The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum revives a tradition started by its founder, showcasing a vibrant display of plants in the courtyard. The exhibit features a variety of species, including aloe plants, jade trees, and amaryllis, creating a colorful oasis in the heart of Boston.
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is continuing a tradition started by its founder by creating a festive display of plants in the courtyard. According to the museum's head horticulturalist Erika Rumbley, Gardner worked with talented gardeners in the early 1900s to create festive displays in her courtyard. Now large succulent aloe plants, velvety foliage, flowering jade trees and crimson amaryllis are filling the lush space with seasonal cheer.
“We’ve made these nests out of these fresh evergreen branches, partially cut from local farms, that have amaryllis rising up out of them,” Rumbley said. “Creating those special moments inside the collage of the garden is a real joy.” Mrs. Gardener’s courtyard was inspired by conservatories that amassed plants from all over the globe. The plants were kept in greenhouses so they could live in northern climates like Boston. Rumbley and her team nurture the museum’s massive “living collection” and rotate the museum's courtyard installations 10 times a year.In the winter months, Rumbley said Bostonians’ eyes are calibrated to the grays, browns and greens of the landscape. But when they step inside the courtyard they meet a colorful palette of rich greens and vibrant blooms. “Even before I worked at the Gardner, this is what made me fall in love with the place,” Rumbley said. “It’s that saturated color that feels like medicine in the winter.” The museum’s container garden features dozens of plant species. “I think the joy of working in this space is that we're working inside this historic frame that doesn't change,” Rumbley said, “but we're working to produce something fresh so that you're seeing something you've never seen before.” According to Gardner lore, the museum’s jade plants can be traced back to the founder’s time. “The jades we are working with today are propagated from jades that she had in her greenhouses over 120 years ago,” Rumbley said
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