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[Dry Garden Base Construction #1]

Description: Photograph of the base of the Karesansui Dry Landscape Garden under construction at the Fort Worth Japanese Garden, which consists of a rectangular enclosure of concrete stilts stuck into the ground. Numerous trenches have been dug around the concrete stilts, which have steel wires projecting out from them, to be used by the wooden frame to be built on it. Several workers walk around the base, and a white truck is visible parked behind the dry garden at right.
Date: 1970-06~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.736200 -97.365753

[Dry Garden Base Construction #2]

Description: Photograph of the base of the Karesansui Dry Landscape Garden under construction at the Fort Worth Japanese Garden, which consists of a rectangular enclosure of concrete stilts stuck into the ground. Wooden planks have been laid across pairs of stilts, each holding joints for wooden ribs to be laid in between. Several wires are laid across the dry garden's gravel space.
Date: 1970-06~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.736187 -97.365763

[Dry Garden Base Construction #3]

Description: Photograph of the base of the Karesansui Dry Landscape Garden under construction at the Fort Worth Japanese Garden, which consists of a rectangular enclosure of concrete stilts stuck into the ground. A tractor drives between the stilts, away from the camera, dragging a tool with it and being watched by two workers. An excavator is visible at left between the stilts, and a white truck is parked at right next to a stack of timber.
Date: 1970-06~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.736205 -97.365777

[Dry Garden Enclosure Construction]

Description: Photograph of the enclosure of the Karesansui Dry Landscape Garden under construction at the Fort Worth Japanese Garden. The enclosure, built on short round concrete stilts, has a completed frame, with narrow wooden strips used for parts of the outside wall of the enclosure. The ceiling and several portions of the outside wall remain incomplete. The dry garden's boulders are visible in the garden itself, as well as a tall power pole.
Date: 1970-06~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.736211 -97.365753

[Dry Garden Frame Construction]

Description: Photograph of a corner of the wooden frame of the Karesansui Dry Landscape Garden under construction in the Japanese Garden at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden, built on multiple short round concrete stilts. One side has not yet been fully built, with numerous exposed joints in the structure at left. Two saw horses rest near the dry garden's base, while pieces of lumber are scattered under and around the frame.
Date: 1970-06~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.736265 -97.365676

[Dry Garden Landscape Construction]

Description: Photograph of construction of the Karesansui Dry Landscape Garden at the Fort Worth Japanese Garden. Workers dig trenches with pickaxes and other tools alongside the gravel landscape of the dry garden, with a small yellow trencher machine and a small tractor driven by another worker besides them. The construction takes place within the unbuilt enclosure of the dry garden, its concrete stilts visible around the workers.
Date: 1970-06~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.736054 -97.365736

[Eastern Fuller Garden Construction Work]

Description: Photograph of the Fuller Garden and the Leonard Courtyard at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden undergoing work. The courtyard's elevated concrete planters, with yellow shrubs and flowers planted inside, are visible in the lower left half of the image. The veranda of the Garden Center is visible on the left side of the image. Construction workers and gardeners, scattered across the garden, work on stone pathways embedded into the grass. A man in a hat gestures towards an empty patch of dirt to anoth… more
Date: 1990-06~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.740348 -97.364150

[Echium bourgeauanum close-up on Tenerife Island, Canary Islands #1]

Description: Close-up photograph of Echium bourgeauanum (Tajinaste or Tower of Jewels) from El Tiede on Tenerife Island, Canary Islands. The fuchsia-colored flowers are evenly distributed in a spiral pattern along the stalk. The flowers have a tubular-shaped corolla consisting of five petals that flare outwards from the tubular base. The stamens are visible and extend beyond the corolla. The anther is highlighted due to its contrasting color. The pistil also visible. Flower buds are small, oval-shaped, lig… more
Date: June 8, 1967
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Echium bourgeauanum close-up on Tenerife Island, Canary Islands #2]

