Friday, May 13, 2016
By: Tamanya Garza, Marketing & Social Media Specialist
Each spring up and down the east coast the exciting sounds of steeplechase horse racing begin to fill the lush, green raceways. A mix of jump racing and jovial picnic celebrations, the third Saturday in May all eyes are on the Radnor Hunt Races...
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By: Emily Cwyk, Development Assistant
Thanks to our friends and supporters, 2015 was a year of great accomplishment! Here are some of our highlights.
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By: Mark Gormel, Horticultural Coordinator
As an organization long concerned with art and environment the Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art campus landscape has always displayed plant species which are native to this region – both because much of the artwork created in the Brandywine Valley portrayed these native species, and...
Continue ReadingTuesday, September 1, 2015
By: Edie J. Dondero, Associate Director, Land Stewardship
The Brandywine River’s first site-specific outdoor installation, Gradients by James Welling, opened earlier this month. While our colleagues at the Brandywine River Museum of...
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By: Mark Gormel, Horticultural Coordinator
Since 1974 many visitors to the Brandywine River Museum of Art have noticed the use of native plants within the landscaped spaces surrounding the museum and parking lots. Regular visitors and members love the changing seasonal displays that take place within...
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By: John O. Buckley
It’s official. Well, it’s always official. The Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art’s annual Wildflower, Native Plant & Seed Sale is held every Mother’s Day weekend. But the garden volunteers who help put it all together know that it’s really official when horticultural coordinator Mark Gormel tapes a flyer next to the front door outside his office...
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