Morning Eye Candy: Color & Shape
Posted in Photography on October 13 2015, by Matt Newman
In the Native Plant Garden – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Inside The New York Botanical Garden
Archive: October 2015
This Weekend: Three Days of Fall Beauty
Posted in Programs and Events on October 9 2015, by Lansing Moore
Happy Friday, and to all those who have Monday off for the holiday weekend—you’ve earned it! Enjoy your long weekend with a fall escape to NYBG, where we have three days of tours, live entertainment, film screenings, and all-new family programs surrounding FRIDA KAHLO: Art, Garden, Life.
As you take a moment to enjoy the fall, plan ahead and book your tickets now for this year’s return of the beloved Holiday Train Show®. Early bird ticket buyers can save 20% on All-Garden Pass admission before October 11, and reserve tickets before the most popular dates sell out. MasterCard Cardholders save 30% on All-Garden Pass admission to the Holiday Train Show® when they use their MasterCard to purchase tickets online in advance. View more information and see the discount codes that help you plan ahead for the holidays and save! Remember, October 11 is the final day of this promotion, so plan your holiday visit today.
Continue reading for the full schedule of programs and events happening throughout the Garden for October 10, 11, & 12.
Morning Eye Candy: Gentle Sun
Posted in Photography on October 9 2015, by Matt Newman
Morning peeks into the hollows of the Rock Garden with a reticent sort of light. The collection’s currently on track to stay open until November 15 this season—longer if the weather behaves.
In the Rock Garden – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Don’t Miss The Final Frida Look-Alike Contest of the Year at LGBT Night
Posted in Programs and Events on October 8 2015, by Lansing Moore
From the first day of FRIDA KAHLO: Art, Garden, Life, we have been awestruck by the stellar Frida-inspired looks displayed by our visitors. Kahlo aficionados of all ages and from all over have flocked to the Garden in flower crowns, colorful shawls, and long skirts, entering the reimagined Casa Azul in the Haupt Conservatory while evoking the iconic artist. Without any prompting, many of the record number of visitors to see this show have put in impressive effort to make this a singular and heartwarming moment in the Garden’s nearly 125-year history.
To reward the enthusiasm of the art- and garden-lovers attending this exhibition, NYBG has held a series of Frida Look-Alike Contests during select evening events throughout the six-month run of FRIDA KAHLO: Art, Garden, Life. Thursday, October 22, is your last chance to participate in—or simply admire—these joyous and festive evenings of creative display. Register today for a chance to show off your best Frida and win a gift bag from NYBG Shop. An Honorable Mention will go out to whomever best incorporates an homage to Día de los Muertos in their outfit.
Bring the Family for Frida Adventures in Fall!
Posted in Programs and Events on October 8 2015, by Matt Newman
Autumn for families in the Garden is one of the most colorful times of year to stop by, from the changing leaves in the Forest to our much-loved tradition of giant pumpkin carving in late October. And new this year, we’re taking things a step further with a full schedule of fall FRIDA KAHLO programming geared toward families who’re looking for something more than the average Halloween outing!
Take a break from the haunted houses and join NYBG in the coming weeks for some of the most lively Día de los Muertos activities you’ll find in New York.
Kids and adults alike are welcome at the Garden in late October, when we highlight the Mexican Day of the Dead with two festive weekends of stilt-dancers, live music, food, and fun for all ages—with events throughout the garden on October 24, 25, 31, and November 1. Our first Día de los Muertos Weekend also happens to feature a fan-favorite in Ray Villafane, who returns to the Garden with his team of artists for two days of live pumpkin carving—some of the biggest and heaviest gourds in the country!—creating creepy creatures inspired by traditional calaveras characters.
Morning Eye Candy: Autumn Light
Posted in Photography on October 8 2015, by Matt Newman
With the last of the whitewash removed, you can make out the silhouettes of thriving tropical trees beneath the glass of the Conservatory dome.
The Haupt Conservatory – Photo by Marlon Co
Morning Eye Candy: Greenmarket in Triptych
Posted in Photography on October 7 2015, by Matt Newman
The Greenmarket is a hub of color, muted and bright. And always delicious—though that should go without saying. Join us there every Wednesday, 9 a.m.–3 p.m., through this November.
Kale, tomatoes, beets, now at the Greenmarket — Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Weekly Wildlife at the Garden: A Summer Passed
Posted in Photography on October 6 2015, by Patricia Gonzalez
Patricia Gonzalez is an NYBG Visitor Services Attendant and avid wildlife photographer.
Farewell, summer. We’ll miss you! Here, a giant swallowtail snapped in August takes a break.
A Giant Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio cresphontes) in the Home Gardening Center – Photo by Patricia Gonzalez
Morning Eye Candy: Dew
Posted in Photography on October 6 2015, by Matt Newman
Frikart’s Aster wears the morning dew well in the Home Gardening Center.
Aster × frikartii ‘Monch’ in the Home Gardening Center – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Discovering the Nolen Greenhouse
Posted in Learning Experiences on October 5 2015, by Claire Sabel
Claire Sabel is a Junior Fellow at the Humanities Institute of The New York Botanical Garden.
The Humanities Institute at The New York Botanical Garden was launched in the spring of 2014 to support interdisciplinary research between the arts and sciences. The Institute brings scholars to the Mertz Library to research relationships between humanity and nature, landscapes, and the built environment. This summer, several Fellows joined the Institute to pursue research projects that focus on the Library’s collections, which are some of the best in the world for the history and practice of horticulture, botany, and landscape design. In this series, they explore how visiting living plant collections in the Nolen Greenhouse has informed their work.
As Humanities Fellows, we work primarily with inert objects: a printed page, handwritten letters, sketches from field notebooks, an occasional herbarium sheet. Between our various research projects, which you can read more about here, we cover centuries and continents, and almost everything we need to do so is contained within the rich collections of the LuEsther T. Mertz Library (with the occasional help of the Internet).
Part of what makes the Humanities Institute so special, however, is its position within a much larger and varied research institution and living museum. Although humanists typically make use of archives and museum repositories, the Botanical Garden has a unique set of special collections housed in the Nolen Greenhouses.