Three New Reasons to Visit the Atlanta Botanical Garden
The greenest corner of Atlanta opened three new gardens on May 1: the Edible Garden, the Canopy Walk and the Cascades Garden. Always ahead of the curve when it comes to design and programming, the Atlanta Botanical Garden keeps visitors returning again and again. For more information visit atlantabotanicalgarden.org.
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An aerial view shows the formal design for the Edible Garden, which replaces the botanical garden’s 1-acre parking lot.
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The new Canopy Walk at the Atlanta Botanical Garden is a 600-foot-long, 40-foot-tall suspension bridge designed to connect visitors with nature by navigating the treetops of Storza Woods, a 13-acre woodland garden.
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The new Cascades Garden is a series of waterfalls surrounded by hardy tropicals, which by late summer will include bananas, gingers, elephant’s-ears and palms.
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The new Edible Garden is designed in a series of three crop circle-inspired garden rooms that emphasize vertical gardening.
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The first garden room in the Edible Garden is dubbed the Vegetable Amphitheatre where seasonal crops mixed with flowering annuals and herbs are showcased.
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Handblown glass fruits and vegetables by Cohn-Stone Studios in San Francisco are part of an exhibition in the Edible Garden here through the fall.
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An Herb Wall featuring more than 2,000 plants of about a dozen varieties illustrates the vertical gardening concept.
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An appropriate inscription that basically means "from water, comes life" is by Henry Ward Beecher.
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Senior horticulturist Colleen Dudley, who oversees the new Edible Garden, waters a patch of spring plantings.
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Chef Kevin Gillespie of Woodfire Grill collects herbs for a cooking demo.
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Close up of some of the 2,000 plants that demonstrate vertical gardening.
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A water wall forms a partition between two of the garden rooms and serves up an inspiring inscription.
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Guests move through the Edible Garden, ending in the outdoor kitchen pavillion where inspiration will be served up all year long. Above, Chef Kevin Gillespie (who was a finalist and "fan favorite" on season six of Bravo TV's Top Chef competition) cooks up a lesson for guests.
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Guests learn about cooking from the garden and about wine and food pairings in the Edible Garden's outdoor kitchen pavilion.
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Primarily designed by Tres Fromme of Dallas-based MESA design firm, the Edible Garden is nothing short of stylish and chic.
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The new Canopy Walk at the Atlanta Botanical Garden is a 600-foot-long, 40-foot-tall suspension bridge designed to connect visitors with nature by navigating the treetops of Storza Woods, a 13-acre woodland garden.
Photo by: Erica George Dines, courtesy of Atlanta Botanical Garden
The new Canopy Walk at the Atlanta Botanical Garden is a 600-foot-long, 40-foot-tall suspension bridge designed to connect visitors with nature by navigating the treetops of Storza Woods, a 13-acre woodland garden.
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A cobalt blue glass sculpture by artist Dale Chihuly forms the centerpiece of the parterre. The garden hosted a blockbuster exhibition by the Seattle-based artist in 2004.
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Colorful container gardens accent a sculpture by glass artist Dale Chihuly in the garden’s parterre.
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Colorful summer annuals and perennials accent the Atlanta Botanical Garden’s parterre, where the Midtown Atlanta skyline looms beyond.
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Beds of asters and other perennials frame the Great Lawn entrance to the Dorothy Chapman Fuqua Conservatory, which opened in 1989.
