http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk The Blog of The New York Botanical Garden Fri, 04 Jan 2013 11:00:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2011/12/around-the-garden/looking-back-october-2011/ http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2011/12/around-the-garden/looking-back-october-2011/#comments Sat, 31 Dec 2011 16:00:04 +0000 Matt Newman http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/?p=17500 http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2011/12/around-the-garden/looking-back-october-2011/feed/ 0 http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2011/11/exhibit-news/hts/changing-seasons-in-the-conservatory/ http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2011/11/exhibit-news/hts/changing-seasons-in-the-conservatory/#comments Mon, 07 Nov 2011 17:20:52 +0000 Matt Newman http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/?p=14329 With the last of the Japanese chrysanthemums having left the Conservatory, work begins in earnest on our long-running Holiday Train Show.]]> http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2011/11/exhibit-news/hts/changing-seasons-in-the-conservatory/feed/ 1 http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2011/10/photography/morning-eye-candy-last-chance-for-kiku/ http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2011/10/photography/morning-eye-candy-last-chance-for-kiku/#comments Sat, 29 Oct 2011 10:00:05 +0000 Ann Rafalko http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/?p=13474 Fall Flowers of Japan and kiku close on Sunday, October 30, 2011 at The New York Botanical Garden.]]> http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2011/10/photography/morning-eye-candy-last-chance-for-kiku/feed/ 0 http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2011/10/exhibit-news/video-take-a-look-inside-fall-flowers-of-japan/ http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2011/10/exhibit-news/video-take-a-look-inside-fall-flowers-of-japan/#comments Thu, 20 Oct 2011 18:05:37 +0000 Rustin Dwyer http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/?p=13330 The art of kiku, on display now at The New York Botanical Garden as part of the exhibition Fall Flowers of Japan, is centuries old and passed down from generation to generation.]]> http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2011/10/exhibit-news/video-take-a-look-inside-fall-flowers-of-japan/feed/ 0 http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2011/10/tip-of-the-week/fall-container-candidates/ http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2011/10/tip-of-the-week/fall-container-candidates/#comments Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:00:25 +0000 Sonia Uyterhoeven http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/?p=13196 Japanese anemones, sedum, and Pennisetum combine to make a beautiful Japanese-themed fall container display.]]> http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2011/10/tip-of-the-week/fall-container-candidates/feed/ 0 http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2011/10/photography/morning-eye-candy-backlight/ http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2011/10/photography/morning-eye-candy-backlight/#comments Sun, 16 Oct 2011 10:00:43 +0000 Ann Rafalko http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/?p=13245 A picture of a white Japanese anemone at The New York Botanical Garden.]]> http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2011/10/photography/morning-eye-candy-backlight/feed/ 1 http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2011/10/photography/morning-eye-candy-little-fluffy-clouds/ http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2011/10/photography/morning-eye-candy-little-fluffy-clouds/#comments Thu, 13 Oct 2011 10:00:58 +0000 Ann Rafalko http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/?p=13217 Stunning white chrysanthemum kiku in Fall Flowers of Japan at The New York Botanical Garden.]]> http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2011/10/photography/morning-eye-candy-little-fluffy-clouds/feed/ 0 http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2011/10/exhibit-news/tanjou-a-sculpture-of-rebirth-at-the-new-york-botanical-garden/ http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2011/10/exhibit-news/tanjou-a-sculpture-of-rebirth-at-the-new-york-botanical-garden/#comments Wed, 05 Oct 2011 14:00:13 +0000 Rustin Dwyer http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/?p=13112 Internationally renowned installation artist Tetsunori Kawana, no stranger to working with natural materials, got the chance to try something new--recycling what would ultimately end up as compost or mulch--a "rebirth."]]> http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2011/10/exhibit-news/tanjou-a-sculpture-of-rebirth-at-the-new-york-botanical-garden/feed/ 0 http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2011/10/exhibit-news/countdown-to-kiku-kiku-is-here/ http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2011/10/exhibit-news/countdown-to-kiku-kiku-is-here/#comments Wed, 05 Oct 2011 13:00:05 +0000 Ann Rafalko http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/?p=13041 Kiku is back in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory as part of the current exhibition, Fall Flowers of Japan.]]> http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2011/10/exhibit-news/countdown-to-kiku-kiku-is-here/feed/ 0 http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2011/10/exhibit-news/countdown-to-kiku-moving-ozukuri/ http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2011/10/exhibit-news/countdown-to-kiku-moving-ozukuri/#comments Tue, 04 Oct 2011 20:53:15 +0000 Ann Rafalko http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/?p=13118 How do you move a kiku with a 'thousand blooms' (also known as ozukuri)? Very, very carefully.]]> http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2011/10/exhibit-news/countdown-to-kiku-moving-ozukuri/feed/ 0