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Tucked between the brand-new New Mexico History Museum and its largest artifact, the 400-year-old Palace of the Governors, is an oasis in the heart of downtown Santa Fe. The interior Palace Courtyard has seen wedding receptions, bocce ball games, Tai Chi classes and families taking a quiet break. Tall trees (a massive Chinese elm thought […]
The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, founded in 1887, opened at its 3260 South Street location in 1899. Today, with almost one million artifacts, its collections hail from every inhabited continent. The landscape architectural team of Wilson Erye and Frank Miles Day designed the Warden Garden, the University’s Upper Courtyard Garden which […]
The Garden Court, The Frick Collection, New York, Photo: Michael Bodycomb The Frick Museum: In 1913, construction began on Henry Frick’s New York mansion at Seventieth Street and Fifth Avenue. The house he erected cost $5,000,000. The firm of Carrère and Hastings designed the house to accommodate Mr. Frick’s paintings and other art objects. Even […]
Sustainable Use and Conservation Black cohosh is a slow-growing perennial with global demand. Because this species is primarily wild harvested and the harvest results in mortality of the plant, wild black cohosh populations may be susceptible to over-harvest. There are ongoing efforts to research harvest impacts on black cohosh and provide information to help collectors […]
Echinea The Massachusetts Medical Society in Waltham, MA is home to a number of architectural and garden designs chosen with two design themes: (1) nature, (2) medical history and tradition. Though all of the MMS gardens share the two themes, Hortus Medicus is considered the signature garden. Every medieval European university that had a medical […]
