The Annual Hanging Nasturtium Display
Cascades of flowering Nasturtium vines make their brief but dramatic appearance above the Courtyard, celebrating the arrival of spring at the Museum. (Nasturtium blooms last about three weeks.) The Hanging Nasturtium display continues an annual tradition started by Isabella Stewart Gardner during the week before Easter, marking the return of color to the Fenway.
Nasturtium vines (Tropaeolum majus) are started from seed in June, planted in late summer, and trained in the Museum’s greenhouses throughout the winter to prepare them for their spectacular spring debut. The vines require continuous care in the greenhouse to ensure dramatic length—up to twenty feet—and require up to ten workers to install in the Museum. The result is a stunning display that cannot be found anywhere else!
Nasturtium Seed Packet
$10.00
With our nasturtium seed packet, anyone can grow the very same variety of flowers that are cultivated during our annual tradition of hanging colorful displays of nasturtium vines. Contained in this packet are 30 nasturtium seeds, hand packed in the Museum. Each packet contains instructions for these easy-to-grow seeds.
Season: Annuals
USDA Zones: 3 - 10
Vining height measures 60"
Bloom season: Mid-summer through fall
Environment: Full Sun
Deer Resistant: Yes
Gardner Quote Canvas Tote
$21.95
Go green Gardner style with this marvelous canvas quote, featuring Mrs. Gardner's favored nasturtium flowers. In a letter to Bernard Berenson, Mrs. Gardner referenced the flora growing at the Gardner’s Brookline estate Green Hill, which Jack Gardner inherited from his father in 1884. Here, Mrs. Gardner continued to cultivate her lifelong love of horticulture. The spirit of Mrs. Gardner’s passion for plants blooms perennially in the Courtyard and throughout her Museum.
11 x 18 inches with an 11 inch drop
Hanging Nasturtiums Reusable Tote
$18.95
Shop the farmers markets in style!These shopper totes feature the Gardner Museum's famous cascading nasturtiums. Sturdy and lightweight, these totes are perfect for an impromptu shopping adventure. Folded into the included carry bag, they are easily store in a jacket pocket or purse.
Tote measures 16" x 26" with 9.5" handle drop
Tote pouch measures 4.5" x 4.5"
Made of polyester
Nasturtium Photo Tote
$4.00
Isabella Stewart Gardner began the annual tradition of hanging colorful displays of nasturtium vines that cascaded from the Courtyard balconies at Fenway. The vines continue to come alive during the week before Easter as the Gardner Museum celebrates the arrival of spring.
Measures 16" x 6" x 12"Made of laminated textile
Nasturtium Scarf
$47.00
Based in Somerville, MA, Printed Village regularly issues challenges to artists around the world, creating unique and wearable designs from their submissions.The Nasturtium Scarf design is the winning style from a Gardner Museum-inspired challenge, created by UK-based artist Natalia Gonzalez. Participating artists drew inspiration from the Gardner Museum's Nasturtium tradition.
Isabella Stewart Gardner started the tradition of placing colorful displays of Nasturtium vines that cascaded from the courtyard balconies at Fenway. The vines continue to come alive during the week before Easter as the Gardner Museum celebrates the arrival of spring.
75 x 37 inches
100% Polyester
Machine Washable
Nasturtium Infused Vinegar
$26.95
Naturally peppery nasturtiums play well with white vinegar, imparting a kick that dresses up braised greens and adds a kick to homemade salad dressings and marinades.8oz.
Made in Hapersville, Alabama
Nasturtium Milk Chocolate Bar
$8.95
We collaborated with Boxborough, MA chocolatiers Lala and Neethu of Two Friends Chocolate to create our Courtyard Confections line of chocolates inspired by the Gardner Museum. These marvelous bars highlight the complex flavors of edible flowers featured in the Courtyard.Isabella Stewart Gardner began the annual tradition of hanging colorful displays of nasturtium vines that cascaded from the Courtyard balconies at Fenway. The vines continue to come alive during the week before Easter as the Gardner Museum celebrates the arrival of spring. This chocolate bar celebrates this much-beloved tradition of nasturtiums at the Museum, combining nasturtium pieces with a creamy milk chocolate.
Each bar is hand-wrapped in letterpress papers from Florence, Italy.
Allergen warning: Contains soy. Bars are manufactured in a facility that also processes milk, peanuts, and other tree nuts.
