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/2012/09/garden-programming/heads-up-from-the-pumpkin-patch/ http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2012/09/garden-programming/heads-up-from-the-pumpkin-patch/#comments Thu, 06 Sep 2012 15:00:45 +0000 Matt Newman http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/?p=28272 Giant pumpkin growers persevere despite 2012's heat and drought.]]> http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2012/09/garden-programming/heads-up-from-the-pumpkin-patch/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/weighing-the-giant-pumpkins/ http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2011/10/around-the-garden/weighing-the-giant-pumpkins/#comments Thu, 13 Oct 2011 19:33:36 +0000 Karen Daubmann http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/?p=13223 Once again, the Garden will be hosting three of the year's heaviest pumpkins. This year they will be carved by Ray Villafane and Michael Natiello!]]> http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2011/10/around-the-garden/weighing-the-giant-pumpkins/feed/ 3