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Looking Back: June 2011

Posted in Photography on December 27 2011, by Ann Rafalko

The Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden is a symphony of color, aroma, and texture in June, so we sent our intrepid Visual Specialists way high up into the air to capture all the beauty.

The Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden, by Ivo M. Vermeulen

The Air Up There

One of early summer’s most perplexing natural phenomena is drifts of what appears to be snow gathering along curbs and in corners all over the city. We asked Plant Records Manager, Jon Peter, to explain.

Video Plant Profile: The Cottonwood Tree

NYBG Member and amateur wildlife photographer Patricia Gonzalez shared the third part of her guide to wildlife photography at the Garden.

Immature Great-Horned Owl

NYBG For the Wildlife Photographer

And I worked on my vacation. I went to visit the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in London, which served as the inspiration for Nathaniel Lord Britton and his wife Elizabeth to push the great men of New York City to found The New York Botanical Garden.

The Palm House at Kew

A Rainy Day Walk Around Kew

It’s not too late to help support The New York Botanical Garden in efforts like these before the year is out. Your gift contributes to the preservation, education, and cultivation of the natural world. Become a part of our 120-year history.

The Year in Review: 2011

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