GARDEN TREASURE HUNT

Outdoor Art and Architecture

ADIRONDACK MERRIWEATHER BUILDING CAFÉ DACHA PET CEMETERY G 1 GO to the locations F VISTA TERRACE noted on the map. E

H LUNAR D MANSION JAPANESE- LAWN STYLE 2 USE the close-ups to I GARDEN find the items. GREENHOUSE A B MOTOR VISITOR COURT 3 READ to learn more. CENTER FRENCH PARTERRE C FOUR SEASONS OVERLOOK

A MOTOR COURT B FRENCH PARTERRE C FOUR SEASONS OVERLOOK Eros (pronounced air-rows), the This paw belongs to an imaginary This child is wrapped in a blanket to winged god of love, greets visitors in creature called a sphinx (pronounced keep warm in winter. Walk to the right front of the mansion. He is also called sfinks), which is part lion and part in a circle to find statues for the other Cupid. In this statue, he pulls an arrow human. Hillwood’s sphinx has a fancy three seasons: children with flowers from his quiver, the case on his back. hairstyle and clothes from long ago. for spring, grain for summer, and grape-vines for fall. This sphinx is white. What other colors do you see nearby?

Eros, France, 1800s, sandstone (72.10) Sphinx, France, 1860–70, marble (72.14.1) Winter (Statues of the Four Seasons), England, about 1920, lead (72.30.1)  111  122  142 GARDEN TREASURE HUNT: Outdoor Art and Architecture

D JAPANESE-STYLE GARDEN E VISTA TERRACE F PET CEMETERY Hotei (prounounced hoe-tay) is the This imaginary creature blowing a horn A dog with a basket of fruit in its mouth Japanese god of happiness. He has is half goat and half child. Can you find sits guarding one of the entrances to a big smile, huge ears, and a round other creatures nearby playing pipes, this quiet spot. Marjorie Post created belly, and he holds a fan in one hand. cymbals, and a tambourine? this garden because she loved her Find him tucked away near the stairs. dogs, including Scampi, who lived What sounds do you hear in this with her at Hillwood. garden?

Hotei, United States, 1900s, stone (72.60) Statue, United States, 1900s, lead (72.50.2) Dog, United States, 1900s, stone (72.54.5)

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G DACHA H LUNAR LAWN (NEAR THE MANSION) I GREENHOUSE The colorful designs on this building Before going indoors, Marjorie Post’s Gardeners grow plants all year long look like carvings on a Russian country guests could scrape their shoes on this inside this glass building, called a home, called a dacha (pronouced metal dog’s back to clean the bottom greenhouse. Go inside the first room dah-cha). The building is sometimes of them. to see colorful orchids, Marjorie Post’s open for special art displays. favorite flower, and other plants. What real animals can you see or hear nearby? What do the flowers smell like?

 200 Boot Scraper, United States, about 1900, iron (72.41)  220

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