Overview. Shade gardening requires plants that thrive in full or partial shade. Growing under pine trees requires plants that prefer a highly acidic soil. For best results, choose plants that benefit from having automatic pine needle mulch applied whenever the pine sheds.
The exhibition Famille Verte is about a very special kind of Chinese porcelain. Simply put, famille verte (c.1680-1725) wares are extraordinarily fine and beautiful objects.The colourful decorations of flowers, butterflies, mythical animals or Chinese figural scenes are rendered in painstaking detail.s a new, modern type of ware, famille verte enjoyed a widespread appeal and was produced for the domestic Chinese market as well as for export to Europe. Nowadays, famille verte can be found in museums, country houses, palaces and private collections all over Europe and the USA.
Marmorino Veneziano is a plaster or stucco decoration used on walls. It was used as far back as Roman times, but was made popular once more during the Renaissance 500 years ago in Venice. It is made from crushed marble and lime putty, which can be tinted to give a wide range of colours.