Millions and Billions of Trees. . .

The Associated Press covered the Garden’s TreeBOL project to collect DNA samples of every tree on the planet. The article featured a photo of Dr. James Miller, Dean and Vice President for Science at The New York Botanical Garden, and quotes by Garden scientist Dr. Damon Little and Board Member Thomas Lovejoy.

The New York Times’  City Room Blog referenced Jessica Arcate, the Garden’s Curator of Woody Plants, in a discussion about the Million TreesNYC program that the Garden is participating in. Last month, the Garden, with help from 250 volunteers from St. John’s University, planted 500 trees as part of the program, designed to create the first environmentally sustainable, 21st-century city on Earth.

Antiques and Arts Weekly is getting excited about the next major exhibition at the Garden, Moore in America. The weekly publication, covering the antiques and arts trade, discusses the upcoming sculpture exhibition and features three nice photographs.

The New York Times Science Q&A reached out to the Garden’s Marc Hachadourian, Curator of Glasshouse Collections, to ask him a question about the longevity of amaryllis orchids. Marc offered some easy orchid care tips as well as recommendations on which type of amaryllis is for you.

Bellewood Gardens, the Web site of Garden consultant and popular instructor Judy Glattstein, featured Darwin’s Garden: An Evolutionary Adventure on the site. In a lush, photo-laden post, Judy detailed the blossoming cherry trees and tulips as well as the Darwin exhibition. Described as The New York Botanical Garden’s maven of geophytes (the rubric that encompasses “bulbous, tuberous, cormous, and rhizomatous plants”), she is an award-winning author on water gardening, shade gardening, bulbs, and more. Her latest garden book is Bulbs for Garden Habitats, published by Timber Press in 2005.

Scientific American’s Science Talk recently posted its latest episode online. The downloadable podcast recorded on April 23 features Dr. David Kohn, curator of the current exhibit in the LuEsther T. Mertz Library and nationally recognized Darwin scholar. Surrounded by original Darwin publications in the Library’s Rare Book Room, Dr. Kohn talks about the role of plants in Darwin’s early life and how his views on botany were integral in his understanding of evolutionary processes.

Dr. David Kohn is editor of the Darwin Digital Library of Evolution, based at the American Museum of Natural History.

Darwin’s Garden: An Evolutionary Adventure runs through July 20. Get Your Tickets!