Terry Maker Artwork Installed at the Gardens

As Denver Botanic Gardens celebrates the re-opening of Marnie’s Pavilion, another meaningful addition has been installed in the grand staircase of the renovated orchid house. Artist Terry Maker’s Garden of Nineveh: Sweet now glows against the cool tones of freshly painted white walls. The work was originally created for installation at MCA Denver in 2008 and represents only half of the two-part mixed media work. Relying on found objects as source material, Maker has a “desire to challenge herself and the viewer to investigate her complex surfaces and meanings.” 

 Courtesy of the artist and Robischon Gallery.  

Pictured Above:  Terry Maker participating in the installation and a glimpse of the end result.

The Serenity of Tea, the Botanic Thriller of Past and Present

Tea

The serenity of my evening tea was abruptly shattered by a mildly shocking recognition.  For those of us who reach a certain age–not the same age for all of us, but you’ll recognize the quandary if you have reached it–its no longer a question of “Does art imitate life, or vice versa?” its “Am I imitating my parents or did I become them?”  After dinner, after my mother read stories to us, after my father finished the dishes, that was when the tea was served.  
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Botany is for Gardeners

Botany gives gardeners a closer look.

I think botany is neat—fun, surprising, and engaging.  While parts of plant biology are counter-intuitive, it’s a marvelous world of interactions.  But some people aren’t into botany that way…  Rumor has it that some people just want their plants to grow!
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Escape to the Tropics

If you are looking for something amazing to do at the Gardens right now, visit our Cloud Forest Tree exhibit, at the west end of the Boettcher Memorial Tropical Conservatory. The Cloud Forest Tree and the Boettcher Tropical Conservatory always have something blooming, so even when it is cold and snowy in Denver, you can escape to the tropics at Denver Botanic Gardens.