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Maryland House & Garden Pilgrimage Tour Offers an Inside Look at Extraordinary Historic & Contemporary Sites Across Maryland The annual Maryland House & Garden Pilgrimage (MHGP) returns this spring over four consecutive weekend from Sunday, April 25 through Sunday, May 16, 2010. A Maryland tradition for seventy-three years, the MHGP offers visitors the opportunity to […]
“Passion for the Horse” Thursday, April 8, 2010 Art Exhibition and Sale of the works of internationally acclaimed equestrian artist, Hubert de Watrigant held in conjunction with the release of “The My Lady’s Manor Races 1909 – 2009“, the history of the Manor Steeplechase by Maryland author, Margaret Worrall at Ladew Topiary Gardens. Join us […]
Lost Gardens of the Brandywine opens at Winterthur on March 27 and runs through July 25. Through the use of antique garden furniture, rare color photography, and never-before- seen family images, the exhibition explores how Wilmington became a focal point of horticulture in the United States during the clamorous years before World War II, when […]
American artists Mike and Doug Starn (born 1961) have been invited by The Metropolitan Museum of Art to create a site-specific installation for The Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden, opening to the public on April 27. The identical twin brothers will present Big Bambu, a monumental bamboo structure ultimately measuring 100 feet long […]
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Renowned for three centuries as “a city set in a garden,” Charleston welcomes the return of spring with an extraordinary event that will allow visitors to enjoy exclusive “sneak peeks” inside many of the city’s finest historic private houses and gardens. Held during the peak of the historic port city’s blooming season, […]
RICHMOND, VA – Reflect on the beauty of nature in an exciting new way with Glorious Glass in the Garden: The Art of Hans Godo Frabel. at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden April 1, 2010 – Jan. 10, 2011. The world-class exhibit by the renowned glass artist will feature more than one hundred pieces ranging from […]
“Blooms” is back bigger and better. It will play a key part in the Boston Flower and Garden Show to be held at the Seaport World Trade Center in Boston, Massachusetts from March 24th to March 28th. It will incorporate everything you would expect from the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. Two premier floral design competitions will […]
This spring, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston will host its annual festival of flowers during the Art in Bloom celebration, bringing over 50 New England Garden Clubs into the galleries to create dynamic and vibrant floral displays inspired by the museum’s collection. From Asian sculptures to masterpiece paintings, a variety of works will be florally […]
Taiga or Boreal Forest Courtesy Radford University Introduction.The taiga or boreal forest exists as a nearly continuous belt of coniferous trees across North America and Eurasia. Overlying formerly glaciated areas and areas of patchy permafrost on both continents, the forest is mosaic of successional and subclimax plant communities sensitive to varying environmental conditions. Taiga is […]
Ethne Clarke, Editor-In-Chief of Rodale’s “Organic Gardening”, horticulturist and garden historian, shares her insights as the author of 15 books, including the revised edition “Hidcote The Making of a Garden”. Originally published in 1989, “Hidcote The Making of a Garden” is a new and enlarged edition of the standard reference on an internationally revered English garden […]
Melinda Myers will present “Planning & Plants for A Small Space Garden” sponsored by Birds & Blooms magazine at the Chicago Flower Show that runs this weekend, March 4-7, Navy Pier, Chicago. Presentation description –Planning & Plants for A Small Space Garden – Simple ideas for packing a lot of garden into a small space or […]
Phoenix Art Museum’s sixth annual Arts & Flowers® celebration of spring will once again fill the galleries with the scent and color of flowers March 4-7, 2010. Over sixty floral designers and garden club members will interpret their chosen artwork from the Museum’s collection in spectacular floral arrangements—“flowers interpreting art”. This event, organized by the […]
