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The Enid A. Haupt Garden is a pubic garden in the Smithsonian Institution complex in Washington, D.C. Covering over four acres, it is situated between the Castle and Independence Avenue and has provided a welcomed respite for Smithsonian visitors and residents of Washinton since it opened in 1987 as part of the redesigned Castle quadrangle. […]
Uppsala Botanic Garden, old part (“Baroque garden”), first constructed 350 years ago by Olof Rudbeck the elder, changed to present layout 260 years ago by Carl Hårleman, with the 210 year old neoclassic building Linneanum (with an orangery, still in continuous use, housing four Laurus nobilis trees planted by Linnaeus) in the background. The pyramids […]
Founded by American collector and heiress to the Post cereal empire, Marjorie Merriweather Post, Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens is one of the premier art collector’s museums in the United States. The museum features the most comprehensive collection of Russian imperial art outside of Russia and a world-renowned collection of eighteenth-century French decorative art and […]
Lord Baltimore came to our door the other day. His face wide with happiness. Such an esteemed visitor, the founder of our great state of Maryland, brought good tidings. The weather had finally turned hot and muggy enough that he had been able to set passage from the Islands up the Chesapeake Bay to plant […]
Enlargements of postcards from the Archives of American Gardens’ Historic Gardens Postcard Collection are on display behind the Enid A. Haupt Moon Gate Garden along the east side of the Freer Gallery of Art of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. during the summer of 2009. This exhibit was created and designed for the Garden Fest 2009 […]
Now on display in the Morris Arboretum’s Madeleine K. Butcher Sculpture Garden is a new, original abstract sculpture, by internationally-renowned artist Patrick Dougherty. The intriguing, site-specific piece is titled The Summer Palace and was created by Dougherty, with the help of staff and more than 75 volunteers, during a three-week Arboretum artist residency. The finished work […]
“Do you want to fly with me to Kensington Park, Never, Neverland?” Peter Pan might have asked Wendy as he took her hand. That is the version by Walt Disney that we remember. There were many versions of the story about the boy who wouldn’t grow up. Here you see Peter Pan where he takes […]
“The English artist Hogarth once added a palette with an S-curve like the one (above) to his signature on a self-portrait, with the words ‘the line of beauty.’ This serpentine shape is a favorite for flower show entries,” as written by the Editors of Better Homes and Gardens’ book, “Flower Arranging For Every Day and […]
The Dean Bond Rose Garden was established to memorialize Elizabeth Powell Bond, the Dean of Women at Swarthmore College from 1890 to 1906, and her love of roses. The garden was made possible through a bequest of Robert Pyle, Class of 1897. Designed in 1956 by the Arboretum’s then Assistant Director, Gertrude Wister, the Dean […]
“Beware of Orange,” says Amalie Adler Ascher in her book, The Complete Flower Arranger: A Comprehensive Guide to the Pleasures of Floral Design,” published by Simon and Schuster, 1974. “Orange has a very loud voice. … Studies show that orange is one of the least liked colors (along with purple).” Ms. Ascher goes on to […]
“A Rose by Any Name: The Little Known Lore and Deep-Rooted History of Rose Names”‘ authored by Douglas Brenner, former editor and chief of Martha Stewart’s “Living” and Steve Scaniello, curator of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden begins, “Why does ‘Barbara Streisand’ share a bed with ‘Queen Elizabeth’? And Why is ‘Sexy Rexy’ with them? Because […]
The International Rose Test Garden high above the City of Portland, Oregon dates back to 1917 making it the oldest rose test garden in the United States. New rose varieties are tested and the City of Portland awards the “Gold Medal” award annually for the best introduction. Fourteen different characteristics are evaluated: plant habit, vigor, […]
