Inside The New York Botanical Garden
Posted in Photography on May 19 2016, by Matt Newman
The Matelich peonies are a kick line of splashy blooms across the way from the Conservatory. They can’t be missed!
Paeonia ‘Salmon Dream’ in the Matelich Peony Collection – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on May 17 2016, by Lansing Moore
Aphelandra tetragona in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on May 16 2016, by Matt Newman
Delphinium in the Haupt Conservatory – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in What's Beautiful Now on May 13 2016, by Matt Newman
After months of preparation and a frenetic few weeks in the Haupt Conservatory, where our horticulturists were buzzing about with hollyhocks, poppies, and foxgloves, opening weekend for Impressionism: American Gardens on Canvas has finally arrived. And with the mid-spring flux of wildly blooming flowers and greening trees surrounding us, it’s a pretty good time to get reacquainted with NYBG!
Join us Saturday and Sunday for the Opening Weekend Celebration, featuring live music, plein-air painting, craft activities, dance, and a special cake tasting by some of New York’s top bakeries. It’s going to be an incredible run, and the show is only just getting started.
Posted in Photography on May 13 2016, by Matt Newman
Clouds, streaks, flurries of color—the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory is painted with Impressionist beauty going into opening weekend. The exhibition runs May 14–September 11. I hope to see you there!
Impressionism: American Gardens on Canvas in the Haupt Conservatory – Photo by Marlon Co
Posted in Photography on May 10 2016, by Matt Newman
In the Native Plant Garden – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on May 9 2016, by Matt Newman
In the Azalea Garden – Photos by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Around the Garden on May 6 2016, by Matt Newman
It’s Mother’s Day this coming Sunday, May 8, and as every year, there’s no better place to celebrate the holiday than here at the Garden. We’ll be outside for our Mother’s Day Weekend Garden Party with lawn games, arts and crafts, and plenty of food trucks on hand to make an afternoon on Daffodil Hill that much more relaxing.
Among the highlights of what you’ll see this weekend is the Azalea Garden, which is just about to hit peak color for the season with a sea of blooming purples and pinks. From there, you’ll want to stop in at the Native Plant Garden, where pleasant ephemerals dot the landscape. And the Rock Garden, ever a star at this time of year, changes near-hourly with its collections of alpine flowers.
This is one of the biggest weekends of the year at NYBG, and did I mention the newly renovated Lilac Collection is fit to overflow with color and fragrance?
Posted in Photography on May 6 2016, by Matt Newman
For the reflective breed of quiet that lends your inspiration its walking legs, the Rock Garden stands alone.
The Rock Garden cascade – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Around the Garden, From the Library, Shop/Book Reviews on May 5 2016, by Esther Jackson
Esther Jackson is the Public Services Librarian at NYBG’s LuEsther T. Mertz Library where she manages Reference and Circulation services and oversees the Plant Information Office. She spends much of her time assisting researchers, providing instruction related to library resources, and collaborating with NYBG staff on various projects related to Garden initiatives and events.
Gardener’s Yoga: 40 Yoga Poses to Help Your Garden Flow immediately caught my eye when I saw it featured as a new book at the University of Washington Botanic Gardens Elisabeth C. Miller Library. Written by Veronica D’Orazio and illustrated by Frida Clements, this 2015 edition includes new artwork and more poses than the 2005 publication by the same name from D’Orazio.
Gardening is often praised for the health benefits it provides. Those who garden or have gardened regularly can attest to the physical challenges and demands of the hobby or profession, and the full-body workout that gardening can often provide. Gardener’s Yoga positions itself as a resource that will allow readers to ease the aches and pains associated with gardening, and strengthen muscle groups often used in common garden chores. Additionally, the yoga poses that have been selected are intended to be easy on the hands and knees, as these areas of the body often withstand repetitious movement when gardening.