Archive for September, 2009

Art connections: Monet’s Agapanthus, Les Fleurs Animées

Sunday, September 27th, 2009

Bulbs have long been the subject of art. Here are two examples, from the sublime to the somewhat ridiculous.
Claude Monet is probably most famous for his mural-sized paintings of water lilies, now on display at the Museum of Modern Art. But those paintings are sharing the stage this time with a less-famous but [...]

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 [...]

On a roll: Inspired by Bulbs project at Grove Patterson Academy

Monday, September 14th, 2009

The Inspired by Bulbs project at Grove Patterson Academy in Toledo, Ohio, is off to a running start, according to an article in The Toledo Blade.
The idea for a flower bulb labyrinth got started with a $250 Inspired by Bulbs grant teacher Kara Houser obtained, but “has turned into a huge, major undertaking,” she says.
Kara [...]

Bulbs deer (and other wildlife) don’t like

Sunday, September 6th, 2009

Flower bulbs are “The perfect lunch box,” according to Leonard Perry, an extension professor with the University of Vermont, quoted in an AP article by Dean Fosdick. “Put them in the ground this fall, and I guarantee you the plant pests will come.”
There are ways to minimize animal damage, and it begins by not underestimating [...]