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Posted in Around the Garden, Exhibitions on January 26 2012, by Matt Newman
At the core of botany is a rampant love of adventure. It’s traipsing through the back yard in search of four-leaf clovers as much as it’s hiking through a cloud forest on the trail of a rare epiphyte. It’s about climbing trees, whistling through blades of grass, and chasing the satisfaction of discovery. The need to uncover new things begins early. And if, as Carl Sagan once said, “every kid starts out as a natural-born scientist,” there’s no better team to enlist in our search for Dr. Ed!
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Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on January 26 2012, by Matt Newman
Pinus virginiana ‘Wate’s Golden’ — Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on January 25 2012, by Matt Newman
Consider yourself punned for the rest of the week. (That one actually hurt to type.) Is it too much to hope that these resilient winter blooms will be enough of a mea culpa for such a knock-out headline?
Winter-blooming jasmine (Jasminum nudiflorum) — Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on January 24 2012, by Matt Newman
If our Conservatory speaks of history, the Nolen Greenhouses for Living Collections foster the future. The occasional “members only” tour lets visitors in on the care, technology and horticultural know-how that goes into designing each and every plant exhibition that you see here at the NYBG. Plus it’s just really cool to see the greenery inside the superstructure.
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on January 23 2012, by Matt Newman
Resident photographer and wonderbeard (it’s a term of endearment) Ivo M. Vermeulen recently stole (politely asked for a ride in) a cherry-picker from our NYBG arborists, snagging a rare opportunity to see our Conservatory from a songbird’s perspective. I love to see the contrast in greenery on either side of the glass.
The Tracey Towers in the distance look a little ominous here, don’t they?
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on January 22 2012, by Matt Newman
How often do you see the perm trying to make a comeback anywhere, let alone in horticulture?
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on January 21 2012, by Matt Newman
One glance, two–how many will it take you to spot the shy photobomber in this frills-attached photo? Try enlarging it and squinting a bit. You could be at this a while otherwise.
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Around the Garden on January 20 2012, by Matt Newman
Rumor has it we’ll be seeing some snow in New York tonight! Does that mean winter’s finally making its frigid entrance stage right? Or maybe it’s just nature’s subtle way of nudging you to get off the couch and pay us a visit for the balmy opening of the Caribbean Garden. I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that–yes–the season is giving you a signal. What could it hurt?
Snowflakes or no-flakes, the NYBG will be buzzing with tours, bird walks, and all the swinging, high-heeled dance numbers of the islands. I’m talking salsa. Salsa and warmth. When’s the last time you got to enjoy that kind of two-in-one in the middle of January? And even if the winter was mild until now, it’s a breezy icebox outside today; I’m convinced the threat of frostbite is reason enough to hang out in the jungle habitats of the steamy Enid A. Haupt Conservatory.
Here’s what’s going on this weekend at the Garden!
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Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on January 20 2012, by Matt Newman
Spiraea thunbergii ‘Ogon’ — Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Adult Education, Around the Garden, The Edible Garden on January 19 2012, by Joyce Newman
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, sign up for “The Temptation of Chocolate” with NYBG expert Jessica Bohn, Saturday, February 11 at the Midtown Education Center.
Did you know the main ingredient in chocolate comes from the fruit of the cacao tree? Perhaps you read our earlier article on “cauliflory” in trees like this one. Lucky for us there are cacao trees (Theobroma cacao) thriving in The New York Botanical Garden’s tropical rainforest, a part of the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory. In fact, two of our cacao trees now have cocoa bean pods growing on them, each one about six inches long and dark brown.
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At the core of botany is a rampant love of adventure. It’s traipsing through the back yard in search of four-leaf clovers as much as it’s hiking through a cloud forest on the trail of a rare epiphyte. It’s about climbing trees, whistling through blades of grass, and chasing the satisfaction of discovery. The need to uncover new things begins early. And if, as Carl Sagan once said, “every kid starts out as a natural-born scientist,” there’s no better team to enlist in our search for Dr. Ed!
