Northeast Gardening: WNY Orchid Show @ The Buffalo & Erie County Botanical Garden, 1 by WNYwillieB

WNYwillieB wrote:
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Welcome!!!

I thought I would share with you one of my favorite places in WNY, today, especially, as they were hosting the WNY Orchid Society's Annual Orchid Show.

What better way to waste a couple of hours when it is 17ºF outside!

I took WAY too many photos!!

A little bit of history! From the BG website:

"This botanical gardens is the product of three extraordinary visionaries: landscaping architect Fredrick Law Olmsted, architects Lord & Burnham and botanist / plant-explorer John F. Cowell."

"The tri-domed glass, wood and steel building was designed by the premier conservatory designers of the time: Lord & Burnham, Co. from New York's Hudson Valley. (Seen in this 1908 Postcard)--->
The construction methods were based upon the famous Crystal Palace and Kew Gardens Palm House in England. When it was built in 1897-1899, it was one of the largest public greenhouses in the country (at a cost of $130,000). Today there are less than a dozen large Victorian conservatories in America and this is one of two with the tri-dome design (us & NYBG in the Bronx.) "

Now ..... On With The Show