A Visit to Flora Grubb Gardens + The Sarracenia Sink

You may find this hard to believe – but this past weekend was my first time visiting Flora Grubb Gardens! (Better late than never, right?) Man, was I missing out! So glad that I finally got to see this impressive and phenomenal oasis of botanical goodness. Dahlia and I were truly inspired by the flora-radness. Many fellow gardeners – both carnie-heads and non-carnie-heads have told me about Jared Crawford’s amazing artistry with the Sarracenia sink display (photos below slideshow), and I figured it was time to finally go and check it out – along with the rest of Flora Grubb’s sheer magnificence! There’s so much to talk about that I could go on for days and days about it, but I’ll let the photos speak for themselves. Enjoy!

Click here for the full screen version of the slideshow!

A few photos of Jared’s handiwork with the sink are below!
I am looking forward to many more visits. :) Thanks again FGG for the botanical inspiration!

Flora Grubb Gardens
Sarracenia Sink by Jarred Crawford. Beautiful Display with S. leucophylla ‘Tarnok’, S. ‘Judith Hindle’, S. purpurea, Drosera binata ssp, Dionaea muscipula and other carnivores!

Flora Grubb GardensSarracenia Sink by Jarred Crawford.

Flora Grubb Gardens
Sarracenia Sink by Jarred Crawford. To the right is another display container using S. ‘Judith Hindle’ and what appears to be S. ‘Cobras Nest’.

Flora Grubb Gardens
Sarracenia cuteness in effect.

Flora Grubb GardensSarracenia cuteness in effect.

 

9 Responses to A Visit to Flora Grubb Gardens + The Sarracenia Sink

  1. Nice shots, Rob! Great to see The Sink is still around and looking good! I love that giant face sculpture too! Pricey, huh?? I’m guessing…$10,000. haha

  2. boZannical ZannNo Gravatar

    I wish I’d known you were there! I totally would have said hi!

  3. boZannical ZannNo Gravatar

    Yup. I’m there every day but Fri/Sat… I’ll look forward to meeting you one of these days!

  4. I wish I could do a toilet or an old claw foot tub full o’ carnies here but I don’t think they’d survive the freezing temps about ground in the winter. If I can find some really cheap Sarrs though it might be worth experimenting…

  5. Zann is in da house!!!

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