Posted June 8, 2010 by Lily Parra, Exhibitions, Art & Library Collections Admin Assistant
Pictured here: Moore, Warrior with Shield, 1953-54 (LH 360), bronze, edition of 5 + 1. Height: 152.5cm. Art Gallery of Ontario, Gift from the Junior Women's Committee Fund, 1955. #54/12.
Join Art Gallery of Ontario’s Curator of Modern Art, Michael Parke-Taylor, at the Gardens this Thursday, June 10 at 7 p.m. for the Curator Lecture Series: “Henry Moore: Reputation/Reception/Recuperation.” Examine a darker side to Henry Moore that comes to the fore in the 1930s, informed by contemporary developments from both surrealist and abstract camps (Picasso, Giacometti and Arp).
Once Moore had achieved international fame after WWII, what was his reception in the U.K. and particularly in Toronto? How does his reputation need to be recuperated in order to assess his true achievement? How have contemporary artists responded to Moore? Turner Prize winning British artist Simon Starling will provide the test case.
Posted June 3, 2009 by Jennifer Ramp Neale, Director of Research & Conservation
Do you miss the beautiful orchid displays from the Cloud Forest Tree? In order to satisfy your orchid fix before the new greenhouse complex is complete and the orchids return to display, come see many of them as preserved specimens in the Kathryn Kalmbach Herbarium.
Volunteer Eleanor Von Bargen has worked tirelessly over the last 2 years to carefully preserve over 560 specimens of our orchid collection. Each specimen is carefully chosen to capture optimal flowering by Von Bargen and curator Nick Snakenberg. Many of the orchids retain their original beauty in preserved form creating valuable scientific documentation of what the species look like in flower. These specimens add to the wealth of cultivated plants which have been added to our herbarium collection by volunteers in recent years.
Please visit the Kathryn Kalmbach Herbarium to see these beautiful orchid specimens in person.
Posted May 17, 2009 by Sarada Krishnan, Director of Horticulture
The green roof at Denver Botanic Gardens opened in November 2007. Within a year and a half, this garden has established very well creating a green space where once was a regular cemented roof. Situated above our former gift shop (soon to become a bistro), this one-of-a-kind green roof features native and drought tolerant plants that thrive well in our semi-arid climate with limited water.
Green roof installation in 2007
A variety of plants were selected in creating this roof to test which plants will perform well as green roof plants in our region. Departing from the regular norm of using Sedums as green roof plant materials, this roof is living proof of how, with experimentation, we can create a green roof utilizing a diverse plant palette. Designed and created by our resident green roof expert, Senior Horticulturist Mark Fusco, Denver Botanic Gardens is a pioneer in green roof research for our region.
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Posted February 8, 2009 by Sarada Krishnan, Director of Horticulture
February 12th marks the 200th birthday of Charles Darwin. This year also marks the 150th anniversary of Darwin’s renowned work, “The Origin of Species.” Commemorating Darwin and the Gardens upcoming signature exhibition (Jurassic Gardens: Evolution & Extinction), Denver Botanic Gardens is featuring the “Plant Evolution Garden” at the 2009 Colorado Garden & Home Show. The Show runs from February 7 – 15 at the Colorado Convention Center.
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Posted October 16, 2008 by Panayoti Kelaidis, Senior Curator & Director of Outreach
I had such good intentions to blog my way through South Africa, and the five blog entries I managed represented about as many days. The first days. So many places, so little time to type!
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Posted October 9, 2008 by Panayoti Kelaidis, Senior Curator & Director of Outreach
The symbol of Kirstenbosh, the National Botanical Garden in Capetown, is the Bird of Paradise. An amazing “albino” (which is missing the red pigment and has the still has the yellow pigment) was released a few years ago as Strelitzia reginae ‘Mandela’s Gold.’ We were thrilled to see this in several places around Kirstenbosch and also in private gardens. But South Africa is not just for plant nerds.
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Posted September 11, 2008 by Panayoti Kelaidis, Senior Curator & Director of Outreach
Is it a coincidence that Walt Whitman named his revolutionary collection of poetry “Leaves of Grass”? Grass is the dominant vegetation in our region, and ornamental grasses have revolutionized horticulture across America in recent decades. If I had to pick a favorite grass, right now
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Posted September 5, 2008 by Dominique Bayne, Former Senior Horticulturist
Are plants important? If so, why?
These seem like odd questions considering my career, but they have been on my mind a lot lately. To me plants are part of who I am; I have no interest in a planet without wild areas, without diversity, these are the things that give life color. Recent conversations have indicated that many people do not feel this way and want justification for spending resources on plant conservation and habitat restoration.
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