Carlisle Flowers
Last Monday was the Celtic celebration of the middle of winter when the energy changes and the sap begins to move upward. Here’s a quince bud in a beautiful porcelain vase made by Middle Kingdom from their kilns in Jingdezhen, China.
Video of Orchid Mobile This Phalaenopsis Mobile is the work of West Chester University Professor and kinetic artist Henry Philippe Loustau. The revolving stainless steel mobile hangs in the Conservatory of Longwood Gardens. The Southeastern Pennsylvania Orchid Society will hold an Orchid Show and Sale in collaboration with Longwood the weekend of March 27-29. http://www.sepos.org […]
The Orangery with Miltonia and Phalaenopsis Topiaries Pierre S. dePont (1870-1954) began building Longwood Gardens in the early 1900s. The Conservatory opened in 1921 and houses approximately 9,000 orchids which are rotated on a daily basis to display their utmost beauty. Mr. duPont was influenced by England/ Sydenham Crystal Palace, flora from the Caribbean and […]
A. Aubrey Bodine created this black and white photograph on Backbone Mountain in Garrett County, Maryland in 1960. It won both national and international awards. “Quiet in mood partly because of the subdued tones and partly because of low tension design made of open curves and natural perspective,” his work and biography can be further […]
This was an experiment. In the lab we took a spike of purple liatris and split it in half to form the spokes in this arrangement. The sum of the parts got a passing grade.