Lemon Nasturtium Floral Elixir 2 Oz
$10.95
Cascades of flowering nasturtium vines make their brief—but dramatic—appearance above the Courtyard, celebrating the arrival of spring at the Museum. The annual Hanging Nasturtiums display continues an annual tradition started by Isabella during the week before Easter, marking the return of color to the Fenway.
What better way to relax after a day spent experiencing Mrs. Gardner's Museum than with a delicious nasturtium elixir cocktail inspired by the Courtyard?
This lemon nasturtium handcrafted syrup for cocktails and sodas was created for the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.
Floral Elixir Co. has been handcrafting all-natural flower syrups for cocktails and sodas since 2009. Floral Elixirs are made from real flowers and botanicals; they have a lightly sweetened citrus balance, jewel-like hues and add a modern twist to all libations.
For home mixologists, cocktail aficionados and floral enthusiasts, Floral Elixirs are perfect for entertaining and celebrations!
2 ounces (4 servings)
Non-alcoholic
All natural
Handmade in small batches by Floral Elixir Co. in Cleveland, Ohio
Also available in 8.5 ounce bottle
Lemon Nasturtium Floral Elixir 8.5 Oz
$20.00
Cascades of flowering nasturtium vines make their brief—but dramatic—appearance above the Courtyard, celebrating the arrival of spring at the Museum. The annual Hanging Nasturtiums display continues an annual tradition started by Isabella during the week before Easter, marking the return of color to the Fenway.
What better way to relax after a day spent experiencing Mrs. Gardner's Museum than with a delicious nasturtium elixir cocktail inspired by the Courtyard?
This lemon nasturtium handcrafted syrup for cocktails and sodas was created for the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.
Floral Elixir Co. has been handcrafting all-natural flower syrups for cocktails and sodas since 2009. Floral Elixirs are made from real flowers and botanicals; they have a lightly sweetened citrus balance, jewel-like hues and add a modern twist to all libations.
For home mixologists, cocktail aficionados and floral enthusiasts, Floral Elixirs are perfect for entertaining and celebrations!
8.5 ounces (17 servings)
Non-alcoholic
All natural
Handmade in small batches by Floral Elixir Co. in Cleveland, Ohio
Also available in 2 ounce bottle
Nasturtium Tea
$16.00
Isabella Stewart Gardner started the tradition of placing colorful displays of Nasturtium vines that cascaded from the courtyard balconies at Fenway. The vines continue to come alive during the week before Easter as the Gardner Museum celebrates the arrival of spring. This refreshing black tea combines Nasturtium blossoms with citrus notes of dried lemon and lime and a bit of pineapple.Ingredients: Sri Lankan Black Tea, Nasturtium Blossoms, Lemon and Lime Pieces, Pineapple, Calendula, Lemon Grass and Sunflower Petals.
NET WT. 3.5 oz (100G)
Loose Tea
Nasturtium Soap Bar
$9.95
Calendula, Nasturtium, and carrot oil create a wonderful creamy soap for hard working hands. The Soap is inspired by gardeners, created for gardeners, and its botanicals are grown by gardeners. The Nasturtium is subtle and bright; the carrot lends its sweetness; and the Calendula gives a hint of fresh green. This unique combination is sure to be a favorite among gardeners.No artificial fragrance
Phthalate and paraben free
Not tested on animals
Made in North Carolina
Nasturtiums Flour Sack Towel
$16.95
Printed on a deluxe unbleached 100% cotton flour sack, this tea towel features a 3 color Nasturtium design hand screen on the bottom right side of the towel in orange, dark red, and green water based ink. Perfect for folding in half and hanging on your oven handle. Flour Sack towels are heat set to insure long lasting vibrancy.
This Flour Sack towel has a tight weave and a bit heavier feel then most standard flour sack towels. Hemmed on all four sides, this tea towel includes a hanging loop with the Sprouted Designs logo printed on it in the upper left hand corner of the towel.
All Sprouted Designs products are produced in a smoke and pet free shop. Printed using water based eco-friendly inks that are free of most environmentally damaging chemicals such as PVC, phthalate, heavy metals, azo compounds, nonylphenol and formaldehyde.
Due to the nature of flour sack towels size and shape can vary slightly.
Each flour sack towel is individually hand printed, this may result in some minor variation.
