Inside The New York Botanical Garden
Posted in Photography on February 28 2014, by Matt Newman
It’s ready, we’re ready, and I hope you’re ready! The Orchid Show: Key West Contemporary opens to the public this Saturday, March 1.
In the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on February 27 2014, by Matt Newman
Swiping a big red circle onto my wall calendar: the Rock Garden reopens to the public in April. Can’t wait to hear the murmur of the cascade again.
The Rock Garden – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on February 26 2014, by Matt Newman
In the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on February 25 2014, by Matt Newman
In the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on February 24 2014, by Matt Newman
While Tropical Paradise has officially called it quits to make room for this Saturday’s opening of The Orchid Show: Key West Contemporary, our Tropical Paradise Photography Contest is still running for the remainder of this week. This Friday, February 28, is the last day that we’ll accept submissions before we close our doors for final deliberations, so be sure and get your photos up on our Flickr group before then!
In the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on February 23 2014, by Matt Newman
Up and up, The Orchid Show is coming together in the final stretch. And a good thing, too, since it starts on Saturday! Check out the second of our “Making Of” videos to get an idea of how things are playing out in the Conservatory.
In the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on February 22 2014, by Matt Newman
Hamamelis mollis in the Home Gardening Center – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on February 21 2014, by Matt Newman
I’m resigning myself, happily, to the flood of orchid photos we’ll be seeing from Ivo over the next couple of months. Everything from the boisterous moth orchids you know so well to elegant jewelry like this, an epiphytic orchid that grows on mossy trees in the Philippines.
Dendrochilum cobbianum – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in The Orchid Show on February 20 2014, by Matt Newman
It’s little more than a week ’til we throw the spotlight on The Orchid Show: Key West Contemporary. The Enid A. Haupt Conservatory is a flurry of activity. New installations—of display architecture, of flowers in bunches and bundles—are going up daily, and while Tropical Paradise continues through this Sunday, February 23, you can be sure you’ll see hints of the exhibition to come if you visit our famed glasshouse now. You might not catch any Hemingway lookalikes riding by on scooters just yet, but make no mistake: the Florida Keys are coming to New York on March 1!
Karen Daubmann, our Associate Vice President for Exhibitions, joined us in the Conservatory not long ago to catch us up on the show’s progress. She also gave us a little peek into the inspirations behind this year’s exhibition, including the reflecting pools and modernist pergolas of the Susan Henshaw Jones Garden down in Key West. We’ll have more “Making Of” videos like this one in the coming weeks, so have a look to get a taste of what’s on the horizon.
Posted in Photography on February 20 2014, by Matt Newman
In the Native Plant Garden – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen