Photo by Melody

Specialty Gardening: Have you seen this for sale anywhere?, 0 by gardenmart

Communities > Forums

Image Copyright gardenmart

Subject: Have you seen this for sale anywhere?

Forum: Specialty Gardening

<<< Previous photo Back to post
Photo of Have you seen this for sale anywhere?
gardenmart wrote:
Hi, gang!
Dust off your gardening catalogs and your memories. I just saw this planter down in a garden at the Smithsonian last weekend. Several people I know have remarked on my picture and would like to know where it came from. I just sent an e-mail to the gardens dept at the SI asking about it but I thought I would put it out there to all the Dave's Gardeners as well.
I believe it to be cast stone, though medieval in appearance, I think it's a modern piece. It had a tag, small but illegible on the far side away from the camera. I don't think the SI would put a real medieval piece out there but who knows. They probably have plenty of that stuff hanging around in warehouses all about DC. It is a museum, after all.
The garden it's in was designed and gifted to the SI by Enid Haupt. She's the lady that rescued the conservatory at the NYBG. This is all I know for now.
Please let me know if and where you have seen another like it. Yes, those are the 12 apostles.
Thanks,
Martha