100% cotton
Nasturtium Eyeglass Case
$20.00
This beautiful hardshell eyeglass case features the painting Nasturtiums by Jan I Voerman. The plush black lining and included microfiber cloth and will keep your glasses safe and smudge-free.6.5 x 1.5 x 3 inches
Isabella Stewart Gardner Quote Necklace: "My Garden is Riotous"
$80.00
“My garden is riotous, unholy, deliriously glorious!
I wish you were here.” - Isabella Stewart Gardner in a letter to her friend, protégé, and fellow art-lover: Bernard Berenson.
In her missive to Berenson, Mrs. Gardner referenced the flora growing at the Gardner’s Brookline estate 'Green Hill.' Here, Mrs. Gardner continued to cultivate her lifelong love of horticulture. The spirit of Mrs. Gardner’s passion for plants blooms perennially in the Courtyard and throughout her Museum.
16 inch chain
Gold vermeil chain and pendants
Handmade in the USA
Hanging Nasturtium Earrings
$34.00
Cascades of blossoming nasturtium vines make their brief but dramatic appearance above the Courtyard, celebrating the arrival of spring at the Gardner Museum. The annual Hanging Nasturtiums display continues as an annual tradition started by Isabella Stewart Gardner during the week before Easter, marking the valiant return of color to the Fenway.
Nasturtium vines (Tropaeolum majus) are planted in late summer and cultivated in the Gardner Museum's greenhouses throughout the winter to prepare them for their spectacular spring debut. The vines require continuous care in the greenhouse to ensure dramatic length - up to twenty feet - and require up to ten workers to install in the museum. The result is a stunning display that cannot be found anywhere else!
1.5 inchesSolid brass, electro-played with non-tarnish silver finish, giclée print
Hypoallergenic ear wires
Made in the USA
Nasturtium Temporary Tattoo Pack
$6.95
Nasturtium essence is that of vitality and encourages your spiritual and thinking self to come into balance with earthly, physical reality.These temporary tattoos enable you to create your own personal intention setting ceremony to catalyze a plant spirit's healing message into real personal growth and understanding. Each pack contains three 2-inch tattoos, the plant spirit message, a suggested affirmation to use as you apply, and an invitation as you do so to invite the plants healing energies into your life.
Printed with non-toxic inks that meet or exceed all US, EU and Canadian standards for cosmetic products. Properly applied they should last anywhere from 3-7 days. Place them on clean dry skin, avoiding areas with natural creases (e.g. inner wrists) or hair, for the best results. Longevity is improved by using a little moisturizer on them once or twice a day. To remove, gently scrub with soap and water.
Pleasant Place 2: Nasturtiums
$14.00
Published by Pleasant Place, 2023
40 pages
Paperback
Nasturtium Display Magnet
$12.95
Take home a piece of Isabella's Courtyard with this acrylic magnet.
Isabella Stewart Gardner began the annual tradition of hanging colorful displays of nasturtium vines that cascaded from the Courtyard balconies at Fenway. The vines continue to come alive during the week before Easter as the Gardner Museum celebrates the arrival of spring.
Photograph by Sean Dugan
Photograph by Clements & Howcroft, 2009
7 x 2 inches
Made in the USA
Nasturtium Enamel Keychain
$10.00
Cascades of blossoming nasturtium vines make their brief but dramatic appearance above the Courtyard, celebrating the arrival of spring at the Gardner Museum.
The annual Hanging Nasturtiums display continues an annual tradition started by Isabella Stewart Gardner during the week before Easter, marking the valiant return of color to The Fenway.
Measures 2" x 1.5" inches with 1-inch ring
Nasturtium Enamel Magnet and Nasturtium Enamel Pin also available.
Nasturtium Enamel Magnet
$10.00
Cascades of blossoming nasturtium vines make their brief but dramatic appearance above the Courtyard, celebrating the arrival of spring at the Gardner Museum.
The annual Hanging Nasturtiums display continues an annual tradition started by Isabella Stewart Gardner during the week before Easter, marking the valiant return of color to The Fenway.
Measures 2" x 1.5"
Nasturtium Enamel Keychain and Nasturtium Enamel Pin also available.
