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NATURALLY Green Beans & Green Things

Moving Architecture

What's the Fig Deal?

summer 2016

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Summer is the time to see the first fruits of your labor. It may be intensely hot outside, but all of the planning in winter and the planting in spring will bring a summer (and fall) harvest to enjoy for months.

Look inside for delightful recipes for entertaining, such as sweet fig-infused bourbon and cocktails. And a spicy Sichuan green bean recipe with enough kick to match the summer heat.

And the flowers are non-stop with blooms.

Pinks and reds and blues and yellows are vibrantly spectacular in the sun or shade.

This is the time to sit back, enjoy an iced beverage and bask in nature’s splendor.

If you’re looking for a weekend getaway, the Bachman-Wilson house, designed

by Frank Lloyd Wright, was recently dismantled and moved 1,200 miles to be reconstructed on the grounds of the Crystal Bridges Museum. Now, this piece of classic architecture, once in private hands, can be viewed by the public in guided and self-guided tours. Get the full story and a sneak peek at moving day — for an entire house — inside.

Summer has so much to offer — ­ the rules are more relaxed, and the garden keeps giving and giving. It’s important to stay cool and make the most of it.

Life is a flower of which love is the honey. — Victor Hugo

Honey Simple Syrup Simple syrup is an invaluable staple in the kitchen. Use it to sweeten your tea, your cocktails, to candycoat roasted almonds or pecans or brush onto cakes.

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Grow with Design in Mind 6

Figgy Maple Bourbon Fizz 8

Make a Mean Green Bean 14

Baby got Broc 19

Marketplace 20

A Moving Day 22 BUY

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They are related to the impatiens – a flower that has traditionally preferred shade or part-sun.

However, SunPatiens are bred to be sunbathers. They’re also tougher and thrive in heat and humidity, which makes them especially suited for southern climates. They are continuous bloomers from spring until frost and only ask that you keep them watered. SunPatiens are also resistant to downy mildew, which makes them an ideal choice

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planters keep their feet wet, and the flowers resist mildew and stay beautiful and maintenance-free for months and months.

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Grow with Design in Mind Add tranquility to your outdoor spaces When designed to be symmetrical and simple, your outdoor spaces can be a place of meditation and serenity. With the right plants and features, your yard can feel restorative and peaceful.

Best of all, once you combine classic, simple design ideas with maintenance-free plants, you’ll have a beautiful and compelling place to sit and relax throughout the season.

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Fig-Infused Bourbon Ingredients: Fresh figs, halved Your favorite bourbon Mason jar, or glass vessel with a lid Directions: Fill mason jar halfway with fresh figs. Fill the rest of the way with your favorite sipping bourbon. Screw the lid on you jar, give it a swirl and let sit for 5 to 7 days.

Gently shake once a day. Give it a taste, and once the flavor is to your liking, strain and transfer to another clean jar.

Figgy Maple Bourbon Fizz Ingredients: 1 fresh fig, halved 2 tsp pure maple syrup one lemon Angosturra bitters ginger beer fig-infused bourbon Directions: Drop each half of a fig into two Old-Fashioned glasses. To each glass, add a teaspoon of dark maple syrup, then squeeze a slice of fresh lemon over each, and add a few dashes of bitters. With the back of a spoon, or a muddler, mix these ingredients well, then fill the glasses with ice cubes and pour in 1.5 ounce of fig-infused bourbon. Top with a splash of ginger beer, such as Goslings or Barritts.

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Make a mean

Green Bean

Soon your garden will be overflowing with green beans, and these veggies are healthy and more than willing to soak up any flavors you add to the frying pan. This makes them perfect for stir fry, and fresh green beans from the garden are perfect for Asian spices. Try this recipe with Sichuan flavors when your generous Bonnie plants have you overrun with green beans.

