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Winter Tree Tour of Capitol Grounds Melanie Choukas–Bradley, Author of City of Trees Winter is the best time to appreciate the architecture of the historic trees that grace the U.S. Capitol Grounds. We’ll meet in front of the Conservatory and stroll around the Capitol, admiring and learning about its magnificent trees from around the country and […]
Crystal Palace or Palacio de Cristal in Spanish, is a glass pavilion inspired by The Crystal Palace in London and designed in 1887 by Ricardo Velázquez Bosco. Modeled on London’s Crystal Palace of the 1850s, Madrid’s greatest wrought-iron and glass-domed Industrial Revolution structure was launched just 30 years later to stage an exhibition of Philippine […]
The Point Grey Chrysanthemum Association was founded in 1937. It has two shows in 2010, the early mum show in September and the late mum show in November (see site for more details). Their site contains a variety of topics concerning the growing of mums: taking cuttings, shortening growing season for mums and maximizing blooms […]
Richard Loader is one of the International Garden Photographer of the Year Exhibition finalists. The International Garden Photographer of the Year Exhibition (IGPOTY) will be displayed on the northern most path on the Downs. It will feature, for the first time ever, the collected images from the trees category of this prestigious international award from the last two […]
John La Farge, painter, stained glass designer. Among his many commissions, decoration of the Trinity Church in Boston placed La Farge at the forefront of the American Arts and Crafts movement. He early admired the formality and patterning of Japanese art, and he recorded his impressions of his travels in Asia in An Artist’s Letters from […]
