LAR 401, Spring 2016, North Carolina Museum of Art Bulb Garden, Raleigh, NC, received $7,000 in donations and resulted in a $3,000 value for design and $30,000+ value for landscape construction
During the HS 401 construction studio, I developed funding and partnerships that allowed my students to work with Dr. De Hertogh, the world leader in bulb cultivation, to create a stunning garden as the central feature for the NC Museum of Art’s Art in Bloom event in 2016. Students worked directly with, the leading bulb specialist in the world, and local landscape construction crew for professional experience and networking, to create a point of pride for themselves, the Art Museum, and NC State. Funding & Partnerships: Not including the cost of greenhouse, coolers, and labor, I secured more than $7,000 in donations ($700 from the NC museum of art, an in-kind donation of $2,900 worth of allium and daffodil bulbs, $600 worth of hostas, and $2,200 of landscape materials, crews).
Gardens are said to have been successful when people take significant or important photographs there, or artists use them as subjects of their work. Both of these activities were seen at the garden NCMA bulb garden. Many couples and families used it as a backdrop, and a bride had her portrait and two artists were seen working en plein air at the bulb garden.