Daily Archives: June 22, 2025

Friday, July 11, 8:15 am – 1:15 pm – Hydrangea University 2025

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Heritage Museums & Gardens and the Cape Cod Hydrangea Society are pleased to continue our partnership to present the ninth annual Hydrangea University on July 11 – the premier event of the annual Cape Cod Hydrangea Festival. During this symposium-style event, expert guest speakers will inspire and entertain while increasing participants’ knowledge of hydrangeas. This year’s speakers include:

Joan Harrison, Author and Speaker
Russ Norton, Horticulture & Agriculture Educator, Cape Cod Cooperative Extension
Mal Condon, Curator of Hydrangeas, Heritage Museums & Gardens

Following the program, participants will have the opportunity to tour the Cape Cod Hydrangea Society Display Garden and the North American Hydrangea Test Garden.

Included with registration:

Presentations by three expert speakers
Admission to all of Heritage Museums & Gardens for the entire day, until closing at 5 pm
Morning refreshments (coffee, tea, pastry)
A goodie bag
A hydrangea plant to take home

Advance registration is required, and we expect this popular program to sell out quickly.

Program fees fund both Heritage’s mission to inspire people of all ages to explore, discover, and learn together, and the Cape Cod Hydrangea Society’s mission to share knowledge and enjoyment of hydrangeas with the broader community. Thank you for your support.

Program Registration: $80 Members of Heritage Museums & Gardens or the Cape Cod Hydrangea Society; $90 Non-Members. Register at www.heritagemuseumsandgardens.org

Thursday, June 26, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm – Garden Legacies: Uncovering and Preserving Their Histories with Thomas Woltz

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On June 26 at 4 pm, Historic New England will host a program at Hollister House Garden addressing Garden Legacies and Historic Preservation. The event will consist of a conversation between renowned landscape architect Thomas Woltz and Vin Cipolla, president and CEO of Historic New England. George Schoellkopf, creator of Hollister House Garden, will introduce the evening.

Woltz and his firm, Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects, work on such sensitive and complex projects as Monticello’s Stewardship Master Plan, Olana Strategic Landscape Design, Aga Khan Garden, and Houston’s Memorial Park Master Plan. Drawing on their own significant bodies of work, Cipolla and Woltz will explore how the ecological and cultural histories of landscapes and gardens are uncovered and integrated into meaningful public experiences.

Light refreshments will be served and following the program all attendees are invited to enjoy the garden.

The Land is Full, a celebration of parks and public gardens by renowned landscape architecture firm Nelson Byrd Woltz will be available for sale.

The program is free and open to the public. Advance reservation is requested. Reserve HERE. This conversation is part of a series sponsored by Historic New England Trustee Edward F.Gerber to address issues relevant to preservation on Connecticut. Historic New England’s 38 history museums, farms and landscapes include Roseland Cottage, the Codman Estate, Hamilton House and Beauport which continue to be meaningfully reinterpreted for the public..