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Gardens at Hagley Museum

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Join the Gardens and Horticulture Volunteer Team at the Hagley Museum!

Located on 235 acres along the banks of the Brandywine in Wilmington, Delaware, Hagley is the site of the gunpowder works founded by E. I. du Pont in 1802. This example of early American industry includes restored mills, a workers' community, and the ancestral home and gardens of the du Pont family.

We are looking for volunteers who can make a once-a-week commitment. Shifts take place on week days from 8:30 am - 12:00 pm with a coffee and snack break at 10 am. Volunteers assist staff in five garden areas:

E.I. du Pont Garden: located directly in front of the Eleutherian Mills residence - the ancestral home of the du Pont family. The garden is just under two acres with branched antique pear, apple, and peach trees, crocuses, jonquils, hyacinths, and tulips, purple and white lilacs, Oriental poppy, zinnias, heirloom vegetables, and more. Volunteers will assist with weeding, harvesting, mulching, planting, watering, staking, and processing produce for donation.

Pollinator Garden: Located near the Hagley barn, the pollinator garden at Hagley is designed to be a low-maintenance garden and education space with ever-changing interpretation of pollinators and host plants. Volunteers will assist with weeding, planting, deadheading, mulching, pruning, watering, and general tidying.

Cut Flower Garden: Filled with historically accurate blooms, the flowers in this garden are used to create arrangements throughout the property. Volunteers will assist with weeding, harvesting, planting, watering, processing produce for donations, staking, pruning, and tidying up plants.

Workers Garden: Over the 120 years that the Du Pont powder yards were in operation on the Brandywine, thousands of workers from diverse backgrounds lived and worked in communities that surrounded the yards. Here Irish, French, Italian, and English immigrants worked side-by-side with members of the du Pont family to make this business a success. Today, the garden at the Hagley worker community grows historically accurate vegetables and flowers. Volunteers will assist with weeding, harvesting, planting, watering, processing produce for donations, staking, pruning, and tidying up plants.

Crowninshield Industrial Ruin Garden: The Crowninshield Garden is unique among American garden landscapes. In its current form, it is a maintained ruin of a 1920s ruin garden, built on top of the industrial ruins of a 19th century gun powder factory. It is a ruin within a ruin with a ruin. Volunteers must start in other areas of the Hagley gardens before working in the Crowninshield Garden. Volunteers must follow instructions given by supervisor and wear the provided PPE or provide their own (eye and hearing protection). This is predominantly invasive removal on uneven terrain with exposure to stinging nettle and poison ivy. Interested volunteers will complete safety training for this position.

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About Hagley Museum and Library

Location:

PO Box 3630, Wilmington, DE 19807, US

Mission Statement

Hagley Museum and Library seeks to inspire all people to be innovative in their own lives through investigation and exploration of our historical collections, original DuPont powder yards, and online resources.

Description

Located on 235 acres along the banks of the Brandywine River in Wilmington, Delaware, Hagley is the site of the gunpowder works founded by E. I. du Pont in 1802. This example of early American industry includes restored mills, a workers' community, and the ancestral home and gardens of the du Pont family.

Hagley's library furthers the study of business and technology in America, especially the Middle Atlantic region. The collections include individuals' papers and companies' records ranging from eighteenth-century merchants to modern telecommunications and illustrate the impact of the business system on society.

The Center for the History of Business, Technology, and Society organizes and administers the Hagley Museum and Library's interaction with the world of scholarship. It brings attention to Hagley's research collections and generates intellectual dialogue at Hagley.

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WHERE

298 Buck RoadWilmington, DE 19807

(39.78811,-75.58115)
 

SKILLS

  • Gardening
  • Horticulture

GOOD FOR

  • People 55+

REQUIREMENTS

  • Background Check
  • Must be at least 18
  • Orientation or Training
  • once a week
  • Application, interview and background check through the Hagley Museum Volunteer Office.

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