Office Plants NYC

I just took the indoor gardening class at 3rd ward. It was good, not great. We did eat some yummy food from a the not eating out in NY blogger, but we didn’t learn too much that would help our office plants cause. I did, however, learn that if plants are fighting to get the light they rot, which is currently happening with our Kale. I cut off the yellow rotted portions near the center to see if it will survive.   Later, we planted some Arugula in the class. It has only been 3 days, but it’s already growing! I will post a picture tomorrow.  They said it would be edible in 5 days, so it’s almost time to chop on fresh/homegrown Arugs. I would recommend the class if you have never cooked at home or grown any kind of food at home. It is great for beginners!

nybg:

kateoplis:

Azuma Makoto

I’d click through the artist’s link. Makoto’s work is born not only of his talent as an artist, but of his experience as a working florist in Tokyo’s residential Moto-Azabu district. His gallery oeuvre takes the ephemeral nature of a cut flower display and pushes it out to extremes. —MN

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keserupirula:

The Lost Gardens of Heligan

The Lost Gardens of Heligan, near Mevagissey in Cornwall, are one of the most popular botanical gardens in the UK. The style of the gardens is typical of the nineteenth century Gardenesque style, with areas of different character and in different design styles.

The gardens were created by members of the Cornish Tremayne family, over a period from the mid-18th century up to the beginning of the 20th century, and still form part of the family’s Heligan estate. The gardens were neglected after the First World War, and only restored in the 1990s, a restoration that was the subject of several popular television programmes and books.

The gardens now boast a fabulous collection of aged and colossal rhododendrons and camellias, a series of lakes fed by a ram pump over a hundred years old, highly productive flower and vegetable gardens, an Italian garden, and a stunning wild area filled with primaeval-looking sub-tropical tree ferns called “The Jungle”. The gardens also have Europe’s only remaining pineapple pit, warmed by rotting manure, and two figures made from rocks and plants known as the Mud Maid and the Giant’s Head.

I’d like to visit some day. I imagine it’s something like a joint effort between Where the Wild Things Are and The Neverending Story. The NYBG’s been known to hold a renowned sculpture exhibition now and again, though the way these pieces share such an intrinsic link with their surroundings is sort of beyond fantastical. —MN