{"id":26506,"date":"2012-02-07T00:36:41","date_gmt":"2012-02-07T04:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=26506"},"modified":"2019-03-10T14:27:11","modified_gmt":"2019-03-10T18:27:11","slug":"natural-discourse-21012-uc-berkeley-botanical-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=26506","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Natural Discourse&#8221;  2\/10\/12 UC Berkeley Botanical Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The kick-off symposium to the year-long collaboration between <a href=\"http:\/\/botanicalgarden.berkeley.edu\">UCBG<\/a> and invited artists and writers will be held Friday, February 10, 2012, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/february2012\/homeshirl.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Natural Discourse&#8221; co-curators are Shirley Watts and Mary Anne Friel.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/february2012\/events.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/p>\n<p>Any attendees of 2009&#8217;s &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thelateshowgardens.org\/\">Late Show<\/a>&#8221; garden festival held at Cornerstone in Sonoma, California, will remember Shirley Watts&#8217; &#8220;The Garden of Mouthings,&#8221; which has now been installed at UCBG for &#8220;Natural Discourse.&#8221;  The undulating structure inspired by a natural beehive is made of Nomex and reclaimed redwood and has been sited at UCBG on the hill above the garden of old roses.<\/p>\n<p>The Garden of Mouthings at The Late Show Gardens 2009<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/february2012\/C26T6356sm.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/february2012\/C26T6361sm.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/p>\n<p>Reassembled at UCBG September 2011<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/jan2012\/_MG_3150.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/jan2012\/_MG_3170.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/p>\n<p>Settling in at UCBG<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/february2012\/16sw.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/p>\n<p>photo from UCBG promotional materials<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/jan2012\/_MG_3004-1.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/p>\n<p>(Unless otherwise noted, all photos by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mitchellmaher.org\/\">MB Maher<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The kick-off symposium to the year-long collaboration between UCBG and invited artists and writers will be held Friday, February 10, 2012, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. &#8220;Natural Discourse&#8221; co-curators are Shirley Watts and Mary Anne Friel. 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