From the monthly archives: June 2009
Longwood sometimes hosts events for other horticultural organizations in the gardens. This weekend the Dec-Chester Rose Society had a Rose show. The operations manager here at Longwood sent an e-mail around asking if anyone wanted to help out and three of us students chose to do that both on Friday evening and then Saturday morning. [...]
Continue Reading →Okay, so this was meant for the kids.. but as interns I like to just consider us ‘big’ kids. I definitely got a leg stuck in my throat… haha On Thursday night, there was an exhibit on bugs at the DuPont house. There were lady bugs and terrariums and other fun things for the kids [...]
Continue Reading →Even though on Thursdays all the students and interns are able to participate in a field trip of some kind, there are also what I’ve decided to call ‘Mini Field Trips’ on Wednesdays. We leave later and don’t spend quiet as much time at the locations. I’m sure I’ll learn more about them, but I’ve [...]
Continue Reading →On tuesday of this week (6-9-09) the curatorial department had a volunteer illustrator come in. He’s been doing some work for a book that will be coming out on the Victoria water lily. This week he had one illustration started and by the time he left he had it complete. With a section cut out [...]
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