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He was an absolutely awesome speaker! Not only was he funny, he imparted a great deal of useful information for us gardeners. He also showed a lot of grace when the presentation equipment occasionally malfunctioned. I learned so much about hellebores as I think all members present did.
Mr. Burrell is an award winning garden author who has authored many good garden books that are most useful to gardeners. He is a native plant enthusiast and well versed on hellebores. His presentation had wonderful photos of all the types of hellebores from around the world. Great shots of some great gardens too! I so wish he had brought some of his books to sell so I could have gotten him to autograph one for me. You see, last month's PPSMT speaker was none other than Peter Loewr and boy oh boy did I ever wish I had brought my copy of Ornamental Grasses so he could autograph that book for me. How cool is it that we in Middle Tennessee can see these award winning authors come to this little capital city of Nashville to speak to us? I just think the PPSMT is top notch. In addition to great speakers we get a plant swap each month (gotta know what you are getting though) and we also get free garden tours!
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Speaking of gardens I'm going to leave you with this teaser of an outside display of Chihuly. Members of the PPSMT were not allowed to wonder the Cheekwood grounds and google and gaggle along the displays but some of the displays are within sight of the parking area so many of us took advantage of the situation and snapped some photos. I have not actually seen the whole exhibit but it is on my to do list. How beautiful is Cheekwood with Chihuly? I just had such a great time I had to share it with you all....
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That looks like a great event! I've loved Burrell's books - Chihuly's stuff is wonderfully effective in that garden setting!
ReplyDeleteI love Cheekwood. I once played hooky there instead of attending a conference that was boring me to tears. I have heard Burrell speak before and he is very good. A co-worker had the fortune to be able and visit his garden.
ReplyDeleteI'm in awe of the glass sculptures, then I saw the half lady! The garden MUST be something else!
ReplyDeleteGood morning!
ReplyDeleteCyndy, It was an awesome night! I don't have one of Mr. Burrell's books yet but will change that quickly.
Les, Mr. Burrell showed a photograph of his garden in spring-very nice. I bet the whole thing is spectacular. He lives in VA I think? Or nearby? Cheekwood is a gem for us here. I enjoy it.
Dawn, The gardens are all so awesome there. There is also a mansion that was the home of the family who started Maxwell House coffee. It's gorgeous!
I've heard rave reviews from everyone who has gone to see the Chihuly exhibit. I REALLY need to go to those meetings. I keep saying that - life is so busy. Who is next months speaker? Maybe I can sneak out of the house for that one!
ReplyDeleteDave, Next month is Tracy Huffman of Gardens of Babylon. I think they recently won best landscape of Nashville? Not sure. I went to school with a few folks who work here and I know they are busy but don't know anything about them. Chihuly-must see! The girls will love it.
ReplyDeleteI am so sorry I've had to miss the last meeting~They do have great speakers. We were really lucky and visited Chihuly at night when the humidity was low! A rare day...and seeing them glow is a special treat~Let me know, please, when you plan to go I would love to meet you! gail
ReplyDeleteYou have a great group and opportunities. Enjoy them!
ReplyDeleteHope you get to see the full exhibit soon Tina. It was pretty spectacular from what I remember of Rose & Cosmo's posts. When you do take lots of pics and share. :)
ReplyDeleteOh, you must take time to see the whole exhibit, Tina; you'll love it! I recognize a couple of the pieces you show in the last photo, and thanks for the link love.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like such a great organization, and you're so lucky to have such knowledgeable speakers.
Yet another spot to check out when we pass through the Nashville area! Sounds like a thoroughly stimulating time!
ReplyDeleteAnd I HAVE seen a Chihuly exhibit at Meijer Gardens in Grand Rapids MI some years ago. It is DEFINITELY a "must see"!
What an interesting day! I have never seen or even heard of that plant. Soooo interesting!!
ReplyDeleteTina, the gardening groups are wonderful. We have an active Hardy Plant Society that features great speakers at monthly meetings.. good organizations that provide great information.
ReplyDeleteI'm so envious Tina. What a great organization to belong to. I was excited 20 years ago just to belong to the local garden club but have quit since. The old original group all passed on and newer ones were coming in and it just wasn't the same. They didn't want to do anything, never had speakers anymore and o'well. Not much exciting about going only to listen to the last boring meeting minutes read. LOL
ReplyDeleteNeed.more.Chihuly.photos.PLEASE.
ReplyDeleteChihuly must have a great sense of humor. Awesome photos.
ReplyDeleteHow lucky to get to meet and hear such great speakers!
ReplyDeleteI love Chihuly! Since he's from here we are pretty lucky to get to see his art displayed in all sorts of places.
My word verification is priest...wonder what that means? :)
You're lucky to have such renowned speakers come to your local meetings. I recently joined a group in Tallahassee--it exists to support and maintain the public gardens at the research center--and went to my first meeting a couple of weeks ago. SAM even agreed to go, if you can believe it! I may make a gardener out of him yet. I can't wait to see pics of your visit to the Chihuly exhibit.
ReplyDeleteI bet you had a great time! Did you learn a lot?
ReplyDeleteSounds wonderful..the photo of the gardens is a teaser..not sure about the lady thingy though.
ReplyDeleteThere are many amazing plant societies around and it looks like you've got a treasure. And anything that gets you to a great Chihuly show has got to earn even more brownie points. I even had a chance to attend an opera that Chihuly did the sets for. But he wanted sculptures the size of which couldn't be made out of glass (and considering he's made some pretty immense glass pieces, you can guess how large the pieces on the set were). So he used clear and painted plastic that was inflated like giant advertising mascots. Unfortunately it was a very quiet opera, and the machines to inflate the sculptures weren't. Not quite a disaster, but not anything nearly so effective as you've shown in your photos.
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