Tell Me A Story: Heartland Harvest Garden

Monday, March 31, 2014

MEET THE MOSS FAMILY

Marcia Norwood
America's STORYTELLER
Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking

http://tellmeastory-marcia.blogspot.com/

We've had beautiful, windy days in the heart of America: perfect weather for walks through Powell Gardens, Kansas City's botanical garden.

I found spots of color peeking through the browns and golden wheat colored landscape.

Here are the first blooms of the season along the Living Wall, a unique garden. It is the largest "living wall" in the United States.

This is what the Living Wall looks like in the fall.

Blue hues from the glass bottle are brilliant against the shades of blue in the sky in the Heartland Harvest Garden.

BOTTLE TREES

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The Heartland Harvest Garden

Welcome to America’s largest edible landscape—where every tree, shrub, flower and groundcover is part of the story of where our food comes from.

Here in the Heartland of America, this signature garden captures the spirit of Kansas City’s place where our rich soils and prime farmland make agriculture a shining star.

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On our walk to the chapel...

...my daughter. Faith, discovered a bird nest entwined between branches of a bush.

Do you see it?

These are the first jonquil/daffodil blooms I've seen this spring!

A feast for the eyes awaited us inside, in the glass-domed Conservatory.

The exhibits in the Conservatory at Powell Gardens change six times a year. Each August this space turn into a magical butterfly house, but now - (through May 11) - you have an opportunity to see a fictional family's whimsical home.

Let me introduce you to the Moss family. Their home is a creative exhibit where ordinary household items are turned into living works of art.

Pete and Kate Moss's family home is literally alive with color and texture, including gorgeous orchids.

Walk with me along a flamingo-lined corridor to this amazing exhibit. (Who knew you could make such adorable flamingos with gourds, paint, feathers and bamboo?!)

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Here's a preview of more Moss family and home photos that will appear in upcoming blogs.

What an inspiration to create our own living art for our porches, sunrooms and gardens!

Dare I dream to have a conservatory someday?

Watch for more photos of the Moss family and their whimsical home in my upcoming blogs!

Thanks for stopping by!

Come back often, and invite a friend!

Marcia Norwood

America's STORYTELLER

Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking

http://tellmeastory-marcia.blogspot.com/

Sunday, November 10, 2013

USE NATURE TO DECORATE

Marcia Norwood
America's STORYTELLER
Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking

Go outside!

Gather nature's bounty to create beautiful decorations for your home.

Look for rocks,
          feathers,
                  twigs,
                        leaves,
                            flowers
                                            and branches.

Use Nature to Decorate

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Bobbie gathers a multitude of natural ingredients from the Heartland Harvest Garden at Powell Gardens, Kansas City's Botanical Garden, to create beautiful wreaths.

The Heartland Harvest Garden is the nation’s largest “edible” landscape.

EXPLORE THE GARDENS

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Bobbie

makes

her wreaths

from:

wheat,

millet,

guinea feathers,

chicken feathers,

pine cones,

rye,

broom corn,

and cardoon (artichoke thistle).

I cut branches from the honeysuckle vine in my yard, to create an arrangement to hang outside our front windows. I wired the vines together in the center, and added a large bow, ribbons, and a bell windchime.

It's so festive!

And it was free since I had everything I needed at home to make it.

Have FUN gathering natural ingredients to decorate your home!

Watch
for
more
ideas
to
create
handmade
items
in
upcoming
blogs!

Thanks for stopping by!

Come back often, and invite a friend!

Marcia Norwood
America's STORYTELLER
Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking

Tell Me A Story

TELL ME A STORY

Monday, March 31, 2014

MEET THE MOSS FAMILY

Sunday, November 10, 2013

USE NATURE TO DECORATE

AMERICA'S STORYTELLER, Marcia Norwood