Stowe garden brings together art and orchids
Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden is pairing the best of its collection of orchids with more than 40 orchid photographs by three North Carolina photographers for Art & Orchids: Flowers in Focus on display Jan. 22-Mar. 12.
The garden has developed a display of photogenic orchid arrangements to accompany photographs available for purchase.
Julie McMillan’s exhibit is a contemporary exhibition on metal, Rick Haithcox presents a study of form and structure in black and white, and Greg Allikas presents a traditional look at award-winning orchids.
The exhibition is free with general garden admission: $12.95 for adults, $11.95 for seniors 60 and older, and $6.95 for children 2-12. Garden hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. For more information, call 704-825-4490 or visit DSBG.org.
About the photographers
A commercial photographer in Palm Beach and orchid grower for 28 years, Greg Allikas is the awards photographer for West Palm Beach Judging Center and several annual south Florida orchid shows including Miami, Delray Beach, and Deerfield Beach. Now living in Brevard, Greg’s photos have been featured in numerous American Orchid Society publications and a series of posters he designed and produced. He serves on the AOS Information Committee. Numerous career awards include Grand Prize 13th World Orchid Conference photo contest. Greg is a Tropical Orchid Society member and proprietor of the Orchid Photo Page and O zone.
Commercial and fine photographer Julie McMillan runs Silver Birch Studio Photography. Originally from Akron, Ohio, she has traveled extensively in Kenya, Ghana, Brazil, Mexico and New Zealand. She has worked as freelance writer, food critic and jewelry artist. Julie has exhibited a number of times in her current home city of Asheville as well as Charlotte and New York City. She has been the awards photographer for the Western North Carolina Orchid Society for a number of years. She and her husband are long-time active members of the WNCOS.
Dallas, N.C., commercial and fine art photographer Rick Haithcox has operated his business in this area since 1987. He has earned a well-deserved reputation as one of the finest black and white portraiture and fine art photographers in the region and his résumé also includes both corporate and industrial photographic work. He has won numerous awards from the North Carolina Association of Professional Photographers, Professional Photographers of America, the Light Factory in Charlotte, and others. Rick spent months photographing the garden’s orchids.
Special events and programs
▪ During the opening weekend, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Jan. 22-24, the garden will host an orchid show and sale featuring Orchids from North Carolina Piedmont Orchid Society. A garden member opening is 9-11 a.m. Jan. 23, free.
▪ Art & Orchids Tour and Wine Pairing Opening Weekend Reception 3-5 p.m. Jan. 24. Tickets are $50 per guest. Make reservations online at dsbg.org or call 704-829-1294.
▪ Children’s Art Weekend 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Mar. 5 and 6 offers crafts designed to foster and celebrate the creativity of children.
▪ Orchid Presentation Series Jan. 23 and 24. Cost is $10 per day, plus admission. What is an Orchid? 11:30 a.m.-noon each day; Home Remedies for Pest & Disease Control 12:30-1 p.m. each day; How to Select an Orchid for Home Growing 1:30-2 p.m. each day.
▪ Orchid Workshops ($25 per workshop): Orchids 101 1-3 p.m. Jan. 30; Orchid Pollination 1-3 p.m. Feb. 13; Growing & Repotting Orchids 1-3 p.m. Mar. 5, plus $25 material fee.
▪ Orchid Photography with Julie McMillan ($46 per class): AOS Award Photography 12:30-3 p.m. Jan. 31; Phone-ography 9:30 a.m.-noon Feb. 6; Photographing Orchids with Natural Light 9:30-noon Mar. 19.
▪ First Tuesday Lectures: Orchids noon-1 p.m. Feb. 2; Orchid Photography noon-1 p.m. March 1.
This story was originally published January 15, 2016 at 2:11 PM with the headline "Stowe garden brings together art and orchids."