11/16/2012: 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Holiday Train Show Preview
Exclusively for Garden Members!
Members have exclusive access to the Holiday Train Show and special programs before the public opening.
Holiday Train Show Members Preview Day – November 16
10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
PREVIEW DAY SCHEDULE
ROAMING DOCENTS
Enid A. Haupt Conservatory 11 a.m.—3 p.m.
Ask away! Roaming Garden docents are available to answer your Holiday Train Show exhibition questions.
CLASSICAL HOLIDAY CONCERT
Ross Hall 12:30 p.m. & 2 p.m.
A beautiful harmony of string instruments and vocals will send you into the spirit of the season. This program will include celebrated classical and holiday music from the works of Bach, Vivaldi, and Saints-Saens to name a few. Led by the dynamic sister-act Project SiS, violinist Pauline Kim Harris and cellist Christine Kim will delight your ears with the melodic sounds of the holiday.
MAGNIFICENT TREES OF THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN PHOTOGRAPHS BY LARRY LEDERMAN
Booksigning 2:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Exhibition on view November 17, 2012–April 14, 2013
Members are cordially invited to meet the photographer, Larry Lederman, on Members Preview Day. Larry Lederman, landscape photographer and member of the Garden's Board of Advisors, has spent years walking the Garden grounds to observe and photograph trees and vistas in all seasons and at all times of the day. Fifteen photographs featured in the book, selected for their diversity and visual impact will be on view in the Ross Gallery. During the opening, Mr. Lederman will sign copies of the book, which will be available for purchase.
HOLIDAY TRAIN SHOW DOCUMENTARY
Holiday Train Show with David Hartman (20 minutes)
Ross Hall 11 a.m., 3:30 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 5 p.m.
Want to learn more about how the Holiday Train Show comes to life? Take a close-up look at its creation in a PBS documentary narrated by David Hartman and featuring exclusive interviews with designer Paul Busse.
*Guest Passes will be accepted for the Holiday Train Show all day on Preview Day and Member Days 11/17 and 12/7.