The Fabulous, Technicolor Perennial Garden

Sulfur yellow; inky, ruby wine; ballerina pink; and acidy, lizard green aren't the colors usually associated with fall in New York City, but those are just a few of the hues you'll find in the Jane Irwin Perennial Garden this November.

The garden is alive with color and the small rustlings of migrating birds. The paths are carpeted in a soft layer of hay-colored pine needles that hush your steps. Listen closely, and you'll hear the small scampering of squirrels busily hiding the Garden's bounty for the long days of winter.

Nestled close to the side of The New York Botanical Garden's iconic Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, the Perennial Garden is beautiful in all seasons, but positively glows in the low, clear light of fall. Great fluffy pillows of startlingly yellow grasses immediately draw the eye, but soon subtler details emerge; the delicate sky-blue of a bell flower, the beguiling scent of a late-blooming rose, the swirling vortex of a clematis seed.

Planned as a series of four rooms, the Perennial Garden begs for contemplation and relaxation. So grab a book, your lunch, or a camera (be sure to bring your macro lens) and come pass an hour on one of our benches before the hustle and bustle of the holiday season arrives.

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