Italian Garden at Weld
Hillwood Museum
Ami Wilber
2022 installation
1st Floor - Winter Garden
The Inspiration
The 1909 corner mural done in oil-on-plaster mural by Carl Yens decorates the Andersons’ breakfast room. A vibrant reminder of the formal Italian garden they created at their primary home in Brookline, MA, called Weld, it features the stone terraces, colonnade, pergola, and fountain filled with lush greenery, including bay trees and topiary, and is accented by large antique Roman pots. Isabel’s pet macaw, Anna, is perched on a metal stand in the garden, and an oriole stands on one doorway frame.
Title: Murals of the Italian Garden at Weld
Artist/Creator: Carl Yens
Date of Creation: 1909
The Flowers
Florist’s inspiration: Gardens have always been a place of inspiration for me. Naturally, I was drawn to The Italian Garden at Weld. The lush texture and color palette evoked memories of my time in Italy. Working in a painterly style with the blooms and foliage, I tried to capture the essence of the garden and the ornate beauty of nature.
THE DESIGNER
Ami Wilber
Hillwood Museum
Spending much of her childhood picking flowers from the meadow behind her house to create bouquets for her mom, Ami Wilber has cultivated a love for nature by creating beauty from it. She graduated from Miami University with a degree in Fine Arts and went on to receive her MFA in sculpture from Rochester Institute of Technology, School for American Crafts. Ami has been with Hillwood Museum since 2016. As the Floral and Event Décor Designer, she blends her knowledge of art and floristry to create living sculptures, trying to capture the whims of nature in a composed setting.
PHOTOGRAPHED BY
Costola Photography
Andie Ingagliato started her career as a fine art portrait photographer in 2008. Her passion for gorgeous imagery began with studies in classical music and theater which led to her receiving a BFA in photography and film from one of the top art programs in the nation: Virginia Commonwealth University. Her wedding and portraiture work has been featured in Style Me Pretty, Washingtonian Weddings, The Knot, Martha Stewart Weddings and acknowledged by fashion designers, including Draper James. Her characteristic style combines romance and editorial perspective with authenticity. She is uniquely gifted with bringing a sense of finesse into everything she touches while making it seem completely effortless. After fifteen years capturing weddings and families during the most precious times of their lives, she can truly say that this is exactly where she is meant to be. When she isn't photographing weddings, Andie enjoys the outdoors alongside her husband, Tony and daughter, Ava.
