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BY MARY BETH BRECKENRIDGE

KNIGHT RIDDER

Displaying a collection of fam-ily photographs on your wallshonors your heritage while add-ing warmth to your home.

However, what’s intended asan infusion of personality canend up a mess if it’s not ar-ranged artfully, said KarenThompson, a design expert withHome Depot.

The first step to an effectivearrangement is choosing a spotwhere the photos won’t be sub-  jected to damage. Avoid directsunlight, heat sources and areaswith high humidity, such asbathrooms, Thompson said.

Next, choose frames and matsthat will enhance the photosand make the collection cohe-sive. Thompson recommendedsticking with a limited selectionof similar frames, especially if you’re displaying both color andblack-and-white photos. If youcan’t afford new frames, paint

old ones to make them coordi-nate. She also recommended us-ing wide mats in a neutralcream color.

Now comes the creative part:arranging. Thompson suggested

making a trial grouping on thewall using photocopies of thepictures in their frames and at-taching them with low-tackpainter’s tape. It’s helpful tomark off a perimeter as a guideand to treat the entire arrange-ment as one large piece of art,she said.

Aim for overall symmetry, sheadvised, but remember that alittle asymmetry adds interest.Try to keep the distance be-tween frames relatively consis-tent and the pictures no morethan a few inches apart.

Make sure the arrangement isat or near the eye level fromwhich it will be viewed most of the time. Artwork should behung lower in an area such as adining room where people usu-ally are seated, and higher in anarea such as a hallway wherethey’re usually standing.

When you’re satisfied withthe arrangement, mark the wallat the middle of the top edge of the photocopies while they’re

still on the wall. Measure thedistance between the top of theframe and the hanging mecha-nism, either a hook or tautwire. Hang the pictures securelyusing appropriate hardware.

A C C E N T O N H O M E

MIKE HASKEY/COLUMBUS LEDGER-ENQUIRER

There’s a trick to finding the best placement for art collections, asGeri Davis (left) and Jennifer Campbell of Columbus, Ga., know.

Tips keep collectionsfrom looking cluttered

In a garden, any day can be asurprise party. Look closelyamong the leaves, along thepaths and little quirks revealthemselves.

In honor of the 25th anniver-sary of the San Antonio BotanicalGarden, we poked around the 33acres and harvested a delight for

each year. Horticulturist Paul Cox,who’s been at the garden fromthe construction phase and isnow the top guy there, and Can-dace Andrews, managing directorof the San Antonio Botanical So-ciety, shared insights in thesearch.

Here’s what we found, startingat the entrance and circlingthrough the grounds counter-clockwise.

Sullivan CarriageHouse

Designed by archi-tect Alfred Giles andbuilt in 1896, the car-riage house was

moved stone by stone to the gar-dens in 1987. Now, visitors enterthrough the former coach houseand stables. Guests can dine inthe former horse stalls of the Car-

riage House Kitchen.

Pot manThe terra cotta

guy’s ready for sum-mer in his flip-flops,but don’t be surprisedto see him decked

out for football season or show-ing Spurs spirit.

Wisteria arborPerfect for ‘I do’s,’

especially when it’sdripping with fragrantpurple blooms inspring.

Hoja santaAmid the many tex-

tures and scents of theGarden for the Blind isthe hoja santa. Tearoff a bit of a large

heart-shaped leaf and take awhiff of the root beer fragrance.

Free passThe San Antonio

Garden Center picksup the admission tabfor blind guests.

Turtle rockThe stone turtle,

really a cluster ofstones, looks as if he’sclimbing out of thepond in KumamotoEn.

Ants in the plantsTucked among the

exotic plants in the Ex-hibition Room of theconservatory areplants that play host

to ants, some of them quite ag-gressive defenders of the flora.Don’t worry. Only the plants areon display.

Alien floraWith its long strap-

like leaves, the Wel-witschia in the HelenKleberg Desert Pavil-ion looks like some-

thing from another planet. Theplant, native to the Namib Des-ert, baffles even the botanistswho try to classify it.

Giant seedIt doesn’t take an

adolescent to see themonkey butt in the gi-ant seed in the Palmand Cycad House, but

kids do love the spectacle. From

the 25-pound seed sprouts a cocode mer.

