Plants. People. Possibilities. The Oak Spring Garden Foundation is dedicated to facilitating scholarship and public dialogue relating to the world of plants.
Virginia, USA
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Emma Steinkraus’ incredible installation “Impossible Garden” is on display in the @oak_spring exhibition "A Place to Grow” through Sept. 30. You can also check out NCAW’s interactive digital version of the garden here: 19thc-artworldwide.org/autum…
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'Beautiful, accessible and scholarly, this book brings Marianne North vividly to life, while also shining new light on the Victorian world in which she was so deeply embedded.' – Sir Peter Crane FRS, President, @oak_spring
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🗓 The deadline to submit an abstract and a short biography for "A Legacy of Landscape Study" symposium is Monday, July 1, 5 pm ET.
Cosponsored by @oak_spring and the Yale Center for British Art
Learn more and apply: bit.ly/3XGkVMW
#YaleBritishArt
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#ClipOfTheDay: In this virtual reading hosted by @oak_spring and @FuriousFlowerPC, Ashia Ajani, author of Heirloom, and Ariana Benson, author of Black Pastoral, speak about their debut collections. at.pw.org/BensonAndAjani
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The Oak Spring Garden Foundation @oak_spring offers a residential short course on "Writing the Landscape" Oct 7-11, 2024 taught by Gretchen E. Henderson. Apply by Jun 3, 2024. $950 all-inclusive. osgf.org/programs-and-events…
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Two tulips & two irises, c. 1700, by #JohannaHelenaHerolt (nee Graff; German, 1668-1723), a daughter of #MariaSibyllaMerian. Held at @oak_spring; source, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann… #womensart #artherstory #JohannaHelenaHerolt #TulipDay #NationalTulipDay
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Sunflower, c. 1687, by #ElizabethPiethSchmitz (German, fl. c. 1630-1700). From “Botanical Ms with 263 Drawings of Plants,” held by @oak_spring; currently on display at @artbma's Making Her Mark exhibition, artbma.org/exhibition/making… #artherstory #womenartists
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🌽🥕Crop diversity is our insurance policy for resilient agriculture.
Sir Peter Crane, President of @oak_spring Garden Foundation, highlights how we can help farmers cope with the #climatecrisis.
Let’s turn #SeedsToSolutions together ➡️ buff.ly/3sCuv6j
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Elizabeth Blachrie Blackwell was a Scottish botanical illustrator and the author of A Curious Herbal, published in 1737 and 1739.
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Love-Apple Elizabeth Blackwell 1737/1739
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'There is no doubt that women have made profound contributions to British lichenology'
In a new post on @BotanicsStories, #TeamRBGE's Ellie Harvey digs into the @BLSlichens' archives to uncover the legacy of the work of women since its founding in 1958 👉 rbge.cc/3DFSjIq
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Botanists aim to resurrect extinct plants using seeds from dried specimens gathered decades or centuries ago.
New technologies could help these old seeds grow into viable plants.
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Submissions are open! We publish creative work—including #essays, #poetry, visual & auditory #art—that explores & promotes human responsibilities in relation to the whole community of life. Honoraria are given for published work. Guidelines & submissions: humansandnature.org/submissi…
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Barley was a hugely important grain in ancient times. The Sumerians had a god of barley, but not a god of wheat.
And the Romans fed their gladiators #barley to give them strength, calling them hordearii, or barley-men.
Learn more about this cereal 👉 buff.ly/3Opj2Od
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What can climate science tell us about the history of early human migrations?
Using #paleoclimate records & climate models, USGS scientists identified the most feasible periods for human migration along the coastal route from Beringia to North America.👉 ow.ly/O5Cu50N8ac1
ALT Blocks of sea ice floating in blue water.
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During #WomensHistoryMonth, we're celebrating the trailblazers that have left their mark on the Field Museum and the natural sciences. 🧵⬇️
Maidi Wiebe started work as an artist in 1951, illustrating figures for scientific papers, creating scale models, and painting dioramas. 🎨
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Next Saturday, February 18 at 6:30 p.m. @TampaBayDownsFL will present a screening of the documentary film "Mill Reef: A Legacy of Heart."
To learn more and reserve your spot, visit: eventbrite.com/e/tampa-bay-d…
📸Mill Reef and Geoff Lewis by Richard Stone Reeves
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Watercolor of various flowers & bees, n.d., by #MargaretMeen (British, 1751-1834). Held by @Kewgardens, digitized with support from @oak_spring; source, @biodivlibrary, blog.biodiversitylibrary.org… #womenartists #artherstory #InternationalFlowerDay #flowerday #hernaturalhistory
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In preparation for Olmsted 200, @oak_spring and NAOP joined forces to create Frederick Law Olmsted: Landscapes for the Public Good. Read the 23-panel exhibit online– or get it printed for display in your community: olmsted200exhibit.com
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"Kissing someone under this leafy evergreen with its waxy, white berries is a cherished Christmas tradition, but that’s only a modern take on a plant laced with lore." (via @nature_brains)
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Wondering what to have in the garden for this month? These are blooming. sbee.link/uaxmchg6we