‘Historic Landscapes—Recognizing and Eradicating Invasive Plants’
Preservation Delaware to hold online workshop on June 3, 2020.
A Blog from the HCA Gardens: Top 5 Things We Do in the Winter
By: Ken Darsney, Curator of Horticulture Being someone who has decided to work outside for a living, there are two questions I get asked more than anything else. The first, […]
Buena Vista In Bloom
Buena Vista Conference Center, a set on Flickr. The Buena Vista campus was just too beautiful to keep to ourselves last week. We thought we’d spread some of the love […]
Dan Davis promoted to Conservation Technician IV
Thirty-one-year veteran works in the division’s Horticulture Team.
Delaware Forest Service publishes guide to big trees of Delaware
State’s largest trees includes a Nordmann fir and tamarack at Buena Vista, and a Douglas fir at Belmont Hall.
Division staff news
Additions made to volunteer-services, horticulture and site-management teams and at the Buena Vista Conference Center.
Division volunteer Catrena Moore a recipient of a Governor’s Youth Volunteer Service Award
Dover High School senior worked on the installation of the re-designed garden at Woodburn, the governor’s official residence.
Division welcomes three new staff members
New employees include two members of the Horticulture Team and an addition to the staff of the Buena Vista conference/event center.
Formal Garden Plant List
Agastache foeniculumAnise HyssopHeight: 2-3 ft.USDA Hardiness Zone: 6-9 Aster oblongifolius‘Raydon’s Favorite’Height: 2-3 ft.Spread: 1 ft.USDA Hardiness Zone: 3-7 Baptisia australisHeight: 3-4 ft.Spread: 3-4 ft.USDA Hardiness Zone: 4-8 Calamagrostis x acutifolia‘Avalanche’Height: […]
HCA Blooms on the First Day of Spring
We wanted to mark the first day of spring by sharing some images of our historic sites in bloom across the state: Hellebore at Buena Vista Conference Center Daffodils […]
Horticulture Position
Qualifications We are looking for volunteers who work well within a team and have an interest and/or knowledge or skills in basic gardening, ornamental horticulture, or general plant-related topics. Experience […]
New Castle Green Tree Descriptions
The practice of maintaining a green open space in the middle of a village or more populated environment began hundreds of years ago in England. The green was an open […]
Self Guided & Digital Tours
Virtual Tour of the New Castle Green Not able to make it to New Castle to view all of the stately trees and historic buildings? No problem, check out the […]
Serenity on the St. Jones
A Formal Garden Restored The John Dickinson Plantation may not look exactly as it did 200 years ago, but it still gives the feeling of the 18th century. In 1954, […]
Sussex Gardeners deck the halls of the Zwaanendael Museum
Holiday display through December 2016 features preserved flowers, fruit, evergreen branches and other plant material.
The Benefits of Volunteering with HCA
By: Lindsay McNinch In September of 2011, HCA launched a new Volunteer Program. As the Volunteer Program’s first appearance on the division’s blog, I wanted to take this opportunity to […]