BBC NEWS | UK | Kew to open botanical art gallery – Annotated London’s Kew Gardens is to open the world’s first gallery dedicated to botanical art works – some of which have never been seen by the public. Kew has a vast collection of more than 200,000 art works. Some of the illustrations of [...]

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Natural Phenomenon: Entertainment & Culture: vanityfair.com – Annotated Via Archinect.com. This fall, after eight years and almost half a billion dollars, world-famous architect Renzo Piano will complete the greenest museum ever built—the new California Academy of Sciences, in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park—housing its aquarium, planetarium, and natural-history museum under a two-and-a-half-acre “living roof.” by [...]

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Invasive Notes: Butterflies and Smithsonian; Invasive Species and You Annotated We plant flowers for the adults on the one hand, while at the same time working diligently to remove all traces of the caterpillar which is busy eating our plants. In other words, we remove the native host plants which provide a food source for [...]

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Leader Quits at the Mount, Former Home of Edith Wharton – New York Times Annotated Following months of increasing financial troubles for the Mount, Edith Wharton’s home in Lenox, Mass., the president of the organization that owns and maintains the property has resigned rather than accept a new position in a restructured management, trustees said. [...]

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The Mount | Edith Wharton’s Estate and Gardens Annotated The Mount is faced with imminent foreclosure, which could result in this National Historic Landmark being closed to the public forever. Please make a contribution now! To prevent foreclosure, The Mount estimates that it needs to raise up to $3 million through the Save The Mount [...]

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