Bird’s eye viewFollow the winding

path through thepalm house to a cat-walk that gives a peekat the treetops. The

idea for the walkway came fromthe botanic garden conservatoryin Paris.

King of the jungleThe 8-foot-long

fronds on the angiop-teris — or king fern —make it hard to miss.And it’s still growing.

This Australia native is primitiveamong primitive ferns.

Right stuffingThe spiny trunk on

the kapok tree in theconservatory courtyard

conceals the plant’ssofter side. Kapok

seeds yield cottonlike fiber that isused to stuff everything from pil-lows to life vests.

High pointThe overlook, the

highest point insideLoop 410, offers beau-tiful panoramas of thecity.

Water worksRemnants of George

Brackenridge’s watersupply system fromthe late 1800s remainon the hill. The wall of

the former holding tank nowborders the amphitheater.

Little sproutsYoungsters spend

Saturday morningstending vegetableplots under the tutel-age of experienced

gardeners. A bonus: They eattheir veggies.

Goingbatty

For-merly ontop ofthe hill,the ga-zebo is patterned after a bathouse because the city used to bean epicenter of the bat popula-tion.

DuckyThe fowl at the East

Texas Lake appreciatehandouts. Birders ap-preciate the variety of

waterfowl and other birdsthroughout the gardens.

Sit a spellThe inviting porch

on the East Texas LogCabin overlooks thelake.

MadroneA lone madrone

survived floods in1987 that claimedothers. The hardy na-tive specimen is start-

ing to bloom.

Schumacher HouseThe recently refur-

bished cottage, origi-nally built in Freder-icksburg in 1849,shows the evolution

of German building styles.

Mini ’scapesA stroll down Wa-

tersaver Lane gives aglimpse at a half-doz-en landscape stylesthat illustrate the di-

verse possibilities with plantssuited to the area. Take a closelook at the recycled glass walk-way in the cottage garden. Whatsparkle.

Makingmagic

Toiling be-hind thescenes ingreenhouses and trial gardens isYing Doon Moy, the brilliant re-search horticulturist behind anumber of papayas, gingers, rosesand hibiscuses bred for SouthTexas.

Bubbling overThe symbol-stuffed

fountain in the Sa-cred Garden is carvedfrom the same Oaxa-can granite as the

head of the plaza fountain andthe large planters lining theplaza.

BubbaFrom a sapling res-

cued from the SunkenGardens grew ‘Bubba,’a maroon-floweringdesert willow. The va-

riety is now the top-selling desertwillow.

Texas touchWhen a stonemason

was laying the walk-way around the Old-Fashioned Garden, heplanted a surprise of

his own: a piece of limestonechipped into the shape of theLone Star State.

— Tracy Hobson Lehmann

A birthday bash spread overtwo days and more than 30 acresis quite a party. And Viva Botan-ica is quite a party.

The festival this year marksthe 25th anniversary of the SanAntonio Botanical Garden. Yes,

there will be cake for the silveranniversary.

The celebration runs from9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today andSunday at the garden, 555 Fun-ston Place.

Admission costs $8 for adults,

$4 for children ages 3 to 13.Gardeners will find a variety

of plants for sale, includingherbs, orchids, day lilies, cac-tuses, bonsai and drought-toler-ant varieties.

Bands will offer a variety of 

music. Visitors can participatein bird and butterfly walks, andthere will be special activitiesfor children.

For more information, visitwww.sabot.org or call (210) 829-5100.

Cake, music to mark Botanical Garden’s birthday 

ON THE COVERClockwise from top right:Turtle rock in Kumamoto En Gar-den; cupola on the Sullivan Car-riage House; kapok tree in theLucile Halsell Conservatory; a mal-low hibiscus; the seed of the cocode mer, aka monkey butt; a jas-

mine-shrouded arbor shades theentrance to a cottage on Water-saver Lane; fence bordering theJapanese garden.

Digging up delights

The Lucile Halsell Conservatory soars above the Botanical Garden.

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PHOTOS BY DOUG SEHRES, LISA KRANTZAND HELEN L. MONTOYA/STAFF