Beinecke Rare Book Library Opening Reception for Rachel Carson.  The design solution for the buffet centerpieces were inspired by Carson's pioneering work to call public attention to the ecological threats to shore and woodland environments.  The sea shore buffet revoled around an 8 foot tall piece of driftwood. Cultivated roses were blown open and the center petals were removed to ressemble the rosa rugosa, the common beach rose. The roses were arranged in simple clear cylinders with limonium.  Seaweed, bear grass, shells, stones and beach glass complement the assemblage.  The woodland centerpiece utilized a large black stoneware basin that suggested a dark woodland glen.  The arrangement is composed of Dogwood, hellebores, dicentra eximia and spectabilis, maidenhair fern, leatherleaf fern, white pine and woodland hyacinths.