Garden History
Habitats in your garden to attract birds include seed bearing shrubs and perennials.
Crotons, Birds of Paradise, teas and spices, were all sought after by the explorers of the “New World.” How did the explorers bring the seeds back to their mother country using the Wardian Case? Conservatories and greenhouses were modeled on the Crystal Palace built in 1851 to showcase the plants discovered.
Built for James Deering in 1912 on Biscayne Bay south of Miami Beach, Florida, Vizcaya sits on 130 acres. Paul Chalfin helped Deering decorate both the interior and exterior gardens including the lovely interior courtyard.
Site specific abstract metal sculpture designed and created by Mary Ann Mears was display at Ladew Topiary Gardens. Mears created “Red Buoyant” in the Inner Harbor, Baltimore, and “Imagination Station” in Bethesda, Maryland. Her work is inspired by nature, growing natural forms.
Freedom’s Gardener, James F. Brown, Horticulture, and the Hudson Valley in Antebellum America, by Myra B. Young Armstead, is a book about a slave who became a master gardener and died a freeman. James F. Brown kept diaries between 1829-1866. Professor of History at Bard College, NY, Armstead brings to light how the citizens of the […]
