Visit to Phipps Conservatory Summer Show - Glass Art & Butterflies
We were visiting at Phipps Conservatory after my RHS test in June, and were wowed by some of their pretty glass flower sculptures for the summer show. I posted the enormous glass waterlilies last week. Here are a few more highlights from our visit.
The Palm Court entrance is festooned with these pretty glass passion vines.
Glass passion flower at Phipps Conservatory
The Broderie Room filled with bedding and roses for the summer months...
...and these white glass unbellifers, probably meant to be Queen Anne's Lace/Wild Carrot, Daucus carota.
Rotating glass boxes displayed different scenes from Pittsburgh; this one being sponsored by the zoo.
A glass flower in the East Room by the stream.
A beautiful glass vase on a pedestal display in the Sunken Room.
A dozen glass vases were lined up in the Sunken Garden.
The glass sunflower from the entrance.
Zebra Longwing, Heliconius charitonius, enjoying a sip of the butterfly bush, Buddleia in the Butterfly Room.
Buckeye, Junonia coenia. They have quite a selection of butterflies for the summer months.
The rugosa rose and the beauty bush blooming together at the end of June.
An enormous beauty bush, Kolkwitzia amabilis. It is so large that we ate a shady lunch under it that day.
Baptisia australis, known as blue false indigo, sending up its flowers in front of the red Japanese maple.
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The beautiful black vase is really over the top gorgeous:) Really enjoyed this post!
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beautiful
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This was just beautiful to see, thank you so much for sharing. Just loved the pink flamingo.