Director's Journal: The IMA Greenhouse

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Indianapolis Museum of Art
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IMA's official website...as opposed to the unofficial website.

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Who is Maxwell Anderson?
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He's more than just the top guy at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Visit his website to learn more about his career and publications.

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Madeline F. Elder Greenhouse Shop
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The greenhouse was built in the 1920s and used to provide flowers and food to the residents of Lilly House.

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Oldfields Historic Gardens
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Oldfields magnificent gardens and grounds were designed in the 1920s by Percival Gallagher of the landscape architecture firm Olmsted Brothers.

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The Ravine Garden
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The beautiful Rapp Family Ravine Garden is a historical garden and a major feature of the Oldfields estate.

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Which is the most popular flower nowadays?
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We're not telling. Go check it out!

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Need gardening info?
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Lots and lots and lots of gardening info for you.

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Lilly House
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Oldfields–Lilly House and Gardens is a 26-acre historic estate and house museum located on the IMA campus,

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Indianapolis Gardens
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Beauty in bloom: A walk through lush local landscapes

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What is a green thumb?
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The image sums it up nicely.

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Learn about current IMA events with Melvin and Bren Simon Director and CEO Maxwell Anderson. This episode features an introduction to the Greenhouse by Lynne Habig and Sue NordPeiffer.

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00:00:03 Welcome back to imamuseum.org. I'm Max Anderson, The Melvin and Bren Simon Director and CEO, and we're standing on this brisk autumn afternoon

00:00:11 in a very warm glass house, one of five in the Indianapolis Museum of Art's Madeline F. Elder Greenhouse.

00:00:23 Tell us a bit about the history of this remarkable place.

00:00:26 Well, this is one of the outbuildings of the Oldfields Estate and this house was actually constructed in the '40s on the foundation of an older greenhouse

00:00:36 that had become in a state of disrepair.

00:00:39 Hey, the ceiling is moving. Tell us about what's going on up there?

00:00:42 That's part of our new step into the 21st century. Our vents actually open and close using a computer.

00:00:50 In the old days, every time the sun went behind a cloud, we'd have to run in and open and close the vents in response to the temperature change.

00:00:59 Sue, I see a large variety of plants. Give us a sense about how this mixture came to pass and what we're doing here?

00:01:05 Some are historically appropriate and others are just, what's the fashion trend of the moment.

00:01:11 So, this is very much like an art museum. We are cultivating plants that are of interest in a contemporary style, but we also have historically accurate plants in relation to the past.

00:01:19 Right!

00:01:24 This is ultimately going to be our interpretation space where we will link better to the Oldfields properties. We want to tell that historical story.

00:01:33 People will be able to walk in from Lilly and get a feel for what a conservatory greenhouse would have done in the heyday of the estate.

00:01:45 We are standing in the shop of the IMA Greenhouse, and we are here with Lynne Habig who is going to tell us a little bit about some of the things that are both underway and planned for the shop.

00:01:53 Hi Lynne!

00:01:54 Hi there! One of the things that we are very excited about is our signature series that will highlight the plants that we are known for on the grounds

00:02:03 both the modern section and the historical section.

00:02:05 And what makes us distinctive as a shop in this community, would you say?

00:02:09 I think the fact that we have very unusual shop material that you won't find in box stores and major retailers. From the ridiculous to the sublime [Right] but all with the nature related theme.

00:02:22 Thank you, once again, for visiting imamuseum.org at the Madeline F. Elder Greenhouse. Come back soon, and we'll give you some more insight into our remarkable grounds and collections at the IMA.