South American Tropical Rainforest & Aviary
In 2008, Nancy Davis was delighted to be invited to take part in the planning and planting of the bromeliads and orchids for the "New South American Tropical Rainforest & Aviary" for the San Francisco Zoo.
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Singapore Botanic Gardens
In 1994, Michael and Nancy sold a major portion of their Bromeliad collection to the government of Singapore, to be featured within the National Botanic Gardens — at the bequest of Lady Yuen Peng McNeice.
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A picture story of what plants do when they think no one is looking
In 2013, nature photographer Stephen Johnson was given a key to the Shelldance greenhouses, and a photographic journey of documenting the secret life of exotic plants began. Making visits when he wanted — "capturing" the plants at moments when the light was just right to reflect minute details only the trained eye of the photographer (and hummingbirds) can realize.
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A fundraiser event at Sanchez Art Center
It was 2020, the year of the pandemic, when Nancy Davis and the director of the Sanchez Art Center, Cindy Abbott, began plans for a fundraiser to benefit educational art programs at the Center — in the Bouquet to Arts style, art translated by floral designs.
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