Tag: art
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When Gardeners Can’t Sleep I Prescribe This Book: Gardens in Art by Lucia Impelluso
Pumpkin, Bartolomeo Bimbi, c. 1711, Florence, Museo Botanico. (The rectangular stone at the bottom reads: Pumpkin grown in Pisa in the garden of His Royal Highness in the year 1711. It weighed 45 kilograms or about 100 pounds.) Last night when I went to bed I wasn’t feeling well. In a hurried rush to get…
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Northwest Flower & Garden Show (2011) Part Two
We spent all day at the show again today and we arrived back at the hotel late. After some dinner, a bit of correspondence, and some rest, I am posting the next batch of images with some comments. I have at least two more posts to write about the show, and I am currently ruminating…