Nasturtium Enamel Pin
$10.00
Cascades of blossoming nasturtium vines make their brief but dramatic appearance above the Courtyard, celebrating the arrival of spring at the Gardner Museum.The annual Hanging Nasturtiums display continues an annual tradition started by Isabella Stewart Gardner during the week before Easter, marking the valiant return of color to The Fenway.
Measures 1" x 1"
Nasturtium Enamel Magnet and Nasturtium Enamel Keychain also available.
Nasturtium Window Ornament
$16.95
Inspired by the Gardner Museum's annual Nasturtium Display, this ornament features the blooms gently adorning the Venetian palazzo windows of Mrs. Gardner's Fenway Palace.Isabella Stewart Gardner began the annual tradition of hanging colorful displays of nasturtium vines that cascaded from the Courtyard balconies at Fenway. The vines continue to come alive during the week before Easter as the Gardner Museum celebrates the arrival of spring.
Ornaments of other subjects, artists, authors, and notable figures inspired by Isabella and the Museum also available. Complete your collection of Gardner Museum-exclusive ornaments with the Nasturtium Window Ornament!
Nasturtium photography by Sean Dungan
Nasturtium Botanical Print A4
$12.95
A beautiful vintage reproduction print of Nasturtiums taken from Maurice Pillard Verneuil’s ‘La Plante et ses Applications Ornementales’ (1896). The vintage reproduction print is printed on A4 250gsm premium super-smooth uncoated paper. Prints are packaged in a cello bag with a recycled backing card.Print measures 11.69 inches by 8.26 inches
Print reproductions are digitally enhanced, but may include imperfections due to the age of the original work
Made in United Kingdom
Nasturtium Bookmark
$13.95
Isabella Stewart Gardner began the annual tradition of hanging colorful displays of nasturtium vines that cascaded from the Courtyard balconies at Fenway. The vines continue to come alive during the week before Easter as the Gardner Museum celebrates the arrival of spring.
This metal bookmark with a green tassel celebrates the beautiful blooms that appear once annually in the Venetian windows of the Courtyard.
Made of metal and silk
Made in the USA
Nasturtium Thank You Cards
Sold Out
Printed in full color on recycled paper with soy-based inks
High-quality 250 gsm card stock and soft white envelopes
Box size measures 4 x 5.625 x 1 in.
Card size measures 3.5 x 5 in.
Nasturtium Orange Card
$6.95
Spicy, sensual Nasturtium encourages your spiritual/thinking self to come into balance with earthly, physical reality. She brings warmth and vitality into the practical experience of your daily life, motivating you into action, as opposed to just thinking about it. No more procrastinating!
5 x 7 inches100% post-consumer-waste recycled fiber
FSC, SFI® & Green-e certified
Processed chlorine-free
Acid-free for added archival quality
Printed in the USA
Song Thrush & Nasturtiums Card
$4.95
Th Song Thrush & Nasturtiums Card is designed by wildlife illustrator, Fay Miladowska, in her Lichfield, Staffordshire studio.
Each card is made from carefully selected board from one of the UK’s finest paper mills. The card has an embossed finish, lending the look and feel of a heavyweight watercolor paper. Each card is individually wrapped and matched with a kraft brown envelope made from recycled paper, which has a flecked appearance.
Paper and board sourced in UK & FSC certified
Card blank inside for your message
Hand-finished with highlights of iridescent biodegradable glitter
Card measures 5.7x5.7 inches
"My Garden Is" Card
$6.25
This card—from local Big Wheel Press—prominently features a quote from Isabella Stewart Gardner. The spirit of Mrs. Gardner’s passion for plants blooms perennially in the Courtyard and throughout her Museum. The perfect card for the gardener in your life!
4.25 x 5.5 inchesPrinted on fine letterpress paper
Digital Card with Letterpress Accents, blank inside
Made in Massachusetts, USA
Courtyard Magnet
$6.00
Take home a piece of Isabella's Courtyard with this magnet.Isabella Stewart Gardner began the annual tradition of hanging colorful displays of nasturtium vines that cascaded from the Courtyard balconies at Fenway. The vines continue to come alive during the week before Easter as the Gardner Museum celebrates the arrival of spring.
Photograph by Sean Dugan
Photograph by Clements & Howcroft, 2009
4 x 3 inches
Made in the USA
Courtyard Note Card Set
$24.95
Throughout the year, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum's always-blooming Courtyard is transformed through a series of nine dramatic seasonal displays that reflect Isabella's passion for gardens as well as the skill and dedication of the Museum's horticulture staff.