Spicy Sichuan Green Beans Ingredients: 1 lb. fresh green beans, trimmed and cut into halves or thirds 2 tbsp soy sauce 1 tbsp rice vinegar 2 tsp. Stevia /4

1

tsp. red pepper flakes

/4 tsp. black pepper

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1 tbsp saffflower oil 2 tbsp minced garlic 2

tbsp peeled and minced ginger root

Instructions: Wash green beans, trim the ends, and cut beans into halves or thirds if they are large. Mix together soy sauce, rice vinegar, sweetener of your choice, red pepper flakes, and black pepper. Mince garlic enough to make 2 T minced garlic. Peel ginger root and mince enough to make 2 T minced ginger.

Use a medium-sized pan with a tight-fitting lid over high heat.

When the pan is hot, add the beans and 1/4 cup water; cover and cook on medium-high heat for 3-5 minutes or until the beans are bright green and starting to get tender. (If your beans are thin they will cook more quickly, but larger beans will probably need 5 minutes.) Remove the lid and continue to cook until the water is all evaporated.

Add the oil and minced garlic and ginger and cook about 2 minutes, stirring several times so the garlic and ginger don’t burn. Add the soy sauce mixture, let it come to a boil and cook about 2 minutes more, until the sauce thickens and coats the beans and beans are tender to crisp. Serve hot or at room temperature.

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When using lilies in cut flower arrangements: 1. Remove antlers with tweezers to prevent the spread of pollen.

2. Remove leaves from the stems for a sleek look in your arrangement.

3. For longer bloom time, trim ends of the flowers and add fresh water.

Learn character from trees, values from roots, and change from leaves. — Tasneem Hameed

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SunPatiens Story

Baby Got Broc

Harvest Aspabroc up to Five Times

Unlike regular broccoli, these baby broccoli plants, also known as “Aspabroc” or “Broccolini®,” will continue to give and give throughout the growing season. They like cooler weather, so plant them in the spring or fall. The more you harvest, the more they produce. Best of all, you can enjoy them steamed, roasted, grilled or raw, just like regular broccoli.

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A Moving Day When architectural history — an entire house — is meticulously uprooted and relocated to Arkansas 22

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A priceless piece of history, the Bachman-Wilson

First, a little history: Originally built in 1954 along

home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, was

the banks of the Millstone River in New Jersey,

deconstructed and moved to the Crystal Bridges

the Bachman-Wilson home is a work of art in

Museum of Modern American Art in Northwest

simplicity and form. It is a classic example of what

Arkansas. But, how does a museum move an

Frank Lloyd Wright called a Usonian House — a

entire house?

distinctly American-style, low-cost home within the reach of the average middle class family.

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The modest three bedroom, 2,000-square-foot

That’s where Crystal Bridges stepped in. But the

home is built with natural materials on a concrete

question was... how do you relocate an entire

slab. The kitchen is small and opens into a large

house, and a priceless artifact, from New Jersey

living area with glass curtain walls that provide

to Arkansas?

expansive views of the outdoors. In 1988 the property was purchased by Lawrence and Sharon

With a completion date of 1954, the Bachman-

Tarantino, an architect-designer team, who

Wilson house constitutes a late example of

painstakingly restored the house using the original

Wright’s Usonian houses. Abraham Wilson and

construction documents. Despite their award-

Gloria Bachman-Wilson commissioned the

winning efforts, the Tarantinos were unable to

house after a visit to Wright’s Shavin House in

beat back the periodic floodwaters from the river,

Chattanooga, Tennessee, where Gloria’s brother,

and put the house on the market in 2012. The

Marvin Bachman, had served as a construction

sale was conditional that it would be moved to a

superintendent. Abe and Gloria’s written request

suitable natural site.

of Wright: “Would you design a home for us?” His response: “I suppose I am still here to try to do houses for such as you.”

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Still productive at age 87, Wright’s characteristically laconic response led nonetheless to a real design for the couple and their young daughter. The Bachman-Wilsons chose a site fronting the Millstone River within commuting distance of New York City. After a period of back-and-forth discussion of needs and desires, Wright proposed a design to the Bachman-Wilsons; its projected cost was more than double the original budget. With significant adjustment, a final design was agreed upon, and construction at the site began.

Some aspects of the Bachman-Wilson design were selected for economy.

