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DCH has received a $25,000 grant from Bank of America
Delaware Center for Horticulture (DCH), a local non-profit organization dedicated to improving the community through the power of plants, has received a $25,000 grant from Bank of America. The grant will help to support the organization’s Branches to Chances® horticultural job skills training and placement program, and the continuation of education and employment for participants through the support of the Delaware River Climate Corps.
How To Recycle Your Christmas Tree into Rich Soil
DNREC is also sponsoring a free Christmas tree recycling event from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Jan. 7 at the Delaware Center for Horticulture (DCH). All woodchips produced from the event will be used in the DCH gardens, Shearman Street community garden, and public landscapes throughout Wilmington.
Winter Wonderland Weekend at The Delaware Center for Horticulture
The Delaware Center for Horticulture invites you to some festive fun! We’ll be holding our greenery sale, holiday bazaar, and Art loop opening Friday-Saturday. Make sure to visit on Saturday, because Santa is coming to town!
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We`ve got beets on our minds! Join us Friday, September 29th for a night of fun, dancing, raffles, and all things beet. Get tickets for Dance for Plants through the link in our bio.
A big THANK YOU to our event sponsors for supporting Dance for Plants and the work we do in the community!
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September is Paw Paw season and do we have some fruiting trees! The Paw Paw tree (Asimina triloba) is native to the eastern United States and produces a fruit that tastes like a combination of a banana and a mango. Though it`s in season, this special fruit won`t be found in your local supermarket because it bruises easily. We`re patiently waiting on the trees located in our parking lot to drop some ripe fruit. Do you have a Paw Paw tree near you?
DRCC joined other Sacred Grounds volunteers to prep this site at Canaan Baptist Church for their future garden.
Sacred Grounds is a National Wildlife Federation project with a cohort focused in Wilmington, DE to install pollinator habitats for faith communities.
This Thursday, join us at Old Country Gardens for big savings! DCH members get 20% off this day only. Not a member? Our team will be on site to get you registered so you can start using your DCH benefits. We`ll see you Thursday, September 14th, from 9AM-5PM.
We can`t believe we`re 3 weeks away from Dance for Plants where we`ll be dancing to the "beet"! In preparation to celebrate this vegetable, our team planted beets in our raised beds and some are ready to harvest. Doesn`t this golden beet look fantastic?
Want to join us for Dance for Plants? Visit the link in our bio for more information about our upcoming events.
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What`s your favorite flower blooming right now? We have a sea of Rudbeckia, and Echinacea throughout our garden, Anemone by the front porch, and more to enjoy.
Have a Happy Labor Day!
September is here and our calendar is full of amazing events. Visit our link in bio for all of the details 😀
Who doesn`t love a before and after? This circular planter once held 10 volunteers during a planting to revitalize this focal point in Tri Parks. In October 2022, the group planted native flowering plants and grasses to not only beautify the area, but also support wildlife with food and shelter. Now 10 months from the initial planting, we can step back to see how everything has filled in.
The DCH Delaware River Climate Corps divided and planted allium cernuum during their trip to Emory Knoll Farm.
This past week, a group of our members took a trip of a lifetime to tour private gardens throughout Maine. Most notable was a visit to Martha Stewart`s Skylands. Take a look at a few of their adventures.
Have you visited Gibraltar Estate? Just recently this garden and mansion property received good news. The City of Wilmington has reached an agreement with the sellers that will allow the process of rehabilitating this estate to begin. Our team is honored to lend a hand in the gardens and was able to remove invasive plants and clear the area around the pond on their visit this week. We even got to work alongside our 2021 Summer Intern, Parker Strand who is now working at Gibraltar. ... See MoreSee Less
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FINALLY!!! ❤️❤️❤️
This is amazing news!! Always so impressed by DCH, and happy to hear they still have the summer intern program going. (I interned in 2016!)
Wonderful news!!!
Fantastic! So glad this has come about. 🎉🎉🎉
Keep us posted of the process. We all love Gibraltar and would love seeing updates like this. ❤️
I am thrilled with this news. I took my interns this past August to visit and we were all surprised at the saddened state of the garden. It makes my heart happy to know it’s getting the help it deserves. 🥰 Sarah Robinson great news!
Great news!
Thank god! Beautiful property with a neat history
Fantastic news! So long overdue 🙌
This is such great news! I used to paint en plein air there years ago. I still have at least one of the paintings. Maybe the new owners would be interested to purchase the painting.
This is fantastic news! Please let us know if you need volunteers to help out there.
Thank God!
Wonderful!!
That’s great! Do you need volunteers?
Great news!! It was always so sad to see it in such bad shape.
To clarify, Preservation Delaware still owns the Marian Coffin Gardens at Gibraltar. The City of Wilmington is taking over ownership of the mansion and garage/greenhouse parcel. Preservation Delaware is pleased to be partnering with the City and Delaware Center for Horticulture on garden cleanup/renovations. Thank you for your help!! Stay tuned for future news and progress!
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Sara Altman
Jen Polillo FYI
Meanwhile, right across the street, The U of DE is letting the Goodstay Mansion fall into ruin. Soon it will have the same problem that Gibraltar has. 🙁
So happy about this property and gardens. It’s at the end of our street. There is a clean up scheduled and they need volunteers.
Wonderful news 🥰
YESSSSS thank god!!!!!! I was so worried it was actually gonna become a dumb office building
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We've got beets on our minds! Join us Friday, September 29th for a night of fun, dancing, raffles, and all things beet. Get tickets for Dance for Plants here: bit.ly/beets2023
A big THANK YOU to our event sponsors for supporting Dance for Plants and the work we do in the community! ... See MoreSee Less
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September is Paw Paw season and do we have some fruiting trees! The Paw Paw tree (Asimina triloba) is native to the eastern United States and produces a fruit that tastes like a combination of a banana and a mango. Though it's in season, this special fruit won't be found in your local supermarket because it bruises easily. We're patiently waiting on the trees located in our parking lot to drop some ripe fruit. Do you have a Paw Paw tree near you? ... See MoreSee Less
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They are also the host plant for the Zebra Swallowtail! Keep planting them.
I wish!! 😭
DRCC joined other Sacred Grounds volunteers to prep this site at Canaan Baptist Church for their future garden.
Sacred Grounds is a National Wildlife Federation project with a cohort focused in Wilmington, DE to install pollinator habitats for faith communities. ... See MoreSee Less
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This Thursday, join us at Old Country Gardens for big savings! DCH members get 20% off this day only. Not a member? Our team will be on site to get you registered so you can start using your DCH benefits. We'll see you Thursday, September 14th, from 9AM-5PM. ... See MoreSee Less
Comment on Facebook
We can't believe we're 3 weeks away from Dance for Plants where we'll be dancing to the "beet"! In preparation to celebrate this vegetable, our team planted beets in our raised beds and some are ready to harvest. Doesn't this golden beet look fantastic? ... See MoreSee Less
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Information about Dance for Plants here: thedch.org/events/?eid=14151
You won't want to miss this lecture next Wednesday. Joan Maloof will discuss the important habitat created by forests and the many organisms that live in them as well as the Old-Growth Forest Network, a national organization she created to preserve forests. ... See MoreSee Less
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Looking forward to it!
Art Loop is this Friday, and our gallery is filled with wonderful works by the RCWA. If you love art, please also note that 50% of artwork sales from this show will be generously donated to DCH. ... See MoreSee Less
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