Inside The New York Botanical Garden
Posted in Photography on October 1 2014, by Lansing Moore
The Thain Family Forest may the be the center of our Fall Forest Weekends, but don’t forget that the Native Plant Garden has some charming trails of its own to enjoy at this time of year.
In the Native Plant Garden – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Exhibitions, Exhibitions, Kiku, Video on September 30 2014, by Lansing Moore
This Thursday is the opening of Kiku: The Art of the Japanese Garden, NYBG‘s stunning tribute to Japan’s most celebrated fall flower, the chrysanthemum—or kiku. For many months, NYBG’s specially trained experts have been painstakingly cultivating hundreds of Japanese chrysanthemum flowers along frames in a variety of traditional and contemporary styles. Masters of the art of kiku can coax hundreds of blossoms from a single stem. The end result will debut in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory on October 2, when these flowers blossom simultaneously to create showstopping displays.
NYBG will offer a variety of programs throughout the run of this special exhibit, from weekends dedicated to bonsai and ikebana to a special Japanese Pop-Up Restaurant in the Garden Café. Below, enjoy a behind-the-scenes, time-lapse video showing the progress of one of our kiku displays: the monumental ozukuri.
Posted in Photography on September 30 2014, by Matt Newman
New England Aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae ‘Andenken an Alma Potschke’) in the Home Gardening Center – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on September 29 2014, by Lansing Moore
Quercus coccinea in the Ross Conifer Arboretum – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on September 28 2014, by Lansing Moore
The agiri tree’s structures are visually fascinating from any angle.
Idesia polycarpa in the Ross Conifer Arboretum – Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on September 27 2014, by Lansing Moore
The fragrant blooms are just beginning to appear in the purple-leaved Kamchatka bugbane.
Actaea simplex ‘James Compton’ in Seasonal Walk – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Programs and Events on September 26 2014, by Lansing Moore
Kick off fall with NYBG this weekend at the Harvest Festival! Two days of music and activities will fill the Garden grounds to benefit the Edible Academy. Come enjoy games on Daffodil Hill, and work up an appetite for our array of specialty samplers and vendors of food, beer, and wine while our exciting lineup of Americana bands fills the air with music. For those who want the full VIP experience, special tickets are available for a live cooking demonstration by Mario Batali and his co-host from ABC’s The Chew, Carla Hall! Those who purchase tickets to Sunday’s Family Garden Picnic may even access a booksigning with Carla Hall or an exclusive reception hosted by Mario Batali—all to support NYBG’s children’s education hub, the Edible Academy.
Your All-Garden Pass grants you access to the Harvest Festival, as well as the recently opened Haunted Pumpkin Garden. Let your kids get into the Halloween spirit with a wide variety of activities in the Everett Children’s Adventure Garden—including Creepy Critters of Halloween, an entertaining and educational experience featuring live reptiles. The next two days offer many ways to enjoy fall at NYBG, during this warm and sunny weekend. Click through to check out the full schedule for the Harvest Festival, The Haunted Pumpkin Garden, our special tours, and more!
Posted in Photography on September 26 2014, by Lansing Moore
In the Perennial Garden – Photo by Patricia Gonzalez
Posted in Learning Experiences on September 25 2014, by Ursula Chanse
Ursula Chanse is the Director of Bronx Green-Up and Community Horticulture and Project Director for NYC Compost Project, hosted by The New York Botanical Garden. For more information about these programs and upcoming workshops and events, visit Bronx Green-Up.
Recently, on a sunny Saturday at Taqwa Community Farm in the Highbridge neighborhood of the Bronx, just up the hill from Yankee Stadium, we worked with Farm School NYC students (a program of Just Food) to prepare several areas for planting and sowing cover crops.
As we head steadily into fall, many of our warm season vegetable crops have slowed down, and at Bronx Green-Up, we start encouraging the use of fall cover crops in the community gardens, school gardens, and urban farms in the Bronx. Cover crops, also known as green manures, are not grown to feed the gardeners, but rather to nourish the soil. They are perfect to sow after pulling out your tomatoes, peppers, corn, and beans.
Posted in Photography on September 25 2014, by Lansing Moore
The American cranberry bush is bearing fruit!
Viburnum opulus var. americanum ‘Wentworth’ in the Ross Conifer Arboretum – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen