Morning Eye Candy: Bon Voyage
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on April 20 2012, by Matt Newman
We now enter the final weekend of 2012’s Orchid Show. What will you be doing with your off days?
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
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Wetland Invaders
Posted in Around the Garden on April 19 2012, by Matt Newman
What the heck is Phragmites? I found myself posing the same question. What could be so diabolical, so absolutely devilish as to demand several days’ sweat and muscle ache shoveling out a muddy pit? Why the misleading singular noun? Sadly (and despite the phonetic similarities), Phragmites has nothing to do with Fraggle Rock. Neither is it related to flaming space junk, or the stone spikes that spur the floors and ceilings of winding underground caverns. Nope–it’s a plant. And, to many, it’s a ruthless swampland invader.
Morning Eye Candy: A.M. Architecture
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on April 19 2012, by Matt Newman
A late MEC today, but not forgotten. I blame the interminable train delays. Seeing the tulip trees in their spring garb makes for a good balm on commuter frustration, though.
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Earth Day the Right Way
Posted in Around the Garden, Programs and Events on April 18 2012, by Matt Newman
We think everyone should treat each and every square on the calendar like it’s Earth Day; we’re loud proponents of keeping the environment healthy and ship-shape. But on the celebratory front, we like to pile our events into one spectacular week of sunny spring days. So if you’re searching for a way to show the planet that you appreciate all it’s done for you, and you want to give back, we have just the thing. Read on for all that’s going down with The New York Botanical Garden and its partners, here and around New York City!
Morning Eye Candy: Soft at the Edges
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on April 18 2012, by Matt Newman
The daytime temperatures are finally lining up with the sunlight filtering through the new leaves on the trees. It was a figurative weight off my shoulders to leave my jacket on the coat hook this morning.
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Morning Eye Candy: Silver Parrot
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on April 17 2012, by Matt Newman
We now continue our impromptu series on recently-flowering tulip cultivars styled after chatty tropical birds.
Tulipa ‘Silver Parrot’ — Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Petunias Rare and Red
Posted in Around the Garden, Science on April 16 2012, by Matt Newman
Off on a side table, just inside one of the treated glass superstructures of the Nolen Greenhouses for Living Collections, there stands a spray of stems headed with humble, star-shaped flowers. The aesthetic is nothing wildly exotic–a deep crimson defines the petals. The plant is otherwise unremarkable next to a common garden petunia. And yet the “DO NOT TOUCH” sign hand-written and jabbed in alongside the plant is evidence of its peculiar value. Is it fragile, or perhaps toxic?
Neither in particular. This plant, Petunia exserta, is one of incredible rarity.
Morning Eye Candy: Black Parrot
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on April 15 2012, by Matt Newman
The tulips are out and about! And contrary to what Holland’s classic advertising suggests, not all bulbs sprout cup-like, candy-colored petals. In some cases they fall more in line with the imagery of Poe.
Don’t worry, Holland. We love you.
Tulipa ‘Black Parrot’ — Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Morning Eye Candy: Speak for the Trees
Posted in Adult Education, Photography on April 15 2012, by Matt Newman
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Morning Eye Candy: Snowfall
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on April 14 2012, by Matt Newman
Sorry–that title might have set a few of you on sudden edge. Too late for April Fools’?
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen