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Green Beans & Green Things

What's the Fig Deal?

Moving Architecture

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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.

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Table of Contents

Figgy Maple Bourbon Fizz 8Grow with Design in Mind 6

Baby got Broc 19 A Moving Day 22Marketplace 20

Make a Mean Green Bean 14

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Grow with Design in Mind

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BourbonFivg Tea

Not Just for Newtons

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Ingredients: Freshfigs,halved Yourfavoritebourbon Masonjar,orglassvesselwithalid

Directions:Fillmasonjarhalfwaywithfreshfigs.Filltherestofthewaywithyourfavor-itesippingbourbon.Screwthelidonyoujar,giveitaswirlandletsitfor5to7days.Gentlyshakeonceaday.Giveitataste,andoncetheflavoristoyourliking,strainandtransfertoanothercleanjar.

Fig-Infused Bourbon

Figgy Maple Bourbon FizzIngredients: 1freshfig,halved 2tsppuremaplesyrup onelemon Angosturrabitters gingerbeer fig-infusedbourbon

Directions:DropeachhalfofafigintotwoOld-Fashionedglasses.Toeachglass,addateaspoonofdarkmaplesyrup,thensqueezeasliceoffreshlemonovereach,andaddafewdashesofbitters.Withthebackofaspoon,oramuddler,mixtheseingredientswell,thenfilltheglasseswithicecubesandpourin1.5ounceoffig-infusedbourbon.Topwithasplashofgingerbeer,suchasGoslingsorBarritts.

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Make a mean Green Bean

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 1/4 tsp. red pepper flakes 1/4 tsp. black pepper

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.

Serves 4

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.

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Learn character from trees, values from roots, and change from leaves.

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A Moving DayWhen architectural history — an entire house — is meticulously uprooted and relocated to Arkansas

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A priceless piece of history, the Bachman-Wilson

home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, was

deconstructed and moved to the Crystal Bridges

Museum of Modern American Art in Northwest

Arkansas. But, how does a museum move an

entire house?

First, a little history: Originally built in 1954 along

the banks of the Millstone River in New Jersey,

the Bachman-Wilson home is a work of art in

simplicity and form. It is a classic example of what

Frank Lloyd Wright called a Usonian House — a

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

home is built with natural materials on a concrete

slab. The kitchen is small and opens into a large

living area with glass curtain walls that provide

expansive views of the outdoors. In 1988 the

property was purchased by Lawrence and Sharon

Tarantino, an architect-designer team, who

painstakingly restored the house using the original

construction documents. Despite their award-

winning efforts, the Tarantinos were unable to

beat back the periodic floodwaters from the river,

and put the house on the market in 2012. The

sale was conditional that it would be moved to a

suitable natural site.

That’s where Crystal Bridges stepped in. But the

question was... how do you relocate an entire

house, and a priceless artifact, from New Jersey

to Arkansas?

With a completion date of 1954, the Bachman-

Wilson house constitutes a late example of

Wright’s Usonian houses. Abraham Wilson and

Gloria Bachman-Wilson commissioned the

house after a visit to Wright’s Shavin House in

Chattanooga, Tennessee, where Gloria’s brother,

Marvin Bachman, had served as a construction

superintendent. Abe and Gloria’s written request

of Wright: “Would you design a home for us?” His

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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 single-

floor 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

made private by a solid masonry wall,

articulated by the entranceway, thus

allowing the view to be revealed as one

entered the living space.

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

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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

house were the pierced wooden panels installed

high above the French doors in the upper reaches

of the living space. These panels and their

geometric jigsaw designs lent an ornamental

elegance to the space. More significantly, the

pierced panels let in a distinctive pattern of

light and shadow, changing with the sun’s path

throughout the year.

Beautiful as the setting was, the proximity to the

Millstone River, with its periodic tendency to

flood, threatened the house several times. After

acquiring the house and lovingly restoring it, only

to see it once again inundated by the Millstone’s

floodwaters, recent owners Sharon and Lawrence

Tarantino decided that moving the house (as a

provision of its sale) would be a good strategy

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

2013, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art

in Bentonville, Arkansas, announced that it had

acquired the Bachman-Wilson house, and that it

would be reassembled on a new site, nestled in

the trees on the museum grounds in Bentonville.

The site chosen on the museum grounds, while

differing in solar orientation from the original

siting in New Jersey, was positioned such that

the house’s orientation to the adjacent Crystal

Creek would recall the former siting along the

Millstone River. Upon completed reconstruction,

the Bachman-Wilson House will stand as the

only building designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in

Arkansas.

“Once the decision was made to move the house,

many opportunities presented themselves to

us,” said Lawrence Tarantino. “It became clear

that there could be no better opportunity for the

preservation of this important work of Frank Lloyd

Wright than to secure its future stewardship in

perpetuity at a public institution with a mission

of celebrating American art and architecture, on

a site offering the proper setting, and with the

capability of providing for its future maintenance

and preservation, all of which Crystal Bridges

offers.”

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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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