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EDUCATIONAL EXHIBITS

America in Bloom
America In Bloom
Nothing is more welcoming at a town’s entrance than an attractive landscape that says, “You’ve arrived in a special place.” Flowers, shrubs, and bold foliage paired with significant artwork set expectations of a memorable visit and a great place to live. Participating towns of America in Bloom know that flowers aren’t just for backyards anymore. They are celebrating their communities in living color!
Contact: Laura Kunkle
2130 Stella Ct, Columbbus, OH   43215
aib@ofa.org
http://www.americainbloom.org

American Ivy Society
P.O. Box 461 Lionville, PA 19353
Contact: Russell A. Windle, 610-970-9175, Hedera@att.net

American Rhododendron Society, Greater Philadelphia Chapter
A Rhododendron Confection
Take a generous quantity of rose reds and hot pinks, add a heaping portion of pristine whites, top with a giant dollop of peachy cream, and garnish with fringe of sedge green. Add water as needed. This three-tiered, circular cake stands at five feet.
Contact: Linda Fowler Hartnett
lindahartnett@gmail.com

Camden Children's Garden
Fun with Art in a Children’s Community Garden
Children learn what plants need in a fun, interactive and edgy urban community garden. This exhibit is a community vegetable garden designed with children to include interactive and artistic features. The garden is a special place where city youth from the Morgan Village Creative Arts Academy and the Camden Boxing Academy learn how to grow plants, especially nutritious vegetables, while managing the natural elements of soil, water, and sun. Given the inclination of youth toward active play, the community gardeners have created numerous, colorful elements such as Tic Tac Toe stepping stones, a painted picket fence, a Peek A Boo photo op, whimsical recycled planters, and more.
Contact: Michael Devlin
3 Riverside Dr, Camden, NJ 08103
856-365-8733
http://www.camdenchildrensgarden.org

Delaware Valley College of Landscape Architecture and Environmantal Science
Breakout!
Nature Deficit Disorder is a widening gap or disconnect between people, particularly children, and the outdoors, which is resulting in a decrease in physical and emotional health and well-being. This exhibit is intended to bring awareness, hope, and strategies to the millions of children that suffer from this deficit. In a collaborative partnership, DelVal is engaging the 1,400 students and their teachers from the New Hope-Solebury School District to contribute a part of themselves to the exhibit. Children from kindergarten through 12th grade were asked to answer, through art, the question, “What is nature?” The intention is to encourage a strong connection between children and our natural world while educating exhibit visitors about Nature Deficit Disorder, its consequences, and possible remedies through the eyes of children.
Contact: Michael J. Fleischacker, MLA, ASLA, RLA, LEED AP
700 E. Butler Ave, Doylestown, PA 18901
215-489-2330
http://www.delval.edu

Delaware Valley Fern and Wildflower Society
Garden Inspirations
Because of their simple beauty and harmony of structure, ferns have the ability to evoke calm and a sense of well-being in those who admire them.  The intent of this exhibit is to illustrate how artists from different cultures and styles in art history could have interpreted fern and wildflower forms.  Release your creativity and consider how you might incorporate ferns into your own garden or home.
Contact: Tom Tomer
121 Garden Rd, Oreland, PA 19075
215-887-3683
http://www.dvfws.org/

Horticulture Academy at Abraham Lincoln High School
Frogs: Nature’s Messenger
Many of us can conjure up childhood memories of playing alongside a creek attempting to catch frogs. These croaking, hopping, insect-eating amphibians are masters of the art of camouflaging themselves with their environment. However, beyond this childhood fascination, scientists have discovered the importance of frogs as indicators of nature. Experience the scientists’ research hut in the rainforest to learn how important frogs are to the environment and how detrimental changes in land, air, and water threaten frog populations. Abraham Lincoln High School presents this exhibit in partnership with the Adventure Aquarium in Camden, N.J.
Contact: Karen Kardon Weber
3201 Ryan Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19136
215-335-3213
www.lincolnhs.philasd.org

Hudson Valley Seed Library
Art of the Heirloom
Artists are cultural seed savers. The same way we save seeds on a farm, artists select which kernels of beauty, color, concept, and form to keep alive and pass on to future generations. To celebrate this creative intersection of art and agriculture, the Seed Library commissioned contemporary artists to interpret a distinctive selection of the heirloom and open-pollinated varieties in the seed catalog. Each work of art becomes a unique seed pack. The original artworks form a traveling exhibit called “Art of the Heirloom.”
Contact: Ken Greene
484 Mettacahonts Rd, Accord, NY 12404
845-235-7514
http://www.seedlibrary.org

