Among the honors earned was the National Park Service Director s Award, chosen by U.S. National Park Service Director Jonathan Jarvis.
Months of hard work by Temple University Ambler and Tyler School of Art students, faculty and staff paid off with seven honors for Temple s 2016 Philadelphia Flower Show exhibit, After the Blast: Recollecting Roots and Resources at Hopewell Furnace.
The most unique honor The National Park Service Director s Award recognized Temple s exhibit as the one that best interpreted a national park in relation to the show s theme, Explore America: 100 Year of the National Park Service.
Jonathan Jarvis said it was a the best representation of a national park not just because it effectively looked at the historical nature of the park, but it also looked forward and emphasized themes of environmental stewardship and conservation, said Adjunct Assistant Professor Michael LoFurno.
[Director Jarvis] was particularly impressed that the exhibit was created by students, and that the next generation was looking to the future of our national parks, added LoFurno, who coordinated the exhibit with Horticulture Supervisor Anne Brennan and Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture Rob Kuper.
Students spent months developing the exhibit s environments, from old growth and remnant forests to a root cellar and green roof to a rainwater race and the furnace, the fiery heart of the Hopewell Furnace National Historical Site 19th century iron plantation.
Kuper said a design-build project of this type leads to an advancement in thinking for students when they approach projects in the future.
These experiences set our students apart from students in other programs throughout the country, if not the world.
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The seven awards for Temple s 2016 Philadelphia Flower Show exhibit include:National Park Service Director's Award, awarded to the exhibit with the best interpretation of a National ParkPHS Gold Medal, awarded to a major exhibit that receives 95 or more points out of 100 in the criteria of design, educational value, horticulture and plantsmanshipPHS Gold Medal Award, awarded for the best use of PHS Gold Medal Plants in a major exhibitSpecial Achievement Award of the Garden Club Federation of Pennsylvania, awarded to an exhibit of unusual excellence (under 1,000 square feet) in the category of conservationPHS Sustainability Award, awarded for the educational major exhibit demonstrating the best use of sustainable gardening practices to the publicPennsylvania Landscape and Nurseryman s Association Trophy, awarded to the exhibit showing the most effective use of plants and best use of design in the education categoryPhiladelphia Unit of the Herb Society of America, Inc., Award, awarded […]
