The Art of Bark
Much more than the schematics of its layers in a freshman biology book, bark is the armor, the life support, and the face of a tree, indelibly etched with its years of bounty and hardship. Each species...
View ArticleNew Exhibit Displays the Art of Underwater Gardening
Using just a few species of plants and carefully selected stones or driftwood, aquascapes evoke serene landscapes in miniature, from primeval forests to verdant valleys. (Photo credit: Timucin Sagel,...
View ArticleThe Art of Bark
Much more than the schematics of its layers in a freshman biology book, bark is the armor, the life support, and the face of a tree, indelibly etched with its years of bounty and hardship. Each species...
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Photography Exhibit Displays Trees in Their Best Light
Cypress shadow, Great Meadow, by Stephen Kane“I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree.” This exaltation, expressed in words by Joyce Kilmer, is conveyed visually in a new photography...
View ArticleOur Guide to Conifers
Gallery Page Layout: Gallery A In Magazine Issue: November/December 2011
View ArticleBotanic Notables: Quintessentially Mediterranean Quercus
This oak bears truly unique bark for interest at eye level that's even better at night when uplighting creates shadows that bring out all the furrows and textures.read more
View ArticleNo Duds, Please: Getting Great Fall Color Trees
Fall colors along the Eastern Sierras in California. Photo by Josh Endres.read more
View ArticleJessica Rath: Take Me To the Apple Breeder
Jessica Rath is neither a pomologist nor a horticulturalist. She's not even particularly fond of eating apples. The Los Angeles-based artist's interest in apples is, as she says, purely philosophical....
View ArticleArt + Botany: The North American Sylva
Gallery Page Layout: Gallery A Under the direction of the French government, botanists André Michaux and his son, François-André, explored the forests of North America from 1785 to 1796. They were...
View ArticleArt + Botany: Makoto Azuma's Bonsai
Trimmed, pruned, wired, clamped—a bonsai tree is itself an exhibit of meticulous and constant manipulation. It is fitting, then, that Tokyo-based artist Makoto Azuma selected bonsai as his medium...
View ArticleEvent: Hugo França at the Fairchild Botanic Garden ~ Dec. 1 thru May 31
“Itapema Chaise”- designed by Hugo França, 2013. Made from pequi wood. 43.3” H x 86.6” W x 49.2” D. Approximately 441 lbs. read more
View ArticleSummer Trees Make Me Feel Fine
Each year, The Cultural Landscape Foundation spotlights at-risk landscapes in hopes of developing enough political and community support to save them. These annual campaigns, known as "Landslide," are...
View ArticleEnzo Enea's Tree Museum
Some collect art or rare books, others vintage cars. But for Swiss landscape architect Enzo Enea, trees are the stuff of a great collection. The transformation of spring buds to lush blossoms or deep...
View ArticleBotanic Notables: Old Man Palm
In honor of Father's Day, here's a hirsute tree that goes by the name Old Man Palm (Coccothrinax crinita). Covered in long fibers (crinita means hairy in Latin) that resemble a tremendous beard, the...
View ArticleBotanic Notables: The Tree That Owns Itself
In a small neighborhood park in Athens, Georgia, is a large white oak (Quercus alba) with unprecedented legal status and a legendary epithet. Known as "The Tree That Owns Itself," the oak was famously...
View ArticleBotanic Notables: The Tree of Hippocrates
On the Greek island of Kos is a plane tree (Platanus orientalis) with an ancient history that has taken root throughout the world. It is called the Tree of Hippocrates, believed to be a descendent of...
View ArticleBotanic Notables: The Dragon's Blood Tree
As the summer wanes, and we think of exotic coasts not yet visited, consider Socotra, a remote island in the Indian Ocean. Considered a second Galapagos, the island is a landscape of prehistoric...
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