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Web roundup - St. Basil’s bulb mosaic

Sunday, October 25th, 2009

St. Basil’s in bulbs - His Excellency Mr K.G. Gevorgian, Russian ambassador to the Netherlands, joined forces with staff at Keukenhof, the historic Dutch flower bulb park, to add the final touches to a flower bulb mosaic. The mosaic (21 by 12 m, 65,000 flower bulbs) presents an impression of the towers of St. Basil’s [...]

History connection: Henry Hudson

Sunday, September 27th, 2009

At a ceremony in New York’s Battery Park September 9, Princess Maxima of the Netherlands (right) baptized a new ‘Henry Hudson’ tulip to honor the 400th Anniversary of Henry Hudson’s voyage. Battery Park was once the site of the fort that guarded the young colony of New Amsterdam.
The ceremony was part of [...]

Web roundup

Sunday, August 30th, 2009

A Tapestry of Color, Unfolding All Year - In her New York Times column, Anne Raver raves about the new four-season border at the New York Botanical Garden designed by two international garden superstars, Piet Oudolf and Jacqueline van der Kloet: “”Observing this latest collaboration unfold from week to week is a revelation for any [...]

Web roundup

Sunday, August 9th, 2009

Right, painted allium seedhead in Minns Garden, Cornell University. How-to video coming soon.
Some recent flower bulb web finds:
Watch a landscape evolve before your eyes – online - The Christian Science Monitor reports on the new Seasonal Walk Chronicles website that tracks the new installation at the New York Botanical Garden designed by landscape [...]

Cornell flower bulb labyrinth

Sunday, May 10th, 2009

Last fall, we reported about an ambitious project by students in Dr. Bill Miller’s herbaceous perennials class at Cornell University to plant a flower bulb labyrinth with some 14,000 bulbs. (See Cornell students plant bulb labyrinth.)
This spring, the results have been spectacular:

The bulbs — a mix of daffodils, tulips and grape hyacinth — were [...]

Grant Opportunity: Inspired by Bulbs!

Sunday, April 26th, 2009

Tell us how your school or organization will use flower bulbs creatively in educational programs with children and youth. The 10 best applicants will receive $250-worth of bulbs for their programs. Application deadline is July 3, 2009.
Application details here.

Flower: Video game version of a poem

Sunday, March 15th, 2009

I’m not a gamer, by any stretch of the imagination. But I do know that this game is different. As the one of the developers in this video says:
“There’s no score. There’s no time limit. There’s no death.”
It’s hard to describe in words, but this short Wired video review [...]

Texas tulips

Sunday, January 11th, 2009

From an article in yesterday’s Austin American-Statesman by Danny Fowler, owner of TexasTulips and treasurer of the Texas Flower Bulb Society.
[While Society members may disagree on their favorite bulbs], they all agreed that, as a society, they would dedicate part of their time, energy and resources to providing horticultural opportunities for children, offering [...]

Web roundup: A Lunatic on Bulbs

Sunday, November 16th, 2008

Bulb-forcing video - From the good folks at Fine Gardening magazine. (Don’t miss the accompanying article.) If you are going to do the Grow bulbs in winter activity, now is the time to start chilling bulbs.
A Lunatic on Bulbs - Garden writer and designer Marta McDowell waxes eloquent on fall bulb planting season.  [...]

Cornell students plant bulb labyrinth

Sunday, October 12th, 2008

Last week, students in Dr. Bill Miller’s Herbaceous Perennials class at Cornell University planted a bulb labyrinth at the Department of Horticulture’s Bluegrass Lane turf and landscape research facility. Miller is the head of the Flower Bulb Research program at Cornell.
Here is a high-angle shot of construction, courtesy of Bob Chiang, Landmark Images.

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