Category Archives: Winter
This Week in the Gardens: Winter into Spring (Feb 26)
Ruth Rea Howell Horticultural Interpreter Charles Day looks for small signs of spring. I love observing the changes as one season pivots into the next, and late February is one of these special moments. Certainly, winter is not yet over,…
Winter Workspace 2013—Session 1
Wave Hill Curatorial Fellow Anna Robinson-Sweet shares some of what she has observed as the first session of the Winter Workspace 2013 residency comes to a close. In mid-February, during Open Studios for Winter Workspace 2013, visitors to Glyndor Gallery viewed…
This Week in the Gardens: Winter Solstice (Dec 21)
Laurel Rimmer, Assistant Director of Wave Hill’s Public Programs, welcomes the arrival of winter in the gardens. December 21 and winter is officially here! There is plenty to see in the gardens. Here’s a glimpse of what you are missing…
A Storybook Cardinal Tree!
Visual artist Ilse Murdock is the Manager of Wave Hill’s Family Art Project, a free, drop-in program that for more than 20 years has helped connect families with both art and nature. If you visited Wave Hill’s Family Art Project…
Plant Portraits—Lavender grevillea cultivar: Grevillea lavendulacea ‘Penola’
Wave Hill Horticultural Interpreters offer highlights of what’s blooming now in the gardens. Photo credit: Betsy Ginn. More delicate in appearance than other members of the protea family, the lavender grevillea is native to southeast Australia. The foliage and habit…
Winter Workspace Artists: Nick Lamia
John Minieri is a Curatorial Fellow in Wave Hill’s Visual Arts Department. With just over a week left in the first session, I stopped in to the galleries to see what the artists have been up to. My first visit…
A New Year in the Winter Workspace
John Minieri is a Curatorial Fellow in Wave Hill’s Visual Arts Department. The New Year is only two weeks old and things at Wave Hill are already off to a great start as we continue to prepare ourselves for the…
“I can do that!” Winter Décor
Marilyn Young is the Horticulture Assistant at Wave Hill. The favorite comment about the winter décor this year overheard at Wave Hill House was “I can do that!” Yes, indeed, that is a good part of our natural yet festive decorations. …
House Study/Handmade
Stephanie Lindquist, Wave Hill’s Arts Programming Fellow, is a frequent presence in the Sunroom, where Robyn Love has set up her workspace and invites visitors to drop by twice a week. While Glyndor Gallery is usually closed to the public in…
Berried Shrubs and Trees
Marilyn Young is the Horticulture Assistant at Wave Hill. With the ideal of a garden as a year-round pleasure, it may be easy to delight in summer, but gardeners may be less certain how to sustain interest and color from fall…






