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According to Pliny, Roman Emperor Tiberius’s doctors instructed their charge to consume a fruit of the Cucurbits family each day. To grow these melon and cucumber fruits year-round on his home island of Capri, Tiberius directed construction of specularia: “[He] had raised beds made in frames upon wheels, by means of which the Cucumis were moved and exposed to the full heat of the sun; while, in winter, they were withdrawn, and placed under the protection of frames glazed with mirror-stone.”
Thus begins
The Conservatory: Gardens Under Glass. Illustrating their text with stunning photography, the authors Alan Stein and Nancy Virts, co-founders of Maryland’s Tanglewood Conservatories, survey the evolution of the conservatory in Europe, North America, and, ultimately, the world. The conservatory, an outgrowth of global trade, imperialism, and innovation, embodies a historical leap in the conjoining of architecture and landscape architecture the extension of the growing s
Thatâs exactly how Sam Hughes, from Cordova, spent his time: building his pride and joy,
Miss Mary Lee.
Built out of wood and fiberglass,
Miss Mary Lee sits at 14-feet-and-6 inches long, is over 7-feet wide, and packs an 8-horsepower outboard motor. Sheâs decorated with an industrial coating of black-and-white paint and topped with a 5-gallon air compressor horn.
Hughes smiled proudly as he drifted around Easton Point Marina atop
Miss Mary Lee on Dec. 15, a couple weeks after the tugboat was all finished. She only goes five miles per hour, but it was enough for him.
âSheâs a little boat designed for having fun and enjoying the water,â he said. âBoating is a hobby to most, but itâs a passion for me.â
By Grace Mitchell Tada, Associate ASLA
According to Pliny, Roman Emperor Tiberius’s doctors instructed their charge to consume a fruit of the Cucurbits family each day. To grow these melon and cucumber fruits year-round on his home island of Capri, Tiberius directed construction of specularia: “[He] had raised beds made in frames upon wheels, by means of which the Cucumis were moved and exposed to the full heat of the sun; while, in winter, they were withdrawn, and placed under the protection of frames glazed with mirror-stone.”
Thus begins
The Conservatory: Gardens Under Glass. Illustrating their text with stunning photography, the authors Alan Stein and Nancy Virts, co-founders of Maryland’s Tanglewood Conservatories, survey the evolution of the conservatory in Europe, North America, and, ultimately, the world. The conservatory, an outgrowth of global trade, imperialism, and innovation, embodies a historical leap in the conjoining of architecture and landscape architect