Our 2021 LotusFest Event was a huge success attracting over 600 attendees on July 31 and August 1. The lotus will continue blooming all through August but we use this weekend to kickoff our celebration. We shared our photos on WeChat, with our family, friends and growers in China. The story caught the eye of a reporter for China Gardening Express, who wanted to share the story with their readers. Here is his article with a Google translation following:
美国荷花展彰显中国传统文化特色
中国花木园林快讯 记者柏斌报道 7月31日8月1日,
American lotus exhibition highlights the characteristics of traditional Chinese culture China Gardening Express reporter Bai Bin reported that on July 31st and August 1, the Bergen Water Garden in New York, USA, held a lotus exhibition with Chinese traditional cultural characteristics, focusing on 300 lotus varieties, mainly Chinese lotus varieties.
美国赏花游客在花园欣赏荷花
据该花园总经理、国际睡莲与水景园协会前执行总监拉里介绍,
U.S. flower visitors admire lotus flowers in the garden According to Larry, general manager of the garden and former executive director of the International Waterlily and Waterscape Gardens Association, the garden’s first lotus exhibition in 2019 exhibited more than 250 lotus varieties. The operation was suspended last year due to the impact of the epidemic. This year’s lotus exhibition, through lotus pond planting and tank planting, showed the Chinese’ Autumn in Moling’, ‘Charming Lips’,’Black Red’,’Tower of Day and Night,’Da Sajin’, and ‘Golden Splash Hibiscus’ Lotus’ There are more than 300 varieties of lotus including the United States’ Yellow Bird, Mrs. Perry D Slocum, and three original lotus species from India.
美国赏花游客在品尝具有中国特色的莲藕片美食
据了解,本次荷花展除主要展示中国荷花品种外,
U.S. flower-viewing tourists are tasting lotus root slices on Italian pizza, with Chinese characteristics It is understood that this lotus exhibition not only mainly displays Chinese lotus varieties, but also combines American waterscape landscapes, and cleverly displays pavilions, ceramics, lanterns, floral works and other exhibits with Chinese traditional cultural characteristics, and lotus roots fried with lotus roots. Films and other delicacies for citizens to appreciate and taste. In addition, lectures were held to popularize the knowledge of lotus cultivation and Chinese lotus culture. Larry said: “August is the season when the lotus is in full bloom, so during the flower show, many Americans come to appreciate the lotus and experience the traditional Chinese culture every day. It’s an important platform to understand Chinese lotus and Chinese lotus culture.”
身着中国旗袍的美国少女与具有中国特色的荷花主题花艺作品合影
据悉,总面积16英亩(约97亩)
An American girl in a Chinese cheongsam posing with a lotus-themed floral work with Chinese characteristics It is reported that the Bergen Water Garden with a total area of 16 acres (about 97 acres) not only planted lotus, but also planted about 150 varieties of tropical waterlilies, hardy water lilies and trans-subgenus water lilies. It is the largest insectivorous plant retailer in New York. Larry told reporters that the International Waterlily and Water Garden Association (IWGS) plans to hold an annual meeting in the garden in 2023/the future. To this end, they will expand the lotus pond and add about 50 lotus species.
极具中国特色的荷花主题花艺作品
Lotus theme floral works with Chinese characteristics
极具中国特色的荷花主题花艺作品
Lotus theme floral works with Chinese characteristics
极具中国特色的荷花主题花艺作品
Lotus theme floral works with Chinese characteristics
具有中国文化特色的缸栽荷花
Potted lotus with Chinese cultural characteristics
具有中国文化特色的缸栽荷花
Potted lotus with Chinese cultural characteristics
美国赏花游客在品尝具有中国特色的莲藕片美食
U.S. flower-viewing tourists are tasting lotus root slices on Italian pizza with Chinese characteristics
纽约卑尔根水上花园景观
View of Bergen Water Garden, New York
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