Inside The New York Botanical Garden
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on September 23 2012, by Matt Newman
And with that, summer is nothing but a fond memory. It’s not yet October and already the air is brisk and the leaves changing fashions. Thanks goes out to Amy Weiss of the NYBG‘s Steere Herbarium for capturing the change in action.
“First Tinge of Fall” — Photo by Amy Weiss
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on September 22 2012, by Matt Newman
As of today, September 22, each and every sculpture has found its home in the Garden. Manolo Valdés: Monumental Sculpture will run through May 26, 2013, affording our visitors the opportunity to view the artist’s work as it was meant to be seen: through the lens of every seasonal landscape.
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Around the Garden on September 21 2012, by Matt Newman
As much as hearing the phrase rattled off might tap dance on your last nerve, good things really do come to those who wait. And that’s especially true for gardeners. During the first balmy weeks of summer the Ruth Rea Howell Family Garden buzzed with activity as Mario Batali‘s top chefs planted nostalgia left and right, each seedling and young tomato plant a piece of their culinary history–a vegetable that inspired a recipe, or a memorable fruit from childhood. Their potential was nurtured and encouraged through months of careful tending, and now, with fall upon us, the Edible Garden‘s harvest is ready to take the spotlight.
The fanfare begins this Sunday in Mario Batali’s Kitchen Gardens, where gourmands–young and old alike–can pick up a few new recipes while exploring the bounty planted by each of Mario’s chefs. Decorate a harvest bag, make your own chef’s hat, or sample your way through organic goodies. Whatever makes you and your kids happy! The Edible Garden Festival is set to continue into the afternoon with cooking demonstrations by NYBG staff, capped off by a master lesson from none other than Mario Batali himself. Afterwards, he’ll set to stunning tastebuds with his four-course, garden-to-table dinner event in the famed Garden Stone Mill.
Posted in Around the Garden on September 21 2012, by Matt Newman
To see the Summer Sky
Is Poetry, though never in a Book it lie —
True Poems flee —
Emily Dickinson
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on September 20 2012, by Matt Newman
Photo by Patricia Gonzalez
Posted in Around the Garden on September 19 2012, by Matt Newman
On Saturday, September 22, the autumnal equinox comes along to peg the exact moment when the northern hemisphere tilts its way into the colder months, leaving many northeastern green thumbs with a bittersweet goodbye on their hands; it’s ciao to cucumbers and adios to eggplants until 2013. But just because summer’s warmth is tipping its hat, that doesn’t mean you need to stow your trowels and pack up your gardening gloves! As explained by Toby Adams, manager of the Ruth Rea Howell Family Garden, fall can be just as bountiful with a little savvy under your belt.
For the cooler seasons, we’re giving a farewell salute to tomatoes, summer squash, and fresh beans, but welcoming an entirely new class of crops to our one-acre vegetable garden; all sorts of hardy vegetables will be taking root, including mustard greens, broccoli, and prolific plots of radishes to be harvested later in fall. And if the fresh start wasn’t reason enough for fanfare, we’re marking the first day of fall with the long-awaited Edible Garden Festival on Sunday, September 23. It’s as proper a send-off to summer as I can imagine, with all-day gardening activities, cooking demonstrations, and a gourmand’s getaway in Mario Batali‘s garden-to-table dinner event.
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on September 19 2012, by Matt Newman
One or two more months and the ginkgoes will be brightening city streets with their firefly autumn yellows. Also stinking them up, for that matter. But, hey, sometimes there’s give and take in nature’s beauty.
Ginkgo biloba — Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on September 18 2012, by Matt Newman
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on September 17 2012, by Matt Newman
Here’s to a gratifying Monday, straight from Plant Talk HQ. Seriously, I’m waving from one of those windows.
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on September 16 2012, by Matt Newman
Spend any time outside in the Garden this weekend and you’ll be hard-pressed to miss the work of Manolo Valdés. Trust me. The show officially begins September 22.
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen