Archive for December 6th, 2011

He Didn’t Want To…: 20 Days of the Holiday Train Show

Posted in Holiday Train Show on December 6th, 2011 by Matt Newman – Be the first to comment

Holiday Train Show“Best day of his little life!”

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From now until December 17, our visitors will be sharing their fondest memories from 20 years of the Holiday Train Show–some of them touching, some comical, and every one of them cherished. Come back to Plant Talk each day for a new story, which you can see after the jump along with a feature on one of the many replica New York City landmarks on display in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory–the Guggenheim Museum, Yankee Stadium, the Empire State Building and more.

As a bonus, read on to find out how you can win a Family Four-Pack of Holiday Train Show tickets for yourself!
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Gardening Journals

Posted in Gardening Tips on December 6th, 2011 by Sonia Uyterhoeven – Be the first to comment

Garden in BloomWith the holidays around the corner, this is the time of year when we start giving the gardeners we love the gardening memorabilia they’ll adore. I am always delighted to receive new gardening books, calendars based on gardening themes, and pens adorned with silk flowers.

If you would like to give the gardener in your life–and that may be yourself–a practical gift, then I would recommend exploring gardening journals. Getting into the habit of keeping records during the gardening season is a wonderful way of compiling a history of your endeavors and organizing your seasonal tasks. Your favorite varieties can be recorded for future use and the successes and failures of the season are always instructive.
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Morning Eye Candy: The Green Room

Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on December 6th, 2011 by Matt Newman – Be the first to comment

Many of our tropical blooms wait out the cold in the Nolen Greenhouses, carefully tended until they take center stage for the 2012 Orchid Show.

Orchid NYBG

Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen