Mill Reef: A Legacy of Heart
Emily Ellis
Read about one of OSGF’s latest projects, a short documentary celebrating the life of Paul Mellon’s great racehorse, Mill Reef.
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Read about one of OSGF’s latest projects, a short documentary celebrating the life of Paul Mellon’s great racehorse, Mill Reef.
Read MoreDanielle Wyman Castellano, the leader of our upcoming Permaculture Design Certification Course, discusses the nature-first approach to landscape design and how it can benefit communities and the environment.
Read MoreRead about the work of 2021 Eliza Moore Fellow Fidencio Fifield-Perez.
Read MoreIn honor of World Bee Day and Endangered Species Day this year, we’re writing about four North American bumble bee species at risk of extinction (several of which are found in Virginia), and current efforts to protect them.
Read MoreTo celebrate World Migratory Bird Day this year, we’re listing several ways you can support birds in your area.
Read MoreHorticulture Apprentice Thomas Bardroff discusses caring for cordons in Oak Spring’s formal garden.
Read MoreOn this episode of #BetweenTwoTopiaries, Todd talks about the history of forced bulbs at Oak Spring.
Read MoreThis episode of #BetweenTwoTopiaries - the new video series where OSGF Head Gardener Todd Lloyd talks about all things gardening - discusses how our gardening team cares for Bunny Mellon’s signature miniature topiaries (or Herb Trees) at the foundation today.
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Twenty winners will each receive the opportunity to register for two free timed-entry tickets, valued at $125 each, for Oak Spring’s Spring 2022 Garden Tour on either April 18th or April 19th, 2022. The timed-entry spots will fill on a first-come, first-serve basis, with 20 spots available per each tour day.
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To wrap up Invasive Species Awareness Week, we’re discussing five top troublemakers at the Oak Spring Garden Foundation, and what we do to manage them.
Read MoreEver wondered how our gardeners spend the winter months? It’s a lot of plant production! In this video, Assistant Head Gardener Allissa Montgomery demonstrates how to sow perennial seeds and shows us around Oak Spring’s production greenhouse.
Read MoreRead about the talented artists, writers, scholars, researchers, and others selected for our two-week 2022 Interdisciplinary Residencies.
Read MoreWe are very pleased to announce the opening of a temporary exhibit featuring some of the highlights of Mrs. Mellon’s linen collection, “The Fabrics of Life”, which will be part of our spring 2022 garden tour.
Read MoreValentine’s Day is a time to celebrate your sweetheart, but it’s also a day to shower a little extra love on your hardest-working organ. Read about several herbs and veggies grown at our Biocultural Conservation Farm that help keep your blood pumping and your heart healthy.
Read MoreTo celebrate International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we’re telling the story of educator and botanist Jane Eleanor Datcher, the first Black woman to graduate from Cornell University with an advanced degree.
Read about several especially interesting winter-interest plants, and the amazing ways they survive plummeting temperatures.
Read MoreIn this video, OSGF staff members Clif Brown and Dr. Martin Hamilton - the leaders of our upcoming course on the Basics of Pruning - chat about caring for the site’s many fruit trees and show us some basic pruning techniques on a 40+ year old apple tree.
Read about the talented artists, writers, scholars, researchers, conservationists, and scientists selected for our 2022 Interdisciplinary Residencies.
Read MoreRead about the talented botanical artists who will be joining us at Oak Spring in spring 2022!
Read MoreMeet our inaugural 2021 Plant Conservation Biology Fellow Eve Allen, whose research focuses on developing strategies to weave plant biodiversity into cities and urban regions.
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