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[email protected]/518-962-2849 www.joanngardnerbooks.com “Solomon’s Garden: The Biblical Roots of Holy Land Flora” presented at the Frelinghuysen Arboretum, Sept. 14, 2014. THE LAND OF SOLOMON’S GARDEN 1. Acacia raddiana, southern Negev; possible source of wood for the Ark. Exodus 25:10-27:1,6 2. Outlook on Israel’s Mediterranean coastline at Rosh Hanikra near Lebanon border. 3. Quercus caliprinos, Kermes oak, Galilee, 30 years protected from grazing, cutting. 4. Fishing fleet, Bay of Akko. 5. Arab market, Akko. 6. Tiberias, Lake Kinneret/Sea of Galilee, Golan. 7. Ein Kerem (spring of the vineyard); traditional birthplace of John the Baptist. 8. Pistacia atlantica, Atlantic terebinth, Negev Highlands. 9. Artemisia sieberi, white wormwood, and Helianthemum vesicarium, sun-rose, Negev. 10. Negev near Ramon Crater. 11. Emerging foliage of Iris-regis uzzia, uzzia’s iris. 12. Iris in bloom. 13. Slopes of Dead Sea. 14. Slopes in bloom with poppies in a rainy year. 15. Extreme desert near Eilat. 16. “We remember the [water]melons…” Nu. 11:5 THE SEVEN SPECIES: FLORAL SYMBOL OF ISRAEL’S FAITH 17. Wheat 18. Barley 19. Grapes 20. Mosaic in Or Torah Synagogue, Israel, Scouts carrying grape cluster on a staff. Nu. 13:23. 21. Figs. “And they sewed together fig leaves and made themselves loincloths.” Gen. 3:6-7. 22. Close, ripening figs and leaf. 23. Pomegranate in bloom. 24. Whole and split many-seeded fruit. 25. Restored terraced land with olive trees, Ein Kerem. 26. Olive tree silhouette outside Garden of Gethsemane.