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Historic London Town & Gardens
Visit a "lost" colonial town and garden sanctuary on the South River
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Botanist's Lens: Propagate, "Causing of Plants to Reproduce"
One of the newest volunteer groups in the horticulture department is the 'plant propagation' group that meets every Friday to experiment...
Meenal Harankhedkar, Director of Horticulture
Aug 16, 20193 min read
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Botanist's Lens: Wind Flowers in Pink
If I had to pick one flower that has the most delicate shade of pink, and lasted throughout summer, I would definitely pick the Japanese...
Meenal Harankhedkar, Director of Horticulture
Aug 9, 20192 min read
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Botanist's Lens: Fragrant Jewels in the Gardens at London Town
London Town’s gardens have an excellent collection of specimen trees and shrubs, some happen to be exquisitely fragrant. I will be...
Meenal Harankhedkar, Director of Horticulture
Aug 6, 20192 min read
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Botanists Lens: Pollinator and Rain Gardens
Enjoy watching the pollinator garden transformation, including the first Monarch butterfly of the season! The restoration process for...
Meenal Harankhedkar, Director of Horticulture
Jul 26, 20191 min read
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BotanistLens: Commensalism, "Hitching a Ride"
Plants/organisms that live together share different types of relationships that either benefit both or benefit at least one partner or...
Meenal Harankhedkar, Director of Horticulture
Jul 19, 20192 min read
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Botanist's Lens: Stuck on Stargazer!
Not just the swallow tail in the video below seems stuck on the gorgeous Lily, but I am too! Oriental lilies are considered be one of the...
Meenal Harankhedkar, Director of Horticulture
Jul 12, 20192 min read
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Botanist's Lens: Purple Defense
Calla lilies come in a variety of colors. Callas are true ornamental flowers that exude elegance, style and beauty from all angles and in...
Meenal Harankhedkar, Director of Horticulture
Jul 8, 20192 min read
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Botanist's Lens: Solanum Happy
Could Solanum vegetables make you happy? Can eating right vegetables and fruit enhance your health as well as your mood? Well, Eggplants...
Meenal Harankhedkar, Director of Horticulture
Jun 28, 20192 min read
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Botanist's Lens: You See Yellow, They See UV!
In the spirit of 'National Pollinator Week' and a wonderful 'Pollination Exploration' workshop being held at London Town tomorrow (Sat....
Meenal Harankhedkar, Director of Horticulture
Jun 21, 20192 min read
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African Muslims and the Slave Trade
In just under a week on Saturday, June 22 at 10am, London Town will welcome Dr. Herbert Brewer to speak on the slave ship Margaret and...
Sylviane A. Diouf, PhD
Jun 18, 20199 min read
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Botanist's Lens: Stalwart Stewartia
If I had to pick the best of all small trees, I would most definitely pick 'Stewartia pseudocamilla' to be the winner. It belongs to the...
Meenal Harankhedkar, Director of Horticulture
Jun 14, 20192 min read
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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...
Meenal Harankhedkar, Director of Horticulture
Jun 10, 20192 min read
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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...
Meenal Harankhedkar, Director of Horticulture
Jun 3, 20192 min read
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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...
Meenal Harankhedkar, Director of Horticulture
May 24, 20192 min read
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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...
Meenal Harankhedkar, Director of Horticulture
May 17, 20192 min read
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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,...
Meenal Harankhedkar, Director of Horticulture
May 10, 20192 min read
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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...

London Town
May 2, 20192 min read
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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...
Rod Cofield, Executive Director
Apr 30, 20192 min read
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William Brown House - Attic
An important component of the William Brown House preservation project focused on repairing some deteriorating roof joists and brick...
Rod Cofield, Executive Director
Apr 23, 20191 min read
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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...
Rod Cofield, Executive Director
Apr 17, 20191 min read
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