I visited the Heritage Museums and Gardens in June last year and reported on it. Spouse and I were there again a few weeks ago, at the end of April, finally with time to visit the two non-auto museums — permanent and visiting art exhibits — and of course to enjoy early spring in the garden.

I really appreciate that the museums, and in fact that place as a whole, encourage photo-taking. There are signs instructing visitors to take photos and post them to Instagram, Twitter, and other social media with hashtags. They have even imagined hashtags for each painting in the temporary exhibit of Painted Landscapes.

PaintedLandscapessignartHeritageMuseumSandwichMA26April2017

I rarely use my phone to take photos, so didn’t post to Instagram (whose requirement is to use the phone app to post; no posting from a computer or laptop allowed) but I took plenty of photos to post here, of the art and the gardens.

Trees and Landscapes

whitemagnoliabloomHeritageGardensSandwichMA26April2017 — white star magnolia in bloom

whitemagnoliaflowerHeritageGardensSandwichMA26April2017 — white star magnolia flowers

whitemagnoliabloomdaffodilwomanAdirondackchairHeritageGardenSandwichMACC30April2017 — white star magnolia blooming, woman in Adirondack chair

pinkmagnoliabloomHeritageGardensSandwichMA26April2017 — pink magnolia bloom

SargentCherrytreebloomingpinkHeritageGardenSandwichMACC30April2017 — Sargent cherry tree

SargentCherrytreepinkbloomsHeritageGardenSandwichMACC30April2017 — Sargent cherry blooms

“What a strange thing! To be alive beneath cherry blossoms.” — Kobayashi Issa

sprucetreesmallpurpleredpineconesHeritageGardenSandwichMACC30April2017 — spruce tree with small red and purple cones

purpleredconessprucetreeHeritageGardenSandwichMACC30April2017 — close-up of spruce cones

gardenheathersHeritageGardenSandwichMACC30April2017 — heather garden with Alberta spruce et al.

signDragonSprucetreeHeritageGardenSandwichMACC30April2017 — sign for the Dragon Spruce tree

DragonSprucetreeHeritageGardenSandwichMACC30April2017 — the Dragon Spruce itself

treesumbrellapineotherHeritageGardenSandwichMA26April2017 — umbrella pine and another conifer in front

rhododendronwalkpathwayHeritageGardenSandwichMA26April2017 — pathway in Dexter rhododendron garden

treescanopylawnHeritageGardenSandwichMA26April2017 — lawn and tree canopies

wrinkledbarkKoreanStewartiatreeHeritageGardensSandwichMA26April2017 — Korean Stewartia’s wrinkled trunk — like elephant legs

StewartiatreestatelyHeritageGardenSandwichMA26April2017 — Stewartia tree

vistaviewbenchtreeslawnHeritageGardenSandwichMA26April2017 — vista with trees

treehousefrommuseumHeritageMuseumSandwichMACC30April2017 — tree house from museum

beechtreesriverbHeritageGardenSandwichMACC30April2017 — beech trees by river

labyrinthpathstreesHeritageGardensSandwichMA26April2017 — labyrinth with labelled trees all around it

assortedtreesHeritageGardensSandwichMA26April2017 — assorted trees

treesHeritageGardensSandwichMA26April2017 — trees!

windmilllawngardenHeritageGardensSandwichMA26April2017 — the windmill garden

windmilllawnHeritageGardensSandwichMA26April2017 — windmill garden and lawn

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Landscape Art (look for the imagined hashtags on the labels). “Painted Landscapes: Contemporary Views” is on display until 9 October.

AftertheDelugeRedMapleofPeaceStephenHannockartHeritageMuseumSandwichMA26April2017

signAftertheDelugeRedMapleofPeaceStephenHannockartHeritageMuseumSandwichMA26April2017

SummerHazeLisaBreslowartartHeritageMuseumSandwichMA26April2017

signSummerHazeLisaBreslowartartHeritageMuseumSandwichMA26April2017

ApproachingNightAprilGornikartartHeritageMuseumSandwichMA26April2017

signApproachingNightAprilGornikartartHeritageMuseumSandwichMA26April2017

PondandPineTrees2WolfKahnartartHeritageMuseumSandwichMA26April2017

signPondandPineTrees2WolfKahnartartHeritageMuseumSandwichMA26April2017

TomandMollyreflectionPettitLakeIdahoWmBettsartartHeritageMuseumSandwichMA26April2017

signTomandMollyreflectionPettitLakeIdahoWmBettsartartHeritageMuseumSandwichMA26April2017

MeadowsWouldAppearTerrellJamesartartHeritageMuseumSandwichMA26April2017

signMeadowsWouldAppearTerrellJamesartartHeritageMuseumSandwichMA26April2017

TerrellJamesartistphotodogsHeritageMuseumSandwichMA26April2017 — I like this photo of artist Terrell James with her dogs

treeartworkartHeritageMuseumSandwichMA26April2017

SpecialExhibitionGallerybuildingHeritageMuseumSandwichMA26April2017 — Special Exhibition Gallery building

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Bulbs & Annuals

daffodilsHeritageGardensSandwichMA26April2017 — daffodils

muscaribulbstreambHeritageGardenSandwichMACC30April2017 — sea of muscari

muscaribulbstreamHeritageGardenSandwichMACC30April2017 — sea of muscari

muscaribulbstreamdHeritageGardenSandwichMACC30April2017 — sea of muscari

insideredorangetulipHeritageGardenSandwichMACC30April2017 — tulip

orangecreamdaffodilflowersHeritageGardenSandwichMACC30April2017 — narcissi

orangecreamdaffodilflowerscloseHeritageGardenSandwichMACC30April2017 — close-up of narcissus

flumefountainpansiesHeritageGardenSandwichMA26April2017 — pansies and flume fountain

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Heaths

KramersRoteheathpurpleHeritageGardenSandwichMA26April2017 — ‘Kramer’s Rote’ heath

GoldenStarlettheathandsignHeritageGardenSandwichMA26April2017 — ‘Golden Starlett’ heath

PirbrightRoseheathHeritageGardenSandwichMA26April2017 — ‘Pirbright Rose’ heath

WestwoodYellowHeathchartreusepurpleHeritageGardenSandwichMACC30April2017 — ‘Westwood Yellow’ chartreuse heath

sedgegrassflowerHeritageGardenSandwichMA26April2017 — a grass flowering near the heaths and heathers

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Spring Perennials and Shrubs — I have no idea which are actually azaleas and which are rhododendrons, but they are closely related and I just went on feeling when labeling them