The annual “Hanging Nasturtiums” tradition is a harbinger of hope for winter’s end at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Gardner herself started cultivating the delicate, flowering tendrils with her horticulturalists in the early 1900s.
Andrea Shea is an Arts Reporter at WUNC (91.5 FM). She covers a diverse range of topics including arts and entertainment, music, theater, and the intersection of agriculture and farming with the arts. Andrea's work has been featured in notable outlets such as NPR, WBUR, Alabama Public Radio, and New England Public Media.












