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Spring Flower Show At Rawlings Conservatory Features Some 'Wild Things'

BALTIMORE (WJZ) -- Some "wild things" lurk behind the trees and plants at the Rawlings Conservatory in Baltimore.

The horticulture team used buds, botany and a boy's boat to paint the story of a popular children's book.

Gigi Barnett explains.

Inside Baltimore's Rawling's Conservatory in Druid Hill Park, the spring show has arrived.

The tulips bear a bold color, Easter lilies signal the season and the peonies are painted pink.

"It's almost like doing art with plants," said Sandy Reagan, horticultural assistant

But lurking inside the city's only conservatory are some "wild things."

The theme of this year's spring show features the popular children's book, "Where the Wild Things Are," by Maurice Sendak.

"Since max goes on this journey into a tropical paradise, we're a tropical paradise. So what better pairing could you have?" said Reagan.

Sandy Reagan is a horticulture assistant at the Conservatory. She says they teamed up with the Enoch Pratt Free Library to bring scenes from the book to life, like the ferocious monsters and Max's boat.

"We picked the blue plants to look like water around the boat, and then the rest of it is just kind of making swaths of color," said Reagan.

And for young readers who aren't familiar with the book, many of them are reading it right next to the flowers.

"I've seen plenty of families sitting in the boat, and you can see some of the children are having their own imaginary playtime in the boat and then some of them are reading the book," said Reagan.

The show ends on April 3. The lilies are for sale.

The lilies cost $10 dollars each. The Conservatory is asking for a $5 donation to see the show.

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