Epitome of Fall

So the last room at Phipps Conservatory is the East room and I would say that this room  is the epitome of fall. It was filled of course with the required mums in all colors but also displayed pumpkins and scarecrows. In this room you can also only go in the front of the room and the rest is gated off. This is probably best since the majority of the room is a pond that streams from a little waterfall in the back right corner.

This will probably be my last fall post for the season since everyone is decorating for Christmas. Enjoy!

View of the room

Close up of scarecrow.

Waterfall

Tub of yellow mums and grass

I like the look of these against the brick wall.

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Spring Colors with Fall Flowers

So here is another post about the Fall Flower Show at Phipps Conservatory.

The Broderie room is what I like to think of as the wedding room since there is a sign inside that gives a contact number for anyone that wants to get married at Phipps. You can only walk in the front part of the room and look at the parterre designs that lead to the three goddess statues that are along the back wall. The official wishing well is also located in this room and for the first time I actually noticed the intricate metal working on the top which I often over look in favor of the large basket of flowers hanging from the well.
For this flower show the room was decked out in white and light purple/pink mums. I thought it was gorgeous and very bridal looking but not what I would think of as fall.

Here are some pictures so you can make decisions on whether this display is really fall or more spring.

The parterre design shape is constant in the room but what goes inside always changes.

Three goddesses

The goddess on the far right is holding a mandolin I believe or maybe a lute?

Close up of the center urn

white mum

wishing well
I always throw a coin in but the wish is always secret!

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Room All In Red

 My favorite room at Phipps Conservatory is the Sunken Garden, mainly because I like the element of water and fountains that are displayed in the middle. During the fall show this room was decorated completely with crimson red mums, again in a variety of shapes and sizes. I'd say that I've seen this room decorated better in some shows but also decorated worse, so this installation is about somewhere in the middle. Even though there wasn't a huge play on shapes and groupings of flowers I did enjoy the color that they chose.

When you first walk in you see a line of disbud mums hiding the fountains.

Side view of the sunken garden. I like the saplings they have planted. 

Close up of one of the fountains

variety of red flowers

Spray mums

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Fall Rainbow

Part two of my posts about the Phipps Conservatory Fall Flower Show 2011.
If you follow the path around the Palm Court to the right (as you are supposed to do) the first room you come to is the Serpentine Room. The pond and pergolas are still up from the Reusable Art exhibit but a variety of mums have been planted to form a rainbow of fall colors. The room starts with a bright yellow, then to a burnt orange and finally a deep red. The pictures below give a better idea than what I can describe.
There were a lot of people there so it was hard to get a good shot of the whole room. 

The pond when you first walk in.

Close up of a yellow disbud mum. I really enjoyed this variety of mum.

Orange section

Spray mum

pergola with fire pit and orange mums

reddish disbud mums

close up of disbud mum petals

scarlet colored

end pergola with deep red mums

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Phipps Fall Flower Show 2011

The past two  Sundays I went to the Phipps Fall Flower Show, once by myself when it was super crowded  and then again with my friend Laura for  the last day of the exhibit. If you missed it then you can still see some of the mums as they transition for the Holiday display which officially starts the day after Thanksgiving. Throughout the week I am going to try to create posts about each of the rooms that was transformed for the Fall flower show.
The first room that you see when you enter is the Palm court and it was covered in light purple mums. I had never seen mums this color before so it was exciting to see something different from the standard yellow and orange that you normally see throughout the fall.

So for those of you who are still trying to hold onto the Autumn spirit, even with all of this Christmas decorating going on, this week of posts is for you!

Purple mums fill the flower beds that surround the center of the court.

I think this arrangement gives mum more of a formal look which they often lack.

It really bugs me how the pots of mums are not evenly spread out behind the bench; very tempted to move them.

Close up of an urn with mums. Behind standing tall are disbud mums.

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The Last of Fall

So today is only the 29th of October and it has already begun to snow. We only got a little bit of snow here in Pittsburgh and it quickly melted right away with some rain, but I thought I should document the beautiful leaves before they all fall off the trees. I was on my way home from the Waterfront where I did some shopping and decided to stop in Schenley park and take some pictures. I only stopped at a small section; the beginning of the Bridle Trail and the top of the Schenley Oval but I was able to get some good shots of trees and the city. Enjoy these pictures and try to get outside and enjoy the leaves before they are replaced with snow!!

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It was these yellow trees that made me pull over and take some pictures.

I like the contrast of the circle of leaves around the trunk to green lawn.

Bridle Trail

Road going up to the Oval

Pitt's Cathedral of Learning

Downtown

When I got home I took some pics in my backyard

Campfire and Jack-o-Lantern

Halloween is almost here! This past Saturday night I went to a Pittsburgh Young Adulst (PYA) event in South Fayette where we had a harvest party. There was a costume contest (I was a black cat), hayrides in the dark, lots of yummy fall food, pumpkin carving and a large campfire. I enjoyed being able to get out of the city for the night and re-connect with nature; especially seeing some stars! Since it was dark by the time I got there, I didn't get any pictures of the great property. I did get some cool pictures of the fire and of my jack-o-latern when I got home, I named him Pumpkin Pete.
If you live in the city hopefully you will get some time to head out to the suburbs or country to see the stars this fall before the freezing cold really sets in.

Campfire: The front log looks like a wishbone

Pumpkin Pete

Glowing in the dark

Now he looks like he is wearing a hat

Candle inside

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