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1. WINTEG_070818_047.JPG: Reflecting Pool
2. WINTEG_070818_067.JPG: Reflecting Pool: In 1929, Henry Francis du Pont planned a major enlargement of his house and commissioned [sic] his lifelong friend, landscape architect Marian Coffin, to design his garden. Like many designers of the "country house" era, Coffin was inspired by the symmetry, proportions and architectural features of Italian Renaissance gardens.
3. WINTEG_070818_079.JPG: Glade: This peaceful glen features a waterfall that empties into a series of ponds stocked with koi. Originally designed as a rock garden in the late 1920s by landscape architect Marian Coffin, it required 135 tons of imported limestone. Since then, the trees have closed the canopy overhead, forming a welcome shady retreat where trilliums and other wildflowers bloom on the ivy-covered bank. Yellow Japanese iris, cardinal flowers and ferns grace the margins around the pond.
4. WINTEG_070818_099.JPG: Enchanted Garden (TM)
5. WINTEG_070818_120.JPG: The mushrooms have sensors which spray a mist when people enter into the circle. Note the sign saying "Never ever step inside a fairy ring."
6. WINTEG_070818_139.JPG: Quarry Garden: In 1962, when he was eighty-two, Henry Francis du Pont transformed an old stone quarry into a spectacular garden. Huge rock outcroppings along the quarry's walls form niches for ferns, perennials and shrubs. Natural springs seeping from the quarry's floor provide moisture for bog-loving plants. In June, candelabra primroses create a rich tapestry of color in pale orange, pink, lavender, maroon and soft yellow. Vivid native cardinal flowers come into bloom during July and August, attracting hummingbirds and butterflies.
7. WINTEG_070818_149.JPG: Quarry garden
8. WINTEG_070818_151.JPG: Sycamore Hill: This area, dominated by a venerable old sycamore, features summer-flowering shrubs and trees. Lavender lilacs, fountain buddleias and princess trees combine with cherry red weigelas. Fragrant white mock-oranges, deutzias, magnolias and dogwoods bloom in June. Many of these plants also offer brilliant fall foliage or colorful berries. Grass paths lead to the Bristol Summerhouse at the crest of the hill, affording spectacular views of the surrounding agricultural landscape.
9. WINTEG_070818_155.JPG: Sycamore Hill
10. WINTEG_070818_161.JPG: Sundial Garden: Fragrant plants in shades of pink, white and lavender form concentric circles around a central antique armillary sundial within this garden "room." Designed as an April garden by landscape architect Marian Coffin, flowering begins at the west end with magnolias and cherries. The color sweeps through the central plantings of spirea, viburnum, quince and fothergilla, culminating at the end of the month with a display of lilacs. This charming area originally was the site of the du Pont family's croquet lawn and tennis courts.
11. WINTEG_070818_164.JPG: Sundial Garden
12. WINTEG_070818_181.JPG: The Latimeria Gates
13. WINTEG_070818_200.JPG: Icewell Terrace
14. WINTEG_070818_211.JPG: Icewell Terrace: In the days before refrigeration, ice blocks cut from ponds on the estate were brought to an icehouse at this location to keep food cold. Henry Francis du Pont incorporated this historical remnant into his garden. The terrace provided a parking area for guests who came to play golf at the nearby course on the estate. Today, its facade serves as a focal point, offering spectacular views of the surrounding garden and a shady resting spot.
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Wikipedia Description: Henry Francis DuPont Winterthur Museum
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Winterthur Museum and Country Estate is an American estate and museum in Winterthur, near Greenville, Delaware, now housing one of the most important collections of Americana in the country. It was the former home of Henry Francis du Pont (1880-1969), a renowned antiques collector and horticulturist. Until recently, it was known as the "Henry Francis DuPont Winterthur Museum."

In the early 20th century, H. F. du Pont and his father, Henry Algernon du Pont, designed Winterthur in the spirit of 18th- and 19th-century European country houses. The younger du Pont added to the home many times thereafter, eventually moving to a smaller house on the estate when the main building became a public museum.

Winterthur is situated on 979 acres (4 km�), with 60 acres (0.2 km�) of naturalistic garden. There were 2,500 acres (10 km�) when it functioned as a country estate.

Initially a collector of European art and decorative arts, H. F. du Pont reported that it was Electra Havemeyer Webb, later the founder of Shelburne Museum in Vermont, who first interested him in American art and antiques through the paintings of Charles Louis Heyde. In 1929, he drew worldwide attention when he purchased a tambour desk, made and labeled by John Seymour, Cabinetmaker in Boston, at Parke-Bernet auction galleries in New York for a then-record sum for Americana in excess of $30,000. Subsequently, he became a highly prominent collector of American decorative arts, building on the Winterthur estate to house his collection, conservation laboratories, and administrative offices.

There are 175 period-room displays in the museum and approximately 85,000 objects. Most rooms are open to the public on small, guided tours. The collection spans more than two centuries of American decorative arts, notably from 1640 to 1860, and contains some of the most important pieces of American furniture and fine art. The Winterthur Library and Research Center includes more than 87,000 volumes and approximately 500,000 manuscripts and images, mostly related to American history, decorative arts, and architecture. The facility also houses extensive conservation, research, and education facilities.

In the 1990s, more informal museum galleries were opened in a new building adjacent to the main house where special rotating and permanent exhibits are now housed. The museum also is home to the Winterthur Program in Early American Culture and the Winterthur/University of Delaware Art Conservation program.
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2007 photos: Trips this year: Two weeks down south (including Graceland, Shiloh, VIcksburg, and New Orleans), a week at a time share in Costa Rica over my 50th birthday, a week off for a family reunion in the Wisconsin Dells (with sidetrips to Dayton, Springfield, and Madison), a week in San Diego for the Comic-Con with a side trip to Michigan for two family reunions, a drive up to Niagara Falls, a couple of weekend jaunts including the Civil War Preservation Trust Grand Review in Vicksburg, and a December journey to three state capitols (Richmond, Raleigh, and Columbia). I saw sites in 18 states and 3 other countries this year -- the first year I'd been to more than two other countries since we lived in Venezuela when I was a little toddler. Ego strokes: A photo that I took at the National Archives was used as the author photo on the book jacket for David A. Nichols' "A Matter of Justice: Eisenhower and the Beginning of the Civil Rights Revolution." I became a volunteer photographer at both Sixth and I Historic Synagogue and the Civil War Preservation Trust (later renamed "Civil War Trust").. Equipment this year: I used the Fuji S9000 almost exclusively except for the period when it broke and I had to send it back for repairs. In August, I bought a Canon Rebel Xti, my first digital SLR (vs regular digital) which I tried as well but I wasn't that excited by it. Number of photos taken this year: 225,000.
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