A vast meditation in green, this wild jungle of vegetation was the brainchild of Sir Francis Cook, a 19th-century Englishman reputed to have imported more than 2,500 species of exotic plants.
The museum, nicknamed the Wild Center, opened on Tuesday, the $30 million brainchild of a former New York State environmental employee with deep family roots in the Adirondacks.
At the outset, comparing an unknown startup with Jelly might sound like a wild idea, especially since Jelly is the brainchild of Twitter co-founder Biz Stone, and is perhaps among the hottest startups in the Valley today (going by the profile of early users that include Mark Zuckerberg).
The show, which celebrates its 35th year this summer, was the brainchild of the late-Steve Silver, whose vision to infuse current events into a wild stage romp, came to fruition right around the same time A Chorus Line went nuclear back in New York.
Yet, time and again, Mr. Sprecher has sat at polished tables in Washington and listened as his brainchild was described as a murky bazaar where prices have been manipulated, and where speculators have run wild and driven up oil prices to the detriment of consumers and the global economy.
It was really his brainchild.
Sedgwick's latest brainchild?
Carter's brainchild became a fad.
