Monthly Archives: July 2010
“Give this house, oh traveler, Pray A blessing as you pass this way And if you’ve time, I beg your pardon While you’re at it, bless this garden” Inscription over the entrance to Mrs. King’s Alma garden Between World War I and World War II, Louisa Yeomans King was one of the nation’s most prominent […]
Jewel-tone colors of stained glass are the inspiration for this year’s Flower Carpet event at Biltmore, set for Aug. 20 through Sept. 12, on the South Terrace of Biltmore House. Biltmore’s third annual Flower Carpet – made up of more than 100,000 plants – takes its shape and color from a set of 1880s stained […]
The Evergreen Museum and Library are celebrating their 20th anniversary as a museum and their 6th biennial outdoor sculpture exhibition with ten site-specific works this summer – Simultaneous Presence. Sculpture 6 at Evergreen uses site specific installations by individuals and teams of artists and architects to embrace and challenge the historical and cultural grounds of […]
Copyright California Native Garden Foundation The California Native Garden Foundation promotes gardening of native plants in California and increasing the popularity of their use in garden design. CNGF seeks to bring us closer to our natural environment, the plant community in which we live. There are twelve plant communities in California, each with its own […]
In 1982 at the age of seventy, The First Lady, Lady Bird Johnson, wife of the former President Lyndon B. Johnson, founded the National Wildflower Research Center in Austin, Texas. The book, “Wildflowers Across America” was a collaborative effort between Lady Bird and Carlton B. Lees, a prominent horticulturist, senior vice president of the New […]
