Fall At Boxerwood

October is a perfect time to walk around the grounds at Boxerwood as every day seems to bring another surprise. Today, after doing a little cleaning up at the entrance to Boxer-wood, I discovered I was covered head (and I am talking hair, here) to toe with the stick-tights of Bidens frondosa, better known as Devils’s Beggarticks. I wouldn’t say that was a pleasant surprise - but there are plenty of pleasant surprises in the garden right now: the colors of the gorgeous Japanese Maples with leaves like tiny butterflies, the ever-changing colors of all the foliage (the yellows seems particularly pure this year—check out the Bottlebrush Buckeyes), the blooms of the Tea Camellia, a box turtle perfectly camouflaged in fallen leaves, a tiny snake curled like a twist of grapevine draped across the top of some Himalayan Sweetbox. The weather changes so quickly in the fall and in mid-October we go from summer to autumn almost overnight. We are definitely in fall mode right now here at Boxerwood. Come see for yourself..

Faith Vosburgh, Boxerwood Horticulturist 

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Boxerwood Garden Notes

Zombie Sighting

MONDAY ZOMBIE ALERT! Patrons leaving the State theater on Nelson Street last night complained they were stalked by two male zombies observed lurking around after "Hotel Transylvania" let out. Have zombies already started to gather for Boxerwood's Zombie Ball on the 27th? Has anyone told them they have to buy tickets?

You do not need to lurk around in the dark. You can get your Zombie Tickets clicking here.

Boxerwood October 15

Today we had third graders from Waddell Elementary School most of the day at Boxerwood learning about watersheds and habitats.

The colors of fall are slowly working their way down from the ridges of the Blue Ridge Mountains into the valley and to Boxerwood.

Looking across the Munger Lodge to the Blue Ridge Mountains

From Boxerwood you can see the color in the Blue Ridge Mountains

The Maple on the right is a bit more red than last week.  You can
see the difference if you look at this same tree in the October 9th post.

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Scenes of Boxerwood October 11

The start of fall colors coming out

One of the more than 100 varieties of Japanese Maples at Boxerwood

What is going on at Boxerwood today? 

Second Graders Learning About How Animal Adapt Or Die

The View Across Boxerwood To the Blue Ridge Mountains

Camellia Sinensis   Tea Camellia

Osmanthus heterophyllus  Holly Tea Olive

Horticulturalist Faith Vosburgh Inventorying and Tagging Specimen Trees  At Boxerwood

Come join us!

Boxerwood October 9

There is always something blooming or showing off its colors at Boxerwood.  Here are a few photos taken on October 9.

New Entrance Kiosk Taking Shape at Boxerwood

Due to the hard work of some of our volunteers, we now can boast about new benches in our Entrance Kiosk.  The Kiosk structure which stood uncompleted for years is now ready to welcome visitors to Boxerwood, serve as an outdoor classroom, and a covered space for school groups to await their buses on rainy days.

This is just another example of the dedication of our community expressed through volunteerism.  Here at Boxerwood we depend on and reap the benefits of a terrific corps of hard working individuals.

Thank You to all our volunteers who you will not only find working on our facilities but maintaining our gardens and conducting education programs for our students from all sections of Rockbridge County.

Get Your Tickets For The Zombie Ball

Advance tickets are now available on line for the Boxerwood Benefit Zombie Ball 2012.  This event for adults is scheduled for October 27th from 8pm to Midnight at the Washington and Lee Pavilion.
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Some scenes from last year's event

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