Framingham – New England Wild Flower Society has announced that a new photography exhibit has been installed in the Gallery at Garden in the Woods. Titled “People, Plants & Pollinators: Take Two,” the exhibit features 11 images of native plants taken at Garden in the Woods over the past year by Edie Brennion (Development Department), Nelson DeBarros (Horticulture), Jessica Gerke (Conservation), Dan Jaffe (Horticulture), and Steven Ziglar (Communications). The exhibit will continue through October 30.
The five amateur photographers submitted images, which were reviewed by members of the Society's Visual Resources Committee, and 11 images were selected which best reflected the theme of the exhibit. All of the photographers are current employees of the Society except for Nelson DeBarros, who served as an intern in the Horticulture Department during the 2010 season at Garden in the Woods. Many of the Society's employees work to chronicle the changes in plant life, blooms and berries in the Garden.
This is the third of three photography exhibits at Garden in the Woods in 2011. Once the show comes down at the end of October, it will be offered to libraries and other venues in the Boston market to acquaint the larger public with the beauty of native plant species and the pollinators that keep these plants alive. Interpretation is provided for each of the plants in the photographs to acquaint the public with both conservation and horticultural attributes and habitats.
The Gallery at Garden in the Woods is located in the Education Building and is open Tuesday through Sunday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. A visit to the Gallery is included in regular admission to Garden in the Woods. Visit www.newfs.org/visit/Garden-in-the-Woods for more information.
