Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden

Some elves over at the Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens have been getting ready for some holiday fun! We were lucky enough to capturing the installation of the train display & decorating of the Conservatory tree, in this 1-minute video. Enjoy!

Here is the 30 second commercial spot created by Comcast Spotlight and editor, Barry Ridgeway.

For three weeks in May, visitors to the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden witnessed the creation of a monumental, site-specific sculpture made entirely of woven sticks and twigs by internationally renowned artist Patrick Dougherty.

Dougherty arrived on-site of with no preconceptions as to what he will create. Using locally gathered natural materials and drawing on inspiration from the surrounding environment, he designed a larger-than-life sculptures that may remind visitors of a nest, cocoon, or even a fairy dwelling.

Dougherty leaves the Garden a distinctive architectural element that will remain in the Anderson Meadow for as long as it survives in the natural environment.

To date, Patrick Dougherty has completed more than 175 works at gardens, universities, and museums throughout the United States, Europe and Asia.

Patrick Dougherty’s website:
http://www.stickwork.net/

Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden:
http://www.lewisginter.org

Music:
Pistons (Instrumental) – Election Night
Used with permission!
Website: http://www.reverbnation.com/electionnight

More than half way done, the tops are starting to take form and the volunteers have been so much help getting the sticks ready to be placed!

The sculpture, will stand as long as nature allows and is here to be enjoyed for years to come.

To learn more about Patrick Dougherty & the Meadowmorphosis, please visit our website: http://tinyurl.com/stickwork

Watch as see how they bend and shape the sticks into the shape needed with strings and a bit of elbow grease. Once the shape is in place, its reinforced with other branches and sticks, then the string is removed but the shape is not compromised!

To learn more about Patrick Dougherty & the Meadowmorphosis, please visit our website: http://tinyurl.com/stickwork

Watch as Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden artist-in-residence Patrick Dougherty builds a large-scale, temporary sculpture of woven sticks and saplings in the Anderson Meadow; we are calling the process “Meadowmorphosis.”

Here in our second video you can see Patrick Dougherty, his assistant Andy Lynch, and volunteers from Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden mowing the site, laying out the sculpture in hose, drilling holes with an auger and placing the first sticks. The sculpture is made of young red maple saplings harvested in Chesterfield County and sweet gum saplings from Hanover County.

The sculpture, will stand as long as nature allows and is here to be enjoyed for years to come.

To learn more about Patrick Dougherty & the Meadowmorphosis, please visit our website: http://tinyurl.com/stickwork

If you have 2 minutes, treat yourself to some beauty & watch a blooming lotus time lapse movie! catch a few of the last lotus blooms if you visit the Garden soon!

We just got back from checking the cameras at Lewis Ginter since its crunch time and the blooming has started. We have posted a few still shots for you and we are editing the beginning of the time lapse. Check back soon for the movie.

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After several days of testing and making sure we were in the right locaton, the Lotus Flowers are starting to bloom and this should be a bright and colorful time lapse. View some of the samples below of what is to come!

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We are shooting  a time lapse of the Lotus Flower at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden.
Lotuses are perhaps the most spectacular plants in aquatic environments. The Chinese say that, once having seen the growing lotus, you never forget it. The lotus flowers have color from red, pink, pale yellow to creamy white. A separate, long, tubular stalk supports each flower and each large round leaf is usually white or pink with 15 or more oval, spreading petals, and a peculiar, flat seedcase at its center. (Read more about Lotus at FlowerPictures.net website) and don’t forget to visit Lewisginter.org.

We have already setup a camera and it should be filming until the middle of June. Stay tuned!

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