Inside The New York Botanical Garden
Posted in Wildlife on July 13 2016, by Patricia Gonzalez
Patricia Gonzalez is an NYBG Visitor Services Attendant and avid wildlife photographer.
An Italian wall lizard (Podarcis sicula) in the Native Plant Garden – Photo by Patricia Gonzalez
Posted in What's Beautiful Now on July 8 2016, by Lansing Moore
At NYBG we’re enjoying a lush summer season, with flowers and greenery abounding across our historic landscape. The Native Plant Garden is full of colorful perennials and graceful ferns, while Daylily Walk is ablaze with these warm flowers. In the Rose Garden, you’ll still find a wealth of blooms—hundreds of varieties of floribundas, hybrid teas, and shrub roses creating an unbelievable palette of colors.
Come admire the seasonal beauty of summer at NYBG, and be sure to experience Impressionism: American Gardens on Canvas in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, which features an exciting array of weekend programs and events! View more highlights from the Garden below.
Posted in Photography on July 6 2016, by Matt Newman
Carrots, string beans, black raspberries, sugar snap peas, and fresh-baked brownies are just a few of the summer highlights from today’s Greenmarket. Stop by until 3 p.m. today—and don’t forget your reusable bag—to stock up for the week!
At the Greenmarket – Photo by Emily Hubbard
Posted in From the Library on July 5 2016, by Jane Lloyd
Jane Lloyd is a volunteer in the LuEsther T. Mertz Library of The New York Botanical Garden.
Old and rare books are most prized for their special characteristics of publication and form, less so for inscriptions and signatures put in them by their owners. However, these inscriptions and signatures, bookplates, and other marks of ownership often vividly illuminate the lives and times of their owners.
A copy of Quadripartitum botanicum de simplicium medicamentarium facultatibus… by Simon Paulli (1603–1680), published in 1708, in the Rare Book Collections of the Mertz Library reveals through its notable first owner European society being transformed by science and a new spirit of international cooperation at the beginning of the 18th century. This thick volume of materia medica written by a Danish scholar and court physician was regarded at the time as the standard work on medical pharmacology and an essential reference volume for contemporary physicians and scientists.
Posted in Photography on July 5 2016, by Matt Newman
The lotus blossoms are the stars of early July. Find them presiding over the water lilies in the Conservatory Pools.
Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) in the Conservatory Pools – Photo by Brian Sullivan
Posted in Programs and Events on July 1 2016, by Matt Newman
Before the cookouts and the fireworks, and the red, white, and blue of the Fourth of July, take a moment to appreciate all the other colors of summer right here at NYBG. Thanks to the Rose Garden, the jewel of our summer collections, you can explore every hue in the rainbow through the thousands of flowers at bloom there!
The Garden will be open for the holiday on Monday, making this one a can’t-miss long weekend to celebrate the best time of year to get outside. Stop in to see our Impressionism: American Gardens on Canvas exhibition while you’re here, and maybe snap a few photos using our Impressify™ app to remember your visit!
Here’s just a hint of what you can expect to see while you’re here: