The project: An Art Nouveau style archway for the stage overlooking the Fern Floor in the Main Conservatory of Longwood Gardens to be up for the majority of the Year of Fragrance. Commissioned by Longwood Gardens designer Jim Sutton, the design is inspired by an image of a hair clip in the Art Nouveau style. About 12'-15' tall, the archway will be made of metal and will have both permanent color and interchangeable living components of plants that could be changed throughout the year.
* Due to budget issues, the arch will not be created. However, the imagery was very well recieved so it may be used on the interpretive panels for the display.
Monday, January 25, 2010
Orchid Tree
The Project: Orchid Trees for the center walkway of the Main Conservatory of Longwood Gardens for the 2010 Orchid Extravaganza. Commissioned by Longwood designer Jim Sutton, the purpose of the project is to draw people into the main conservatory. The trees would be inexact mirror images of each other on opposite sides of the walkway and will be approximately 10'-12' tall. They would be covered in fuschia Phaleonopsis orchids, hanging Philodendron and Spanish moss with a sea of white daffodils and ferns placed underneath to maximize the impact. The project is said to be moving forward.
Orchid Branch Project for Longwood Gardens
The Project: An orchid branch in the East Conservatory above the Orangery for Longwood's Orchid Extravaganza. Commissioned by Longwood designer Jim Sutton and Gardener Joyce Rondinella, the branch is approximately 20' long and will hang from the conservatory ceiling. The types of orchids on the branch include Phalaeonopsis, Miltonia, Oncidium, Paphiopedalum, and Cattleya orchids. Other plant materials include Staghorn ferns, Tillandsia bromeliads, Spanish moss, and hanging philodendron. The branch is supposed to represent a tree that has fallen in the woods and is now being taken over by a variety of plant life. The project is said to be moving forward for the 2010 Orchid Extravaganza.
Floral Carpet Design Project for Longwood Gardens
The Project: A Floral Carpet across the Fern Floor in the Main Conservatory of Longwood Gardens for the 2009 Christmas Display. Comissioned by Longwood designer Jim Sutton and two of Longwood's head gardeners, the floral carpet is composed of both living and dead plant materials and is 12' wide and 85' long. Some of the materials include begonias, pointsettias, moss, and spray painted pine cones.
Crysanthemum Tree Project for Longwood Gardens
Commissioned by Longwood Gardens designer Jim Sutton, this crysanthemum tree was used to replace the usual mum curtain along the outer wall of the Music Room in the main conservatory for the 2009 Crysanthemum Festival. The tree was to resemble a weeping willow blowing gently in the breeze with the yellow crysanthemums as the foliage.
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Crysanthemum Tree in the Main Conservatory of Longwood Gardens
Structural View
View from side walkway
The full effect
Up closer....
Thin Strip Design for the Administration Building
This design was inspired by the works of Roberto Burle Marx, one of the most famous landscape architects in Brazil, and well known around the world. The design would be a mixture of both woody and herbaceous perennial plants for the plot known as the "Thin Strip" in front of the U.S. National Arboretum Administration Building. The image was created by hand drafting a base plan, scanning the image onto the computer and completing the design using Adobe Photoshop.
Front of the Administration Building
This is a photo of the front of the U.S. National Arboretum Administration Building and the planting bed known as the "Thin Strip" where my design would be implimented. It is a compilation of four photographs meshed together using Adobe Photoshop.
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