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/2012/10/around-the-garden/trick-or-turnip/ http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2012/10/around-the-garden/trick-or-turnip/#comments Thu, 25 Oct 2012 15:00:33 +0000 Matt Newman http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/?p=30200 Carving a pumpkin this year? Thank the Irish!]]> http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2012/10/around-the-garden/trick-or-turnip/feed/ 0 http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2012/10/garden-programming/this-weekend-the-great-pumpkin-carving/ http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2012/10/garden-programming/this-weekend-the-great-pumpkin-carving/#comments Fri, 19 Oct 2012 13:00:24 +0000 Matt Newman http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/?p=30033 These jack o' lanterns aren't exactly porch friendly.]]> http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2012/10/garden-programming/this-weekend-the-great-pumpkin-carving/feed/ 0 http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2012/10/garden-programming/the-pumpkin-masters-apprentice/ http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2012/10/garden-programming/the-pumpkin-masters-apprentice/#comments Thu, 11 Oct 2012 19:08:12 +0000 Matt Newman http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/?p=29701 Carving with the kids? Let Ray Villafane offer some pumpkin pointers this October.]]> http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2012/10/garden-programming/the-pumpkin-masters-apprentice/feed/ 0 http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2012/10/garden-programming/2012-pumpkin-update-a-ton-of-zombie-goodness/ http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2012/10/garden-programming/2012-pumpkin-update-a-ton-of-zombie-goodness/#comments Mon, 01 Oct 2012 18:24:21 +0000 Matt Newman http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/?p=29362 This isn't your kitchen pumpkin carving.]]> http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2012/10/garden-programming/2012-pumpkin-update-a-ton-of-zombie-goodness/feed/ 0 http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2012/08/garden-programming/halloween-horror-shambles-back-to-the-bronx/ http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2012/08/garden-programming/halloween-horror-shambles-back-to-the-bronx/#comments Tue, 28 Aug 2012 15:00:28 +0000 Matt Newman http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/?p=28187 Ray Villafane's shambling horrors return to the Garden this October!]]> http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2012/08/garden-programming/halloween-horror-shambles-back-to-the-bronx/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