Inside The New York Botanical Garden
Archive: June 2012
Posted in Science on June 5 2012, by Matt Newman
For all of our scientific advances–our satellite imaging systems and mapped genomes–the realm of botany is still a field explorer’s game. As often as there are microscopes and lab coats, there are more muddied hiking boots, cans of bug spray, and long days spent trekking through unforgiving wilderness in search of that next spirited discovery. But above all, there are discoveries yet to be made in this increasingly small world, and the Garden’s science team is on the hunt.
In the last year, as with every year, NYBG scientists have spent days, weeks, and months wandering the globe in the search for undiscovered plant species, working to bring our understanding of the world around us just a little closer to complete. And they’re getting the job done. The last 12 months brought to light 81 new plant and fungi species described to science by our experts, found from the jungles of Southeast Asia to the Great Smoky Mountains of North Carolina. In addition to these 81, the findings resulted in two new plant orders and four new genera. That’s not exactly pocket change when it comes to science news.
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Posted in Adult Education, Around the Garden, Gardens and Collections on June 5 2012, by Sonia Uyterhoeven
Sonia Uyterhoeven is the NYBG’s Gardener for Public Education.
Our discussions of vegetable gardens are going to be temporarily cut short due to the glorious activity in the world of roses. For the past week, the NYBG‘s Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden has been in peak bloom, exuding a luxurious perfume that can be experienced from a distance.
This past Saturday, The New York Botanical Garden joined the Manhattan Rose Society in hosting the 12th annual Great Rosarians of the World symposium. They may sound like an imposing, exclusive collective, yet they are a jovial group that welcomes even the most casual rose grower. The symposium is open to the public and offered as a course in our Continuing Education catalog.
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Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on June 5 2012, by Ann Rafalko
Very special thanks to our ‘American Gothic‘ re-enactors, Elie Haber and Michelle Kehyaian.
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen.
Posted in Monet's Garden, Photography on June 4 2012, by Matt Newman
Mallarmé and Rimbaud live here. Their words, at least. Monet’s Garden, beyond Giverny, is about exploring Impressionism as a movement, dipping into the lyricism of the era’s Symbolist poets. You’ll find selections from some of Monet’s gifted contemporaries placed throughout the Perennial Garden.
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on June 3 2012, by Matt Newman
Oh, c’mon, admit it: he’s cute. It’s lucky for our plants that he’s a Monarch, and only eats milkweed.
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on June 2 2012, by Matt Newman
This is what the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden looks like at its best! Can you believe those climbers scrambling over the pergola? And the white and pink clouds of shrub roses filling out the beds between every bordering path. The weather’s looking to be easy-going this weekend, and this kind of pomp and circumstance won’t stretch out forever–just a heads up, New York.
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Monet's Garden on June 1 2012, by Matt Newman
Most of us aren’t keen to stand in line, and I doubt you think any differently. But in New York City it seems almost unavoidable. Key word being “almost.”
On weekends from now through June 24, Monet’s Garden offers our Members the chance to skip straight past the bustle of the afternoon crowd and view our visiting masterworks an hour before we open the gates. Consider it a show of our gratitude for your welcome contribution to the NYBG! And seeing as spring is staying put for a while longer, we thought it best to make this available to our Members while the pleasant weather is still teasing everyone to sneak outside.
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Posted in Around the Garden, Monet's Garden on June 1 2012, by Matt Newman
The finer nuances of art make their way past the framed edges of the canvas and into the kitchen! Join us this weekend (one of many such adventures in the coming months) for a celebration of all things culinary as we step into the kitchen gardens of France, the salad days of spring, and Monet’s life as not only a painter, but a gourmand. The father of Impressionism took as much pleasure in the abundance of his dinner table as he did his painted garden at Giverny, and Monet’s Garden embraces both!
Showing throughout much of this summer’s exhibition, Monet’s Palate calls talented chefs to bat for the rich culinary traditions of Normandy, a region in the north of France home not only to Giverny, but to a cornucopia of the country’s most esteemed cuisine. Also on Saturday and Sunday, meet up with Gardener for Public Education Sonia Uyterhoeven for an introduction to jardin potagers, or kitchen gardens, a French staple that takes stocking your produce drawer to heights far beyond anything you can pluck from your window sill herb collection.
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Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on June 1 2012, by Matt Newman
A box without hinges, key, or lid,
Yet golden treasure inside is hid.
And I thought I’d never get to quote Bilbo Baggins on this blog.
Sawtooth Stewartia (Stewartia serrata) — Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
For all of our scientific advances–our satellite imaging systems and mapped genomes–the realm of botany is still a field explorer’s game. As often as there are microscopes and lab coats, there are more muddied hiking boots, cans of bug spray, and long days spent trekking through unforgiving wilderness in search of that next spirited discovery. But above all, there are discoveries yet to be made in this increasingly small world, and the Garden’s science team is on the hunt.
