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This Weekend: Celebrate Dad with The Villalobos Brothers

Posted in Programs and Events on June 19 2015, by Lansing Moore

Peggy Rokefeller Rose Garden beeSunday happens to be the day that we show Dad how much we care, but NYBG’s starting things early with a Saturday night event! Tickets are still available for the Canciones de mi Padre (Songs of My Father) Concert on Saturday, June 20. This evening concert features The Villalobos Brothers and Humberto Flores, as well as Mexican soprano Gizel Xanath. La Casa Azul Taco Truck will be open, or you can enjoy the perfect Frida al Fresco evening by making a reservation at Hudson Garden Grill (final reservations at 5:45 p.m. unless otherwise noted) for a full-service dining experience in our newly opened restaurant. Each Frida al Fresco ticket includes a complimentary Modelo Especial draft cerveza or Jose Cuervo Tradicional margarita!

The Ruth Rea Howell Family Garden will have plenty of seasonal family activities, from Dig! Plant! Grow! to cooking demonstrations at the Whole Foods Market® Family Garden Kitchen. So, whenever you plan to start celebrating your Father’s Day Weekend, we’ll have something going to make it special.

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Canciones de mi Padre: Celebrate Dad at NYBG With A Special Evening Concert

Posted in Programs and Events on June 16 2015, by Lansing Moore

Frida al Fresco Conservatory Lawn NYBG Canciones de mi Padre Father's Day Weekend ConcertFather’s Day weekend is just round the corner—and if you can’t get away with giving him another necktie, treat Dad to a festive evening out at the Garden! NYBG is thrilled to present the Canciones de mi Padre (Songs of my Father) Concert on June 20th. Artists in Residence The Villalobos Brothers and Humberto Flores will perform Linda Ronstadt’s landmark album of traditional Mexican folk songs—the top selling non-English album in American history. Other guest artists, including a full mariachi band and Gizel Xanath, will join the headliners for an evening of outdoor music. Bring a picnic blanket and enjoy the summer evening air with the whole family!

Doors to the Canciones de mi Padre event open at 6 p.m., and admission includes a drink ticket that you can redeem at the outdoor Cantina, Plaza Bar, or Pine Tree Café for a complimentary Modelo Especial draft cerveza or Jose Cuervo Tradicional margarita at any point during the evening. La Casa Azul Taco truck will be serving up a menu of fresh treats.

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Flora Illustrata Named American Horticultural Society 2015 Book Award Winner

Posted in From the Library on June 16 2015, by Vanessa Sellers

Flora Illustrata

Last Thursday, June 4, the American Horticultural Society honored Susan M. Fraser and Vanessa Bezemer Sellers, editors of the 2015 Book Award Winner FLORA ILLUSTRATA: Great Works from the LuEsther T. Mertz Library of The New York Botanical Garden (The New York Botanical Garden/Yale University Press, November 2014). Fraser, Director of the Mertz Library, and Sellers, Coordinator of the Humanities Institute, were on hand to receive the award at the festive ceremony and banquet held at River Farm, the AHS headquarters in Alexandria, VA.

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Kids Dig Gardening at NYBG

Posted in Children's Education on June 15 2015, by Plant Talk

Planting in the Family Garden
Gardeners use screens to measure distance between seeds they’re sowing in their garden plots.

On a recent misty Saturday morning, I found myself boarding a Garden tram bound for the Ruth Rea Howell Family Garden along with 96 children enrolled in the Edible Academy’s Children’s Gardening Program for Crafters, an opportunity for kids ages six to 12 to experience gardening first-hand and to learn about the science behind plants and food.

Parents waved as their kids claimed their seats on the tram, one girl quickly asking whether her mom had packed her a change of clothes for later. She had, and told her daughter, “Have fun. Get dirty!”

The tram pulls away and steers us through low hills and around age-old trees until we arrive at the Family Garden. Eager children disembark and head toward the main garden gates, beyond which they gather with their small groups, divided by age.

It is in these small groups that they do special activities—learning about Gregor Mendel and plant genetics; writing in field notebooks they bound earlier in the program; and making crafts.

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This Weekend: Fun and al Fresco

Posted in Around the Garden on June 12 2015, by Lansing Moore

Peggy Rokefeller Rose Garden beeOnly two nights left to enjoy Frida al Fresco Evenings featuring Jenny Holzer! June 12 & 13 are the last of this special series of four consecutive nights that culminate in a program of scrolling light projections at the Garden’s iconic Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, presented by internationally renowned artist Jenny Holzer, The New York Botanical Garden, and the Poetry Society of America. After the usual Frida al Fresco fun, featuring live music, food, and cocktails beginning at 6:30 p.m., waves of poetry will sweep over the landmark building from dusk until 10 p.m. (weather permitting).

Families this weekend can bring their appetite to NYBG for more delicious and nutritious and educational cooking demonstrations from the Whole Foods Market® Family Garden Kitchen in the Ruth Rea Howell Family Garden. See more ongoing children’s programs and weekend programs for adults at the Garden!

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