From: lbmkjm at yahoo.com (brian lee) on 2008.06.20 at 17:10:21(17877)
Dear Dan,
Aloha and mahalo for providing this link to Phipps Conservatory. It is amazing what can be done if a garden saves it's pennies. Do you know what the construction budget was? Was Phipps a steel baron? I have to take a better look later to read a history of this garden.
Perhaps Longwood Gardens would be a useful contact for Jeremy...although I know nothing about their tropical collection outside of the cascade garden that Roberto Burle Marx designed. It is a well funded garden, however.
Sorry to hear about your hail damage...hopefully everything will make a full recovery.
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--- On Mon, 6/16/08, Daniel Devor wrote:
> From: Daniel Devor
> Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Glasshouses, Botanic Gardens & sustainability
> To: "Discussion of aroids"
> Date: Monday, June 16, 2008, 3:52 PM
> Hi Jeremy,
>
> Check out Phipps Conservatory in Pittsburgh. There are
> many, many firsts for conservatories in terms of totally
> passive cooling so there is no HVAC, the first fuel cell in
> the world in a conservatory, they have the first LEED
> visitor center and they have more than 6,000 sq. ft. of
> roof that opens to deal with the so-called GH effect. The
> web site that deals with this technology is at:
> http://www.phipps.conservatory.org/greencomp1.htm
>
> Unfortunately, they have few aroids of any interest at all
> as these are of very little interest to the average
> conservatory visitor.
>
> Best of luck with your endeavors,
>
> Dan
>
> Dan Devor
> Gibsonia, PA, where we had an insane hail storm today that
> left most of my plants without leaves or radically ripped
> up at best!!
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jeremy P
> To: VicAdventure mailing list ; Discussion of aroids ;
> The AERGC Forum
> Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 1:19 AM
> Subject: [Aroid-l] Glasshouses, Botanic Gardens &
> sustainability
>
>
> Hello Everyone,
>
> I have a few quick questions for you, and if you could
> spare 5 minutes to make some suggestions I'd be most
> appreciative! I'm putting together a potential study
> tour for myself, focusing on sustainability in design and
> practice in glasshouses & nurseries - primarily those
> in botanic gardens, universities & similar
> organisations. I'm looking globally, and would love
> your thoughts on the following:
>
> - institutes or similar places that have glasshouses
> &/or nurseries built on sustainable principles;
> - any new projects/buildings/places being built that
> incorporate sustainability and responsible resource use
> into the design, or even better, are primarily focused on
> these principles;
>
> I'd also love your suggestions for:
> - botanic gardens, universities or similar public spaces
> that have a tropical collection and you consider to be a
> top rate destination;
>
> I'll be collating all the feedback I get and can send
> it on to interested bods. I'll also post it on the
> Tropical Talk Forum (see link below). And remember: the
> suggestion you may think is too obvious or simple may just
> be the one I'm looking for! So please don't hold
> back on sending your thoughts through...
>
> Many thanks for your time and ideas!
>
> Jeremy
> (and if this trip comes off I might just be able to get
> around to visiting some of you!)
>
> _________________________
>
> Jeremy Prentice
> Horticultural Technician (Nursery)
> Tropical Talk Forum Administrator
> Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne
> Victoria, Australia
>
>
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