From orchids to nasturtiums to Japanese-style chrysanthemums, there's always something new to discover thanks to the changing season and the rotation of plants. Most of the plants used for the Courtyard are grown in the Museum's temperature-controlled Hingham greenhouses and trucked to the Palace location where they are rotated in order to keep the displays in pea condition.
This set of eight note cards with envelopes showcases different views of our lush Courtyard.
6.25 x 4.75 inches box
Courtyard Puzzle
$26.00
Take home a piece of Isabella's Courtyard with this puzzle!
This 300 piece puzzle features the Fenway Courtyard with its annual nasturtium display. The puzzle comes in a paperboard box so you can safely store your puzzle.
Photograph by Clements & Howcroft, 2009
Puzzle measure 11 x 17 inches
300 pieces
Nasturtiums at Fenway Court Framed Postcard
$42.00
Nasturtiums at Fenway Court
1919
Arthur Pope, American 1880 - 1974
On one of his spring visits to the Museum, Arthur Pope, a color theorist and professor of art at Harvard University, painted the annual spring display of bright orange flowering nasturtium vines. Isabella grew the plants at her home Green Hill, in Brookline, Massachusetts and hung them in the Courtyard around her birthday, April 14, a tradition which continues today.
Measures 10.5"L x 5.75"W
Isabella Quote Mug: "My Garden is Riotous"
$15.00
“My garden is riotous, unholy, deliriously glorious!
I wish you were here.” - Isabella Stewart Gardner in a letter to Bernard Berenson dated June 24, 1898
When Isabella Stewart Gardner agreed to sponsor the career of an aspiring young writer named Bernard Berenson, neither dreamed that together they would build one of the country’s most impressive private collections of fine art. Berenson--or B.B., as he signed off on his letters--became Mrs. Gardner’s chief art adviser and her dear friend, as well as America’s leading expert on Italian Renaissance painting.
In her missive to Berenson, Mrs. Gardner referenced the flora growing at the Gardner’s Brookline estate Green Hill, which Jack Gardner inherited from his father in 1884. Here, Mrs. Gardner continued to cultivate her lifelong love of horticulture. The spirit of Mrs. Gardner’s passion for plants blooms perennially in the Courtyard and throughout her Museum.
11 oz. ceramic mug
Dishwasher and microwave safe
Gardner Museum Smart Vase Cube
$16.00
This is a small vase for a flower or other small plants. The cube is made from natural wood, and fits with the small vase. A magnet is embedded in the wood cube, so you can put it on any metallic surface, like a fridge door.
A small piece of nature in this small vase will brighten up any space. It can also function perfectly as a diffuser by putting aroma oil and sticks inside the clear tube.
7 inches tall
Glass vase with magnetic wood block
Gardner Crest Smart Vase Cube
$16.00
This is a small vase for a flower or other small plants. The cube is made from natural wood, and fits with the small vase. A magnet is embedded in the wood cube, so you can put it on any metallic surface, like a fridge door.
A small piece of nature in this small vase will brighten up any space. It can also function perfectly as a diffuser by putting aroma oil and sticks inside the clear tube.
The creative bud vases are etched with the corporate seal of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, designed by Gardner’s friend, prominent Boston artist Sarah de St. Prix Wyman Whitman (1842-1904) in 1900. The motto of the Museum’s seal, ‘C’est mon plaisir’ – ‘It’s my pleasure’ – is stamped on these crowd-favorite vases.
Glass vase with magnetic wood block
Birds & Nasturtiums Kitchen Towel
$27.00
Birds and nasturtiums add pops of color to detailed archival engravings on these 100% linen kitchen towels.Woven in a small, family-owned Italian mill known for the quality of their finished goods, this vividly-colored linen blend the best of old and new. Using only pure linen and the finest quality hemp, these towels are sustainably sourced and woven, then digitally printed in small runs. You’ll instantly notice how soft the fabric feels, and over time you’ll come to appreciate the easy care and resilience they offer as well- the more you wash them the softer they’ll get. Linen and hemp are both naturally antimicrobial, durable and stain-resistant, so you don’t need to be afraid to use these stunners every day.
Measures 20"W X 28"L
Made of 100% Linen with corner hang tag
Made in Italy
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