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Did you notice the fantastic floral shoes on display in the first floor lobby vitrines at Central Library? These are the creations of the Rock Spring Garden Club, submitted for our current show, "The Art of Food."
The inspiration for the fancy footwear came about after a member of the Rock Spring Garden Club attended the Philadelphia International Flower Show last year and saw shoes and handbags decorated with dried plant material - apparently a bona fide flower show category in the "Artistic Crafts" division.
So starting last autumn, members began to collect their own dried plant material - with the expectation of entering their decorated shoes into the Library's Recycled Art Show (held for the last 3 years in April). Luckily, when "The Art of Food" show was announced instead (inspired by this year's Arlington Reads theme of food sustainability), the club quickly realized that much of the dried plant material on the shoes was both recycled and food!
The Art of Food exhibit continues on the Central Library's second floor, and will be on display until April 30.
The Rock Spring Garden Club is devoted to floral design, horticulture, conservation and the environment. They meet once a month and welcomes new members - for more information contact President Sallie McHugh at [email protected].
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Spring Shoes for "The Art of Food"
Did you notice the fantastic floral shoes on display in the first floor lobby vitrines at Central Library? These are the creations of the Rock Spring Garden Club, submitted for our current show, "The Art of Food."The inspiration for the fancy footwear came about after a member of the Rock Spring Garden Club attended the Philadelphia International Flower Show last year and saw shoes and handbags decorated with dried plant material - apparently a bona fide flower show category in the "Artistic Crafts" division.
So starting last autumn, members began to collect their own dried plant material - with the expectation of entering their decorated shoes into the Library's Recycled Art Show (held for the last 3 years in April). Luckily, when "The Art of Food" show was announced instead (inspired by this year's Arlington Reads theme of food sustainability), the club quickly realized that much of the dried plant material on the shoes was both recycled and food!
The Art of Food exhibit continues on the Central Library's second floor, and will be on display until April 30.
The Rock Spring Garden Club is devoted to floral design, horticulture, conservation and the environment. They meet once a month and welcomes new members - for more information contact President Sallie McHugh at [email protected].
- Garden Talk: How To Grow A Pizza
Join us Wednesday, June 15, 7:00 p.m. at the Central Library Vegetable Garden for a Garden Talk on How to Grow a Pizza, with Anne Santarone and Gary Fremerman. Children and their adults will learn how one of their favorite foods is closely connected...
- Starting Your Spring Garden - Tonight!
We've turned over the winter crop to prepare our garden for SpringJoin us Wednesday, April 20 at 7:00 p.m. at the Central Library Vegetable Garden for our first Garden Talk of the new year: Starting your Spring Garden. USDA research entomologist...
- Tour Central's Garden This Wednesday
Have you been watching the Central Library's new organic garden grow (either in person or online)? Stop outside Central's east doors on Wednesday, June 30 at 10 a.m., and meet some of the folks who made this great community project happen....
- Vegetable Garden At The Library
Come visit the Central Library for a first-hand look at what it takes to create an urban vegetable garden. Inspired by the Arlington Reads 2010 theme of food sustainability, the Library is partnering with a variety of community organizations and agencies...
- 'the Art Of Food' Submission Deadline Friday
Arlington Public Library's Art Committee is seeking artists from the Metro DC region who create art related to Food and Food Sustainability, for a juried exhibition April 2 - April 30, 2010. This exhibition will be held in conjunction with the...