Krohn Conservatory

My personal favorite part of showing my friends around Cincinnati was swinging by Krohn Conservatory. We've written about Krohn before, when Dan and I took a nighttime tour-- Dan had never seen the Conservatory by daylight! And we had a *beautiful* day to experience it.






Also being shown off here: the new lens Dan picked up for our camera. Mmph, loving it. Perfect day, perfect subject (look at those blooms!), kickin' camera, and awesome awesome friends.

Krohn Conservatory: http://www.cincinnatiparks.com/krohn-conservatory/index.shtml

Krohn Conservatory tour

Enjoy the Arts put together another awesome behind-the-scenes tour: this time, Krohn Conservatory. I was particularly excited about this event because Dan had never been to Krohn. (Usually I'm the total newb when it comes to Cincinnati.)

We both ended up learning a ton at this tour. We had an incredible guide who had worked at Krohn for something like 30 years, and now occasionally gives tours of the facilities. He walked us through the main room where we were able to see a display being built, and they talked through the process of putting together a show and how far in advance they have to plan it. We saw all the rooms, including the desert room, which I'd never seen before. Ooh, also loved the orchid room and the bonsai room!

I was also eaten alive by bugs-- the differences between seeing Krohn in the daytime and in the nighttime are vast. (Bugs aside, I still preferred the nighttime walk-through.)

There's one more Enjoy the Arts tour this year: Taft Museum. It's a Saturday brunch event-- anyone considering going?


Krohn Conservatory website: http://www.cincinnatiparks.com/krohn-conservatory/index.shtml
Krohn's new iPod tours: http://krohntour.org/content/krohn-tour
More of Dan's pictures from our Krohn tour: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rrrrred/sets/72157622687482049/