Philadelphia Flower Show
Celebrates Art Of Gardening
PHILADELPHIA The
Pennsylvania Horticultural Socie
ty’s 1999 Philadelphia Flower
Show, “Design On Nature . ..
The Art Of Gardening,” utilizes
great gardens of the past to pro
vide a wellspring of ideas for to
day’s garden designs.
In 1999, the internationally ac
claimed Philadelphia Flower
Show, a tradition since 1829, re
cognizes the natural visions of
19th century American Roman
tics, who began a true American
style of craftsmanship in harmony
with nature. Honoring gardens as
beautiful and distinguished works
of art, the Show presents a capti
vating look at the use of sculpture,
architecture, and other works of
art as it enhances the allure of gar
den landscapes.
The show, sponsored by PNC
Bank, features 10 acres of tradi
tional formal designs, with elegant
fountains and statuary as the glit
tering inspiration behind this
year’s theme. The central feature,
“Art and the American Garden,”
by Stoney Bank Nursery, Glen
Mills, presents an exquisite, tran
quil garden of American Garden
Statuary from the 1920 s and
1930 s in a classic ornamental set
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ting (Jack Blandy, owner, Stoney
Bank, and 1998 “Best-in-Show”
winner, celebrates his 20th year
with the Show). Working with the
prestigious Conner-Roscnkranz
Gallery in Manhattan, this display
pays homage to the art of garden
ing and floral design with an inter
connected series of 12 “micro”
gardens with exquisitely decora
tive landscape sculpture.
Continuing the compelling
centerpiece exhibits is the insight
ful display, “Sugar Run School
House Perry County, PA circa
1840," by Romano’s Landscap
ing, Pitman, N.J. Here, an authen
tic rural schoolhouse sits nestled
amid an outdoor classroom setting
where young artists are depicted
painting wildflowcrs native to the
area. This original wooden
schoolhouse structure is emble
matic of functional mid-century
American architecture. The struc
ture, donated to the Show by
Homer and Loretta Gelbaugh of
Millerstown, will be reconstructed
for this inspired study of a rural
“Design on Nature.”
The 50th annivcrsaiy of the Na
tional Trust For Historic Preserva
tion, headquartered in Washing
ton, D.C., will be celebrated with
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an exhibit that recognizes the
American design elegance of the
turn of the century period This
culturally sophisticated time is
captured in “Irreplaceable
Places," an exhibit featuring four
of the many formal gardens main
tained by the National Trust.
The elaborate magnificence of
the Kykuit gardens at the Rocke
feller Mansion, located on the lush
banks of the Hudson River, is cap
tured in a distinctive exhibit fea
turing reproductions of classical
and contemporary sculpture from
the Rockefeller family’s personal
collection. The Lyndhurst Estate,
built when steamboats were the
mode of travel along the Hudson
River, is the subject of a garden
inspired by the Gothic and Gre
cian “fantastics" of American Ro
mantic architect, A J. Davis. The
artwork of sculptor Daniel Chester
French, known for his “Minute
man" statue in Concord, Massa
chusetts, and his Abraham Lin
coln at the Lincoln Memorial in
Washington, D.C., is showcased
in a dramatic replication of his
breathtaking gardens at Chester
wood in the Berkshire mountains.
The display salutes Daniel French
and captures the appeal and es-
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“The" sculptor of the American
Renaissance. Inspired by the cre
do. “Fight for a just cause, Love
your fellow man. Live a good
life," FILOLI, in Northern Cali
fornia, honors the garden as a
timeless masterpiece. Famous for
its sweeping vistas of greeneiy,
majestic fountains, and acres of
lush landscapes, FILOLI extols an
idealized rural existence where
humanity has a direct intimacy
with the natural world.
This glorious quadrant of his
toric American places, all borne
from the wonders of nature, is
joined by Cliveden of Philadel
phia. Cliveden was the site of the
pivotal Battle of Germantown in
1777. Today, this National His
toric Landmark, prominently lo
cated along Germantown Avenue,
the nation’s first National Historic
Road, is the keystone of a vital
historic house museum com
munity in Philadelphia’s German
town section. The Cliveden dis
play also serves as an information
booth for the National Trust For
Historic Preservation.
The natural intimacy of the
Central Feature exhibits is com
pleted with a meditative water
garden by The Ponds and Gardens
of Mermaid Lane. Texture, form.
and color beckon one to a capti-
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vating grotto where a mysterious
shrouded figure stands as an icon
of aesthetic sensibilities.
The Flower Show’s annual
showcase of the most talented
landscapers, artists, and florists in
the industry continues to unfold as
60 major exhibitors present their
award-winning landscapes and
gardens with traditional and mod
em motifs throughout 10 acres.
These formal and idealized de
signs depict an integrated garden
ing history that incorporates artis
try, creativity, and natural science.
A fantasy garden, inspired by
the ancient world of dinosaurs,
provides an ornamental interpreta
tion of a primordial landscape.
“Living Fossils” of horsetail,
gingko, dawn redwood, magnolia,
and ferns surround an Apatosaur
us, with its head rising high above
the trcctops and gazing at the
Show’s myriad landscapes that in
clude topiaries, rock gardens, wet
lands, and brilliant flower ar
rangements.
Nearby, an opulent Raj tent is
surrounded by vibrant holly, Ja
panese crabapple, lavender,
delphinium, foxgloves, pink roses,
and rare topiary azaleas while yel
low daffodils, columbine, and
witch hazel lead visitors on a
serendipitous journey to “Tran
quility at Garden’s Edge.” The
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