Concrete block was used extensively, where more expensive brick had been initially proposed. An elongated singlefloor plan was truncated by stacking on a second level, thus compacting the mass of the house significantly. The views to the adjacent Millstone River were reserved for those inside the house: the street-facing side of the house was

How do you relocate an entire house, and a priceless artifact, from New Jersey to Arkansas?

made private by a solid masonry wall, articulated by the entranceway, thus allowing the view to be revealed as one entered the living space.

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Wright’s characteristic Usonian treatment was evident throughout the house: open living space, built-in furniture, a central hearth, all wrapped in a woodsy frame including large expanses of glass and a strong overhanging roof. The main level included all primary living spaces: a kitchen, a dining area, a living space, and a guest room / study, along with a small bathroom and a utility space. No basement was included. The upper level of the house was accessed by a light and simple stairway, hung from steel rods, and included two bedrooms and a bathroom. Balconies outside the upper level rooms provided visual connection to the level below.

Connection to nature was made more emphatic by the inclusion of several French doors along the glassy wall of the living space, leading out to the river and the wooded landscape beyond.

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Among the most striking components of the

The site chosen on the museum grounds, while

house were the pierced wooden panels installed

differing in solar orientation from the original

high above the French doors in the upper reaches

siting in New Jersey, was positioned such that

of the living space. These panels and their

the house’s orientation to the adjacent Crystal

geometric jigsaw designs lent an ornamental

Creek would recall the former siting along the

elegance to the space. More significantly, the

Millstone River. Upon completed reconstruction,

pierced panels let in a distinctive pattern of

the Bachman-Wilson House will stand as the

light and shadow, changing with the sun’s path

only building designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in

throughout the year.

Arkansas.

Beautiful as the setting was, the proximity to the

“Once the decision was made to move the house,

Millstone River, with its periodic tendency to

many opportunities presented themselves to

flood, threatened the house several times. After

us,” said Lawrence Tarantino. “It became clear

acquiring the house and lovingly restoring it, only

that there could be no better opportunity for the

to see it once again inundated by the Millstone’s

preservation of this important work of Frank Lloyd

floodwaters, recent owners Sharon and Lawrence

Wright than to secure its future stewardship in

Tarantino decided that moving the house (as a

perpetuity at a public institution with a mission

provision of its sale) would be a good strategy

of celebrating American art and architecture, on

for ensuring its survival, albeit on a new site. In

a site offering the proper setting, and with the

2013, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art

capability of providing for its future maintenance

in Bentonville, Arkansas, announced that it had

and preservation, all of which Crystal Bridges

acquired the Bachman-Wilson house, and that it

offers.”

would be reassembled on a new site, nestled in the trees on the museum grounds in Bentonville.

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At Crystal Bridges, the Bachman Wilson House was sited a short distance from the museum along its 3.5 miles of trails, with views overlooking the native woodland setting as well as Crystal Spring, the natural spring from which the museum takes its name.

“Relocating the Bachman Wilson House to our grounds offers an exciting opportunity to continue sharing significant architecture, along with great works of art, both inside the museum and out,” said Crystal Bridges Director of Facilities and Grounds Scott Eccleston before the house was moved.

“Our team is looking forward to the opportunity to integrate the house into our setting in a way that benefits each element: our grounds are enhanced by its addition, and the house is preserved and complemented by our natural setting. Here at Crystal Bridges, we’re all about art and nature, and this addition furthers that concept.”

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Arkansas-based J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc. donated its services to transport the Bachman Wilson House to Bentonville. So, with transportation plans in place, the entire structure was painstakingly disassembled, labeled, packed and moved to Northwest Arkansas, where it was reconstructed in 2015. The home traveled 1,200 miles via two shipping containers. For more specifics on the home’s reconstruction, look here http://crystalbridges.org/frank-lloyd-wright/.

The exhibit opened to the public in late 2015. Because of its size and narrow hallways, only 10 visitors are allowed in the house at a time. This thoughtful and meticulous piece of architecture is ready for public appreciation via guided and self-guided tours at Crystal Bridges.

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