The Garden Club's post features various wreaths found about town in Williamsburg, Virginia. No opportunity for ornamentation seems to be missed -- in one shot, lemons are placed in between wooden louvers. Apples, pineapples, pomegranates and even shoes are used to creative festive trimmings.
HSNY's Water Daily post on wreaths is a bit more esoteric -- in fact using the word "wreath" may be a bit of a stretch. But that's to be expected - the photos are from the New York City Department of Park and Recreation's annual Wreath Interpretations exhibit (on display at DPR's headquarters at the Arsenal Building on 5th Avenue). My favorite appears at the end of the link - it's a wreath made from concentric circles of wine corks. Some of us could make that wreath faster than others, I'm sure.
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My friend Jess rues the day she once said she'd like a small collection of snow globes, because it's now become the go-to gift when relatives think of her each holiday season (from the looks of it, her snow globe count is approaching 35). If you're a plant enthusiast, you've probably received a fair share of kitschy, vaguely embarrassing garden-themed gifts. Luckily I've never received a cross-stitched pillow with 'Compost Happens' written on it, but if you're deprogramming an aunt or cousin, send them to Garden Design Online. The past few days they've been posting some creative, affordable and tasteful gift ideas.
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The Art of The Garden has a lovely post about the Musee Rodin in Paris -- it includes photos of landscape architectural details, plant combinations and of course, a sculpture or two.
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Finally Serenity in the Garden posted a talk by Denis Dutton at last February's TED conference. Dutton discusses the origins of society's definition of objective beauty. Jan's posted the lecture and the graphics are very entertaining. At about 7 minutes in, you can see him deconstruct a universally-regarded "beautiful" landscape, which is quite interesting.
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