Life has been crazy I haven't had much time to blog in the last month or really stop and think at all. Today however, I had the chance to go and visit Phipps Conservatory early in the morning and see the Fall Flower Show before it ended. Overall, the displays were very similar with the show last year but there were a few new pieces. I don't have time to go into too much detail but here are a few of the pictures that I took while I was there.
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| The Broderie Room. |
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| The yellow mums really pop against the black urn. |
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| White and yellow mums |
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| Official wishing well |
The Broderie Room was by far my favorite room for this show. The limited color palate of yellow, white and green helped accent the clean lines throughout the parterre garden.
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| Zululand cycad. |
If you have a chance to go to Phipps soon don't miss out on seeing the Zululand cycad. This is the first time this African seed plant has been blooming since 2006.
Note: when I went to Google this to find out what it is, everything online called it a zululand cycad, but the plaque at Phipps says Zuzuland cycad, somebody really messed up there...
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| Green mums |
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| red/orange spray mums |
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| Miniature Phipps |
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The biggest draw for all of the kids at Phipps is the train set with tiny town. While I was standing in front of the display taking pictures at least a dozen families with small children came and every child no fail went "oh wow" and stood awe struck watching the train. Within the the town was a model of Phipps as it would have looked in 1893 when it first opened.
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| Chinese dragon in the Sunken Garden. |
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A tribute to Chinese New Year was on display in the sunken garden. A large red dragon was in the middle of room among the fountains while yellow and orange flowers lined the walls and hanging plants.
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| Under the sea |
The final display was probably the best this room has ever looked. There were a variety of flowers planted to mimic the coral along the ocean floor and paper fish were hanging from the ceiling as though they were swimming.
Hopefully you enjoyed some of these pictures.
The Christmas exhibit is going to open in 3 weeks and I can't wait to see it!
