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/2011/11/tip-of-the-week/not-your-average-pumpkin/ http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2011/11/tip-of-the-week/not-your-average-pumpkin/#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 15:00:36 +0000 Sonia Uyterhoeven http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/?p=13525 Growing award-winning pumpkins is no easy task. It takes hard work, a discerning eye, and just a bit of science to produce the greatest gourds.]]> http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2011/11/tip-of-the-week/not-your-average-pumpkin/feed/ 0 http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2011/10/people/this-just-in-breaking-giant-pumkin-spider-news/ http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2011/10/people/this-just-in-breaking-giant-pumkin-spider-news/#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:21:46 +0000 Rustin Dwyer http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/?p=13443 http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2011/10/people/this-just-in-breaking-giant-pumkin-spider-news/]]> http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2011/10/people/this-just-in-breaking-giant-pumkin-spider-news/feed/ 0 http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2011/10/video/great-gruesome-gourds-more-spooky-carvings-to-come/ http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2011/10/video/great-gruesome-gourds-more-spooky-carvings-to-come/#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:48:15 +0000 Rustin Dwyer http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/?p=13431 There's more gory gourdy goodness to come at the Garden! ]]> http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2011/10/video/great-gruesome-gourds-more-spooky-carvings-to-come/feed/ 0 http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2011/10/around-the-garden/zombies-in-the-garden/ http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2011/10/around-the-garden/zombies-in-the-garden/#comments Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:01:14 +0000 Ann Rafalko http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/?p=13388 Couldn't make it to the Garden this weekend to watch Ray Villafane transform two of the world's heaviest pumpkins (including the world record-holder) into a super-creepy zombie tableau? Never fear! Full details here.]]> http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2011/10/around-the-garden/zombies-in-the-garden/feed/ 0 http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2011/10/around-the-garden/the-carving-begins/ http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2011/10/around-the-garden/the-carving-begins/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 20:28:37 +0000 Ann Rafalko http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/?p=13366 The seeds from a giant pumpkin can be worth a lot of money. ]]> http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2011/10/around-the-garden/the-carving-begins/feed/ 0 http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2011/10/around-the-garden/meet-the-pumpkins/ http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2011/10/around-the-garden/meet-the-pumpkins/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 15:00:59 +0000 Ann Rafalko http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/?p=13362 Meet the four largest pumpkins in the world, including the new World Record-holding gourd from Quebec.]]> http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2011/10/around-the-garden/meet-the-pumpkins/feed/ 0 http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2011/10/around-the-garden/giant-pumpkins-theyre-here/ http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2011/10/around-the-garden/giant-pumpkins-theyre-here/#comments Wed, 19 Oct 2011 21:09:43 +0000 Ann Rafalko http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/?p=13339 The world's four biggest pumpkins are now all safely ensconced in the Bronx at The New York Botanical Garden.]]> http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2011/10/around-the-garden/giant-pumpkins-theyre-here/feed/ 0 http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2011/10/around-the-garden/zombies-set-sights-on-the-garden/ http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2011/10/around-the-garden/zombies-set-sights-on-the-garden/#comments Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:39:27 +0000 Ann Rafalko http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/?p=13319 Pumpkin-carving provocateur Ray Villafane will be carving two of the world's largest pumpkins into a nightmare-inducing zombie sculpture at The New York Botanical Garden this weekend!]]> http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2011/10/around-the-garden/zombies-set-sights-on-the-garden/feed/ 0 http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2011/10/around-the-garden/worlds-heaviest-pumpkin-at-nybg/ http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2011/10/around-the-garden/worlds-heaviest-pumpkin-at-nybg/#comments Mon, 17 Oct 2011 16:22:08 +0000 Ann Rafalko http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/?p=13286 The new world's heaviest pumpkin will be at The New York Botanical Garden beginning October 21!]]> http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2011/10/around-the-garden/worlds-heaviest-pumpkin-at-nybg/feed/ 3 http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2011/10/around-the-garden/the-really-big-three-the-giant-pumpkin-showcase-of-champions/ http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2011/10/around-the-garden/the-really-big-three-the-giant-pumpkin-showcase-of-champions/#comments Fri, 14 Oct 2011 19:40:08 +0000 Karen Daubmann http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/?p=13249 The New York Botanical Garden is proud to announce the Great Pumpkin Commonwealth’s Showcase of Champion’s winners for 2011! Beginning Friday, October 21 the three largest pumpkins in the United States will be on display in the Garden’s Visitor Center. Come take a look at Dave and Carol Stelts’ 1,807.5 lb pumpkin grown in Edinburgh, [...]]]> http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2011/10/around-the-garden/the-really-big-three-the-giant-pumpkin-showcase-of-champions/feed/ 0