Plan Your Weekend: Holiday Train Show Opens!
Posted in Exhibitions, Holiday Train Show, Uncategorized on November 20 2009, by Plant Talk
Excitement Builds Waiting to See Show for First Time
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Laura Collier is Marketing Associate at The New York Botanical Garden. |
Ah, yes. The first month of a new job. So many exciting possibilities, but also so many questions! I just moved to New York City and just started at The New York Botanical Garden, so there certainly is a lot to learn. Since my first day, I’ve been happy to be thrown right into the mix, learning quickly about the Garden, the events, collections, location of the lunchroom—the general “first-week 101.”
It’s an especially busy time here, preparing for the huge Holiday Train Show, which opens this weekend. It’s been interesting to see how much the staff and volunteers look forward to this event. Whenever someone mentions the Holiday Train Show, their voice changes a bit. When they find out that I’ve never been to the show, they immediately drop what they are doing to tell me about how beautiful the Conservatory looks when it’s all decorated and lit up or about their favorite landmark replica, like Yankee Stadium or the Brooklyn Bridge. Maybe they even mention that they secretly like The Little Engine That Could™ Puppet Show and that they are glad to have a 3-year-old nephew to use as an excuse to see it again this year. (Don’t worry; your secret is safe with me.)
I have to confess that I snuck in to see the exhibition as it was being set up. This just heightened my steadily growing excitement. The New York landmark replicas made from plant materials such as acorn caps, pomegranate halves, and sea grape leaves are so detailed that the pictures I had seen really do not do them justice. Twinkling lights are up inside and outside of the Conservatory, the new chill in the wind is signaling that winter is not far away, and writing promotions about Gingerbread Adventures, family events that go along with the show, has given me a week-long craving for gingersnaps.
So, after all this buildup, the Holiday Train Show opens tomorrow! I’ll be at the Garden with bells on, and maybe I’ll bump into one of you there! I promise to post some pics of my adventures.
