants. The best of best are surely the delicate naturalizing ephemerals. As much...
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London Town
Sep 2, 20212 min read
Plant Propagation Update
Plants propagated by seed by the lath house. In recent years, the horticulture department at Historic London Town and Gardens has worked...
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Meenal Harankhedkar, Director of Horticulture
Aug 28, 20212 min read
#BotanistLens: Modular Greens
Summer is for color. Summer gardens are filled with vivacious annuals and perennial flower colors. But summer in a woodland/sun garden is...
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London Town
Aug 20, 20212 min read
#BotanistLens: Majestic marvel, Dawn redwoods
Dawn redwood, Metasequoia glyptostroboides is one of the most marvelous species growing at London Town. Thriving in full sun in...
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London Town
Aug 15, 20213 min read
Update on Archaeology at Gresham Estate
Professor Steve Lenik shows visitors a shovel test pit during a recent tour at Gresham Estate. In 2017, London Town began working with...
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London Town
Aug 13, 20211 min read
#BotanistLens: Pollinator Pantry for a happy winged team!
Be it a Monarch on a Blazing star, a Swallow tail on a Tiger Lily Or be it a Bee on N. Lime green A loaded pollinator pantry is keen for...
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London Town
Aug 5, 20211 min read
#BotanistLens: Bullseye and landing pads in a garden
Flower color patterns, textures, fragrance are key guides for pollinators, with incentive being nectar in most cases and pollen in some....
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London Town
Aug 1, 20212 min read
50th Anniversary Post: 5 Decades of School Programs
In celebration of 50 years at Historic London Town & Gardens, we wanted to share photos from our school field trip programs over the...
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London Town
Jul 29, 20211 min read
#BotanistLens: Vector magnets: Rudbeckias, Mallows, Lilies and more
Pollinators such as bees, birds and insects are nothing but vectors 'agents' that aid in transferring the pollen from one place to...
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Meenal Harankhedkar, Director of Horticulture
Jul 23, 20211 min read
#Botanist Lens: Summer Plants at London Town
Summer gardens in the Mid-Atlantic are full of opportunities with ample choices from foliage to flowers to seed pods. Here are some...
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London Town
Jul 18, 20212 min read
#BotanistLens: Lavandin love
Genus Lavandula is well known for its essential oils and gorgeous color contrast. It is one herb that can enhance a sun garden,...
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Meenal Harankhedkar, Director of Horticulture
Jul 14, 20212 min read
#BotanistLens: BMP for a sustainable landscape: cultural weed control
One of the 'Best Management Practices' (BMP's) for a sustainable landscape, whether it is fragile like a woodland garden or a steady rock...
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London Town
Jul 14, 20211 min read
Online Pop Up Shop is Back!
Through Monday, July 26 Last winter, many of you purchased long-sleeved shirts in our first ever pop up shop. Thank you! It was a great...
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Meenal Harankhedkar, Director of Horticulture
Jul 1, 20212 min read
#BotanistLens: Summer solstice and photoperiodism
Happy summer! Come June end, here in the Mid-Atlantic, most seasonal gardens will see sprouts of summer color with Gladioli, Rudbeckias,...
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Meenal Harankhedkar, Director of Horticulture
Jun 18, 20212 min read
#BotanistLens: Al paints hydrangeas!
Boosting plant vigor is easy to do with many organic ingredients like eggs shells, coffee grounds and various other commercial plant...
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