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Archive: March 2014
Posted in Gardening Tips on March 4 2014, by Sonia Uyterhoeven
For the beauty queen in all of us, there was Color Me Beautiful, a guide that helped you develop your own color personality, providing tips that range from makeup to clothes to camouflaging your figure. In the garden, however, Color Me Tomatoes are the up and coming trend.
I’m still trawling this year’s catalogs in search of delightful new tomatoes hitting the market. In the New York area, I generally plant tomatoes outside one to two weeks after the last frost, which ranges from April 21 to May 7 depending on whom you ask. This means your tomatoes will be planted outside during either the second or third week of May if you are conservative, or the end of April and into the first week of May if you are bold.
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Posted in Photography on March 4 2014, by Matt Newman
Your time is nearly up, winter. Hope your bags are packed!
Adonis amurensis in the Ladies’ Border – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on March 3 2014, by Lansing Moore
Here we are, at the end of our Tropical Paradise Photo Contest’s last round of finals. As we welcomed the colorful debut of The Orchid Show: Key West Contemporary this past weekend, we also had to say goodbye to Tropical Paradise for another year. Today we announce the last finalists who managed to capture the magic of that exhibition through their lenses.
While the Oscars may be over, we still have our own prize to give out for “Best Picture”—a seat in the NYBG Adult Education Photography class of the winner’s choice. We will now deliberate over the past six rounds of weekly winners, and announce the Grand Prize Winners next Tuesday. So without further ado, we announce the winners of Best Photo in the Macro Category, and Best Photo in the Sense-of-Place Category. The envelope please…
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Posted in Photography on March 3 2014, by Matt Newman
Nymphaea in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory’s Aquatic House – Photo by Amy Weiss
Posted in Photography on March 2 2014, by Matt Newman
In the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on March 1 2014, by Matt Newman
The Orchid Show: Key West Contemporary is off and running as of this morning. Here’s some strawberry daiquiri visuals to get you in the tropical spirit. Oh, and happy March!
In the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
For the beauty queen in all of us, there was Color Me Beautiful, a guide that helped you develop your own color personality, providing tips that range from makeup to clothes to camouflaging your figure. In the garden, however, Color Me Tomatoes are the up and coming trend.
