Mable Ringling's rose garden at 100 years old, is the oldest tended rose garden in Florida.
While Ringling In Bloom is attacting folks finding their way through flowers this weekend, a Washington Post travel piece is telling visitors to stop and smell the roses, too. Freelance travel writer and blogger Judy Wells' piece published Thursday, Feb. 28, spotlights the handy work of Mable Ringling of the famous circus family, who has an exquisite rose garden on the grounds of the Ca' d'Zan at the Ringling Museum of Art. What is amazing is that thise garden turns 100 this year, which makes it the oldest maintained rose garden in the Sunshine State, according to the Washington Post. Curator Lauretta Bestpitch filled in the writer with some key details of Mable Ring's gardening history: "The original garden was a bit smaller than the …
Paolo Veronese: A Master and His Workshop in Renaissance Venice opens Friday at the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art.
Paolo Veronese is like the Gordon Ramsey of Renaissance artists but without the attitude. Imagine Veronese getting an order placed, then calling out instructions to his staff to get to work, much like a celebrity chef making sure his well trained culinary team can execute a menu to perfection and being able to show off in the process. "A Renaissance artist workshop is a bit like a fancy restaurant run by a celebrity chef," said Frederick Ilchman, Curator of Paintings at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston during a walk-through of a new Veronese exhibit that opens Friday at The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art. "…Paolo Veronese was supervising a hell of activity, and he had family members and a bunch of his assistance following his recipes…
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Carolyn Brown
11:10 pm on Friday, April 5, 2013
My favorite has to be the Mable Ringling Rose Garden. The bushes were as beautiful as the roses. the riot of colors and fragrances were spectacular. My only regret is that we could not spend the day. Selby is great, but to a rose lover, Mable's garden is very special. Carolyn Brown more ›