A Forgiving Forecast and Plenty to Do
Posted in Around the Garden on July 20th, 2012 by Matt Newman – Be the first to comment
We’re looking at something of a harlequin schedule for this NYBG weekend. We’ll be bouncing between ancient meditative arts and the trade secrets of the rosarian, then back over to organic gardening, garlic and onions, and around to a tour of Monet’s Garden. It’s the best kind of variety! And after enduring what felt like a month’s worth of rain in only a few days’ time, the forecast tells us mother nature is taking a welcome breather. Not only is the weekend likely to sport sunny afternoons, but there shouldn’t be any frightening thermometer readings to scare you back indoors.
For those coming to see Monet’s Garden in its summer finery, the Conservatory display is in rare form right about now. The delphiniums along the Grand Allée are a dusky sky blue, and just outside, the courtyard’s water lily pools are brimming with colors of their own. Even the later-blooming tropical pool is starting to strut a bit! But my personal favorite is easily the ‘Green Smoke’ Nymphaea I found bobbing along the water’s surface yesterday; I can’t think of a better way to phrase the sight than “petals like absinthe.”
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