Description: Close-up photograph of Echium bourgeauanum (Tajinaste or Tower of Jewels) from El Tiede on Tenerife Island, Canary Islands. The fuchsia-colored flowers are evenly distributed in a spiral pattern along the stalk. The flowers have a tubular-shaped corolla consisting of five petals that flare outwards from the tubular base. The stamens are visible and extend beyond the corolla. The anther is highlighted due to its contrasting color. The pistil also visible. Flower buds are small, oval-shaped, ligh… more
Date: June 8, 1967
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Echium bourgeauanum close-up on Tenerife Island, Canary Islands #3]

Description: Close-up photograph of Echium bourgeauanum (Tajinaste or Tower of Jewels) from El Tiede on Tenerife Island, Canary Islands. The fuchsia-colored flowers are evenly distributed in a spiral pattern along the stalk. The flowers have a tubular-shaped corolla consisting of five petals that flare outwards from the tubular base. The stamens are visible and extend beyond the corolla. The anther is highlighted due to its contrasting color. The pistil also visible. Flower buds are small, oval-shaped, ligh… more
Date: June 8, 1967
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Echium bourgeauanum on Tenerife Island, Canary Islands #1]

Description: Photograph of Echium bourgeauanum (Tajinaste or Tower of Jewels). Two examples grow on an open, rocky slope and volcanic soil of El Tiede on Tenerife Island, Canary Islands. The plants have a striking, erect, stalk that is densely branched and covered with fuchsia-colored flowers that are tubular-shaped. The dense florets give a striking cylindrical shape to the stalk that taper towards the top. Leaves are arranged primarily at the base of the plant. The basal leaves are larger and lanceolate (… more
Date: June 8, 1967
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Echium bourgeauanum on Tenerife Island, Canary Islands #2]

Description: Photograph of Echium bourgeauanum (Tajinaste or Tower of Jewels). Two examples grow on an open, rocky slope and volcanic soil of El Tiede on Tenerife Island, Canary Islands. The plants have a striking, erect, stalk that is densely branched and covered with fuchsia-colored flowers that are tubular-shaped. The dense florets give a striking cylindrical shape to the stalk that taper towards the top. Leaves are arranged primarily at the base of the plant. The basal leaves are larger and lanceolate (… more
Date: June 8, 1967
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Echium bourgeauanum on Tenerife Island, Canary Islands #3]

Description: Photograph of Echium bourgeauanum (Tajinaste or Tower of Jewels). Two examples grow on an open, rocky slope and volcanic soil of El Tiede on Tenerife Island, Canary Islands. The plants have a striking, erect, stalk that is densely branched and covered with fuchsia-colored flowers that are tubular-shaped. The dense florets give a striking cylindrical shape to the stalk that taper towards the top. Leaves are arranged primarily at the base of the plant. The basal leaves are larger and lanceolate (… more
Date: June 8, 1967
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Echium bourgeauanum on Tenerife Island, Canary Islands #4]

Description: Photograph of Echium bourgeauanum (Tajinaste or Tower of Jewels) from El Tiede on Tenerife Island, Canary Islands. A partial view of a striking, erect, stalk that is densely branched and covered with fuchsia-colored flowers that are tubular-shaped. The dense florets give a cylindrical shape to the stalk that tapers towards the top. An insect hovers near the right side of the stalk. On the left side, a building is visible in the background.
Date: June 8, 1967
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Echium bourgeauanum on Tenerife Island, Canary Islands #5]

Description: Photograph of Echium bourgeauanum (Tajinaste or Tower of Jewels) from El Tiede on Tenerife Island, Canary Islands. A partial view of a striking, erect, stalk that is densely branched and covered with fuchsia-colored flowers that are tubular-shaped. The dense florets give a cylindrical shape to the stalk that tapers towards the top. An insect hovers near the left-side of the stalk. A rocky outcrop is visible in the background.
Date: June 8, 1967
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Echium bourgeauanum on Tenerife Island, Canary Islands #6]

Description: Photograph of Echium bourgeauanum (Tajinaste or Tower of Jewels) from El Tiede on Tenerife Island, Canary Islands. A partial view of a striking, erect, stalk that is densely branched and covered with fuchsia-colored flowers that are tubular-shaped. The dense florets give a cylindrical shape to the stalk that tapers towards the top. An insect rests on a flower on the left-side of the stalk.
Date: June 8, 1967
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
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