Tag: Lyman Conservatory – Smith College – Northampton Massachusetts
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Mum’s the Word? I Can’t Keep a Secret! Visiting Smith College Botanic Garden’s Fall Chrysanthemum Show, 2018
Watch Out, Gucci: Evan’s Dream Chrysanthemum (Fukuske, Spider Class), in Pale Pink Couture at Smith College Botanic Garden. We’ve all been invited to some obligatory formal event or other —black tie, couture gown, rsvp— only to send our regrets at first politely permissible moment. Don’t get me wrong. Parties are great fun, but sometimes it’s […]
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Misty Glasshouse Dreaming
Favorite Dreary-Day Escape: Seeking Inspiration at Lyman Conservatory, Smith College Botanic Garden, Northampton, MA Melancholy mornings, moody afternoons and long, rainy weekends; I can think of a hundred-and-one excuses for a trip to Smith College’s Lyman Conservatory. But when spring is this raw and wintry weather so unrelenting, I really crave the warm, humid comfort […]
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Narcissus, Tulipa & Fragrant Hyacinth: Smith Botanic Garden’s 2018 Bulb Show
Tulipa, Narcissus & Sweetly Fragrant Hyacinth at Lyman Conservatory It’s 3:30 p.m. and snow is falling steadily here in Southern Vermont. The forecast is calling for 5-8Â inches overnight. These late winter storms can really give a gardener the blues, but I knew this nor’easter was coming, so I prepared. Bread and milk? Oh, no, […]
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A Warm Welcome to Spring: Blossoming Beauty at the Smith College Bulb Show…
Tulipa ‘Blue Spectacle’ Narcissus, tulips, hyacinth, freesia, iris and clivia; from the brash and bold to the delicate and ethereal, all of spring’s finest ladies were on display this week at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. The Bulb Show at Smith College’s Lyman Conservatory —where thousands of bulbs are carefully arranged and artfully displayed with flowering […]
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