Ikebana International, Philadelphia Chapter #71
This educational exhibition begins a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Philadelphia Chapter of Ikebana International and illustrates the art of Japanese flower arranging in five Ikebana schools: Ikenobo, Ohara, Sogetsu, Kofu, and Ichiyo.
Contact: Lorraine Toji
550 Main St, Sewell, NJ 08080
856-757-9719
http://www.ikebana-philadelphia.org/

Mercer County Community College
A Back Yard Battle
What arthropods are living in your backyard, and what are they doing when you aren’t watching?  Can you identify which ones are beneficial and which ones are harmful?  Become a spectator along with a hornet, a caterpillar, a grasshopper, and a brown marmorated stink bug as they watch the battle between a praying mantis and a spider.
Contact: Amy Ricco

Questionnaire: mercer_county.pdf

1200 Old Trenton Rd, West Windsor Township, NJ 08550
609-570-3372
http://www.mccc.edu/horticulture

Netherlands American Business Association (NABA)
P.O Box 515, Willow Grove, PA 19090
Contact: Thomas A. Snyder, 215-280-2969, tasnyder@comcast.net
This exhibit showcases and promotes interest in the horticultural products of the Netherlands and inspires travel to Holland in the springtime.

North American Rock Garden Society, Delaware Valley Chapter
A Gardener’s Palette: Rock Garden Plants from Around the Globe
The paint spots on the garden artist’s palette are represented by hypertufa troughs on pedestals. Each trough features small but prized plants from a single continent. These plants thrive in the good drainage and protective environment that troughs offer. An additional trough features saxifrages, beautiful but challenging plants that need special care and superb drainage. As in many rock gardens, the troughs are integrated into the landscape with gravel gardens.
Contact: Mary Ann Ulmann
1320 Ashbridge Rd., West Chester, PA 19380
http://www.dvcnargs.org/

Organic Mechanics Soil Company, LLC, The
Mogreena Artist Garden  A well-designed garden is a work of art. The Mogreena Artist Garden evolved from found objects cast away by society. Highlighted by the urban foraging garden that surrounds it, each piece is curated into its own work of art. The joy of foraging for found objects to repurpose into new life creates a collection of unique garden art. Like paint on a canvas, plants add life to this artistic expression of joy. Enjoy the color, texture, variety, pace and tempo of this garden.
Contact: Mark Highland
PO Box 272, Modena, PA 19358
610-380-4598
http://www.organicmechanicsoil.com/

Pennsylvania Bonsai Society
Art of Bonsai
Founded in 1963, the Pennsylvania Bonsai Society is one of the oldest groups in the United States. Society members demonstrate all levels of skills from beginner to bonsai “master.” Members have achieved state, national, and worldwide recognition for their skills and achievements. This year’s exhibit celebrates the art of the bonsai.
Contact: Randall Naftal
1140 Little Conestoga Rd, Glenmoore, PA 19343
610-651-2818
http://pabonsai.org/

Philadelphia Cactus & Succulent Society
Beauty Is In the Eye of the Cactus Beholder
Nobody hates African violets. But, as strange as it may seem, there are people with a less-than-favorable view of cacti and succulents. This exhibit gives the visitor a chance to closely examine a wide variety of unusual plants, so they may fully appreciate their unique beauty.
Contact: Paul G. Wesolowski
BMT Leasing, 2 S Bryn Mawr Ave  Ste 200, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
267-614-2989
http://www.philacactus.org

Philadelphia Parks & Recreation
Connections
This exhibit is an interpretation of the garden within the Connections sculpture at Baldwin Park in Center City Philadelphia
Contact: Charles Dougherty
One Parkway, 1515 Arch St., 10th Floor, Philadelphia., PA 19102
215-683-0220
charles.a.dougherty@phila.gov

Philadelphia Society of Botanical Illustrators
Dynamic Botanics – The Art of Botany
Botanical art is one of the oldest recognized arts throughout history. It was originally used by the Greeks and Romans to produce their medications. For this year’s show, the Botanical Illustrators have decided to forego some of the accepted restrictions, while still being 100 percent botanically accurate. This year’s exhibit gives a more modern feel to some of the work, while maintaining standards of accuracy. Artists will demonstrate their techniques throughout the show.
Contact: Judy Simon
info@psbi-art.org
http://www.psbi-art.org/

