Archive for December 10th, 2012

Garden News: Holiday Train Show Picks Up Speed

Posted in Holiday Train Show on December 10th, 2012 by Matt Newman – Be the first to comment

We’re now into weeks three and four of this year’s Holiday Train Show, and as you’d expect, we can’t help but gather momentum from here on out! Thousands of fans have already toured this year’s exhibition, walking the paths between dozens of nostalgic miniatures and beneath the many bridges recreated by Paul Busse and his team at Applied Imagination. The crowds are certainly growing as we get into the December holidays, so you may want to consider grabbing up tickets sooner rather than later. But there’s more to the season than what you see under the glass of the Conservatory, as Kevin Character explains below.


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Morning Eye Candy: For the Love of Lithops

Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on December 10th, 2012 by Matt Newman – Be the first to comment

Because I adore lithops, and because it’s not often you get to see these little guys in flower, we break with the fall scenery for one more visual trip over to our Nolen Greenhouses for Living Collections.

Argyroderma patens — Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen