Girona, Spain’s Temps de Flors Festival Blends Horticulture and Art

June 6, 2024

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Updated June 6, 2024

The history of Girona, Spain, is as colorful as the ocher and coral-toned buildings lining the banks of the Onyar river

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Girona, Spain’s Temps de Flors Festival Blends Horticulture and Art

September 4, 2016

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temps-de-flors-eiffel-bridge-side-hanging-plants-urbangardenswebGustav Eiffel’s Pont de le Peixateries Velles over Onyar river. Photo: Robin Plaskoff Horton.

The history of Girona, Spain, is as colorful as the ochre and coral-toned buildings lining the banks of the Onyar river that flows through

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Azuma Makoto’s Frozen Botanical Sculptures

June 26, 2015

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For his installation, Iced Flowers, botanical artist Makota Azuma encapsulated flowers within large blocks of ice, as if they were frozen in time. When the ice melted, the preserved flowers in a way bloomed again, a nod to nature’s life Read More...

Feasting on Botanical Cuisine Prepared With Foraged Flowers and Herbs

August 4, 2013

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Like the nearby open fields where La Calendula’s owner-chef Iolanda Bustos forages for flowers and herbs, her restaurant’s exposed kitchen resembles a verdant theater in the round, a center stage surrounded by the colorful bounty she gathers every day between Read More...

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