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details that would be missed by the average visitor.
Horticultural information, historical background, and
the aesthetic interpretation and ambience of gardens
are all easily transmitted through multi-media techni-
ques.
Old Salem gardens and landscapes offer unique possibilities
for a broad range of specialized garden exhibits and audio-
visual presentations. Listed below are potential exhibit themes
grouped into three categories:.
A. Horticulture and Botany
P. The culture and training ofiifruit trees in Salem, in-
cluding peaches, apples, cMrries, apricots, pears,
and quinces
2. 18th and 19th century agricultural/horticultural im-
plements likely used by the Moravians
3. Native plants of Forsyth County, North Carolina, seen
through botanical illustrations and herbarium speci-
mens
4. Early botanizing in the Wachovia
Kramsch-von Schweinitz connection"
B. History and Landscape Architecture
1 . History of Salem gardens and landscapes, 1766-1848
2 . 18th and 19th century garden books, with a focus on
garden calendars which might have been used by the
Mor avian s
3. 19th century garden catalogs and seed sources available
to the Moravians such as seed from Germany and
Europe; Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; Charleston, South
Carolina; the Shakers in Ohio
4. Development of cold frames and glasshouses in Salem,
with emphasis on the Belo yard
C. Arts and Aesthetics
1. Plant and garden photography in Salem gardens
2. 19th century flower arranging
3. Uses of plants and their derivatives in the manufacture
of decorative arts and industrial commodities,
such as flax in linen, rye in straw baskets, tobacco
twists, lavender and rosemary in potpourri, and
gourds as household utensils
4. 19th century seasonal decorations (Christmas, Easter,
Harvest, etc.) from plants
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