{"id":12700,"date":"2011-09-09T17:29:40","date_gmt":"2011-09-09T21:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nybg.org\/plant-talk\/?p=12700"},"modified":"2011-09-09T17:29:40","modified_gmt":"2011-09-09T21:29:40","slug":"the-conservatory-gets-a-wash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2011\/09\/around-the-garden\/the-conservatory-gets-a-wash\/","title":{"rendered":"The Conservatory Gets A Wash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This afternoon I had the delightful task of taking one of my colleagues from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kew.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew<\/a> around our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\">Garden<\/a> (they had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2011\/06\/photography\/a-rainy-day-walk-around-kew\/\">treated me to such a nice day when I visited them<\/a>, I just had to return the favor). We were strolling along in the Conservatory Courtyard, marveling at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2011\/07\/around-the-garden\/a-summer-stroll-around-the-waterlily-pool\/\">amazing lotuses and waterlilies<\/a>, when I looked up and gasped in wonder: They were washing the whitewash off of the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory!<\/p>\n<p><!--more Head below to see the Conservatory getting a wash. --><\/p>\n<!-- index.php -->\n<div\n\tclass=\"ngg-galleryoverview\"\n\tid=\"ngg-gallery-088d696d22d659226b307fdf5d1ebd93-1\">\n\n    \t\t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-0\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/gallery\/conservatory-whitewash\/conservatory-waterlilies.jpg\"\n               title=\"\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/gallery\/conservatory-whitewash\/conservatory-waterlilies.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/gallery\/conservatory-whitewash\/thumbs\/thumbs_conservatory-waterlilies.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"125\"\n               data-title=\"Before the Washing\"\n               data-description=\"\"\n               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             data-title=\"Letting the Sunshine In\"\n               data-description=\"\"\n               data-image-slug=\"letting-the-sunshine-in\"\n               class=\"shutterset_088d696d22d659226b307fdf5d1ebd93\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"Letting the Sunshine In\"\n                    alt=\"Letting the Sunshine In\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/gallery\/conservatory-whitewash\/thumbs\/thumbs_dsc_0074.jpg\"\n                    width=\"100\"\n                    height=\"75\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\n\t\t<!-- Pagination -->\n\t<div class='ngg-navigation'><span class=\"current\">1<\/span><a class=\"page-numbers\" data-pageid=\"2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2011\/09\/around-the-garden\/the-conservatory-gets-a-wash\/nggallery\/page\/2\">2<\/a><a class=\"page-numbers\" data-pageid=\"3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2011\/09\/around-the-garden\/the-conservatory-gets-a-wash\/nggallery\/page\/3\">3<\/a><a class=\"page-numbers\" data-pageid=\"4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2011\/09\/around-the-garden\/the-conservatory-gets-a-wash\/nggallery\/page\/4\">4<\/a><a class=\"next\" data-pageid=\"2\" id=\"ngg-next-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2011\/09\/around-the-garden\/the-conservatory-gets-a-wash\/nggallery\/page\/2\">&#9658;<\/a><\/div>\t<\/div>\n\n<p>And what an effect it created&#8211;half the historic building was glittering, crystal clear in the sun, and the other half was still wrapped in a gauzy white. The whitewash is used on the Conservatory in the summer to protect the plants in the glasshouses from the intense summer sun. But, after all, it is now after Labor Day. I guess <a href=\"http:\/\/www.time.com\/time\/nation\/article\/0,8599,1920684,00.html\" target=\"_blank\">what goes for human fashion<\/a> also goes for Victorian conservatories. I guess fall is here after all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The historic Enid A. 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