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This Weekend: A Shutterbug’s Adventure

Posted in Programs and Events on February 6 2015, by Lansing Moore

This weekend includes several ways to escape the cold. In fact, step out of your entire ecosystem and into Wild Medicine in the Tropics in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory to admire a stunning variety of medicinal plants in the rain forest galleries. With tours of the exhibit and the Conservatory, a journey awaits within the warm glasshouse. Shutterbugs can even participate in Photography Tips & Tricks in the Tropics and enjoy a tour along with photo advice from NYBG’s experts. Submit your best shots for consideration in our Wild Medicine Photo Contest!

The Haupt Conservatory will also be the center of next week’s Valentine’s Day Dates, exclusively for MasterCard® cardholders. Kids can also celebrate the sweetest holiday with our Budding Masters Valentine’s Day Chocolate Adventure. Click through for this weekend’s full schedule of special tours and programs.

Saturday, February 7

Wild Medicine in the Tropics Roaming Guide Q&A – 10 a.m.–4 p.m.
In the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory
Take a trip through paradise with a Garden guide who will highlight the interesting plants of our permanent collection in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory.

Bird Walk – 11 a.m.
Meet at the Reflecting Pool at the Leon Levy Visitor Center
The diverse habitats of the Botanical Garden offer visitors a chance to see dozens of species of birds throughout the year. Bring your binoculars and walk the Garden grounds with an expert to learn about bird-friendly habitats, migrating species, and birds that make a permanent home at the Garden.

Wild Medicine in the Tropics Tour -12:30 p.m.
Meet in the Conservatory Palms of the World Gallery
Take a trip through paradise with a Garden guide who will highlight the interesting plants of our permanent collection in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory. An All-Garden Pass is required for admission to the Conservatory.

Photography Tips & Tricks in the Tropics – 1–3 p.m., with tour at 1:30 p.m.
Meet at the Conservatory Palms of the World Gallery
Join our expert on hand in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory who will dispense garden photography tips, encouragement, and critique for budding photographers. Advice on perspective, lighting, and composition will be provided. Participation in the online photo contest is encouraged!
Please note: All-Garden Pass admission is required. No monopods or tripods are allowed in the Conservatory.

Flora Illustrata Tour – 2:30 p.m.
Meet at the LuEsther T. Mertz Library’s 6th Floor Rotunda
The renowned LuEsther T. Mertz Library of The New York Botanical Garden counts among its holdings many of the most beautiful and pioneering botanical and horticultural works ever created. More than eight centuries of knowledge, from the twelfth century to the present, are represented in the Library’s Collection.

Sunday, February 8

Opuntia ficus indica

Wild Medicine in the Tropics Roaming Guide Q&A – 10 a.m.–4 p.m.
In the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory
Take a trip through paradise with a Garden guide who will highlight the interesting plants of our permanent collection in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory.

Conservatory Tour – 12:30 & 2:30 p.m.
Meet at the entrance to the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory
Explore the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, an acre of plants under glass, with one of the Garden’s Guides. Take an ecotour around the world through 11 distinct habitats, including two types of rain forest, deserts of the Americas and of Africa, and aquatic and carnivorous plant displays.

Photography Tips & Tricks in the Tropics – 1–3 p.m., with tour at 1:30 p.m.
Meet at the Conservatory Palms of the World Gallery
Join our expert on hand in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory who will dispense garden photography tips, encouragement, and critique for budding photographers. Advice on perspective, lighting, and composition will be provided. Participation in the online photo contest is encouraged!
Please note: All-Garden Pass admission is required. No monopods or tripods are allowed in the Conservatory.

Ongoing Children’s Programs


Tropical Discoveries – 10 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
In the Everett Children’s Adventure Garden
Inside the cozy William and Lynda Steere Discovery Center kids of all ages can take a closer look at the differences between tropical and temperate plants. Pot up a tropical plant to take home and compare its characteristics with foliage in your neighborhood. Make bark rubbings, count tree rings, and head back into the winter garden with a field notebook to discover the vital sparks of life that lie just below the surface of this quiet season in the Northeast.