Philadelphia Water Department
The Art of Stormwater Management in Philadelphia
The motivation behind stormwater management is to unite Philadelphia with its natural water environment, protect our waterways from pollution, prevent urban flooding, and establish a green guideline for generations to come. The Water Department’s “Green City, Clean Waters” program undertakes this responsibility by using green infrastructure systems that assist or resemble natural processes. Utilizing stormwater management, citizens will experience a sustainable, healthier, and more livable city.
Contact: Arthur M. Holst
1101 Market St, 3rd Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19107-2994
215-685-6143
http://www.phila.gov/water

Rosade Bonsai Studio
Bonsai Living Art
As an artist, a painter might paint a masterpiece or a sculptor might fashion a beautiful statue. The Bonsai artist seeks to create with living plant materials a part of our naturalistic world in miniature, with the tree as a focal point. Its trunk, branches, and foliage expertly trained and pruned, Bonsai portrays a composition of simplicity and harmony.
Contact: Chase and Solita Rosade
6912 Ely Rd New Hope PA 18938-9675
215-862-5925
chase@rosadebonsai.com
http://www.rosadebonsai.com

Temple University, Ambler, School of Environmental Design
Tamanend’s Track – The Path to a Portrayal of the Past
Rogue roots split and cover a cracked concrete walk lying beneath vines that drip, droop, and drape over kinked cables that connect faraway and nearby, and lamps that pour light on walls pierced by pipes. Retreat! There, into the stone belly; held within the arms of trees; before the fire; beneath the stars. Look beyond the tangle and artificial depictions of nature. Retrace the trail that leads to the land of our forebears. Sear the soil to stimulate new shoots of native leaves. Mend the Earth to clear the running waters. Help life begin, again.
Contact: Rob Kuper, PLA, ASLA
580 Meetinghouse Rd, Ambler,  PA 19002-3999
267-468-8179
http://www.temple.edu/ambler/la-hort/

University of Delaware
Bring Back the Shad 
Art enables us to see differently, to better observe, understand, and notice interconnections. Once, thousands of American shad swam upstream to spawn making the waters appear to “boil black”. With the shad came great biodiversity and human community. Dams harnessed power, but blocked the shad migration. This exhibit showcases art inspiring social change - a contemporary, shad-friendly, retrofitted dam to bring back the shad. The exhibit includes the shadbush, Amelanchier canadensis, and other native plants that bloom during the shad run.
Contact: Jules Bruck
141 Townsend Hall Newark DE 19716
610-662-2986
http://www.udel.edu/

U.S. EPA Region III
L’Art du Jardin Natural (The Art of the Natural Garden)
The exhibit displays native plants, wetlands, and sustainable landscaping techniques in a passive setting.  Here in nature’s garden, the palette of colors, textures, and fragrances take the observer to a place of beauty and tranquility – a place apart from the hands of man.
Contact: Todd Lutte
3EA30 1650 Arch St Philadelphia PA 19103-2029
215-814-2099
lutte.todd@epa.gov
http://www2.epa.gov/aboutepa/epa-region-3-mid-atlantic

W. B. Saul High School of Agricultural Sciences
Off the Grid
Take a look at what can turn an urban residence into an artistic respite using recycled materials to support and frame this garden. The form and texture of plant material is highlighted as it pops up out of containers, planters, hangers, and walls made from familiar objects. Top off the scene with a green roof and solar panels to make this an environmentally sensitive and charming oasis in the neighborhood.
Contact: Lisa Blum
7100 Henry Ave Philadelphia PA 19128
215-487-4467
http://www.phila.k12.pa.us/schools/saul/

Williamson Free School of Mechanical Trades, The
Liberation from Tradition
Inspired by Brazilian landscape architect Roberto Burle Marx’s approach to landscape design, the exhibit appears to be in motion, flowing like a stream through drifts of mass plantings. From the height of five large pyramidal hornbeams rising out of the ground, with large swathes of colorful plants beneath, the exhibit accentuates flowing lines to create a sense of movement. Water cascades from a geometric sculpture onto carefully placed river stone to resemble a free-flowing stream, trickling through large masses of plants of contrasting colors and patterns.
Contact: Chuck Feld
106 S New Middletown Rd, Media, PA
610-566-1776 ext 240
http://www.williamson.edu