Fall Flower Show at Phipps
October 13, 2012 12:10 am
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Georgia Wahl plants Irish Moss to serve as the lawn for the replica of Phipps Conservatory in the Garden Railroad. The model features the original entrance to the building. -
Emma and Bold Vanessa Garden Mums frame the scene in the East Room for the fall show at the Phipps Conservatory. -
Kevin Ajughey spreads ballast along the train tracks in the Garden Railroad as the finishing touches are done for the fallshow at Phipps Conservatory. -
Matt Urian fills in small scenic details in the Garden Railroad at Phipps Conservatory. -
Detail in the Garden Railroad at Phipps Conservatory. -
A fisherman casts a line into the pond near the model railroad in Phipps Conservatory. -
Suzanne Witkowski, left, and Alisa Shetter-Zisman ferry more flowers for planting in the Serpentine Room for the fall show at Phipps Conservatory.
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Chrysanthemums are the stars of the Fall Flower Show that opens today at Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens in Oakland. But isn't it time the Victorian glasshouse got a little limelight? This week, Georgia Wahl put the finishing touches on the garden railroad in the South Conservatory, which depicts plants arriving at the glasshouse by rail from the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893, the year Phipps opened. The show, which also features nearly 3,000 mums and other fall-blooming plants, continues through Nov. 4. For a video and more photos, go to www.post-gazette.com. Information: www.phipps.conservatory.org.
First Published October 13, 2012 12:00 am
