Inside The New York Botanical Garden
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on July 23 2012, by Matt Newman
It’s not just the Ruth Rea Howell Family Garden that’s looking like a giant salad this summer. Head to the back of the Home Gardening Center to see more leafy greens than a single hare could hope to eat in a lifetime.
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on July 22 2012, by Matt Newman
We’re just missing chocolate, though I suppose green and purple can be stand-ins for the time being.
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on July 21 2012, by Matt Newman
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on July 20 2012, by Matt Newman
Pleasant things for a pleasant Friday. Even though we’re probably looking at a bank of rainclouds throughout the day, we kind of needed the downpour–and it’s still a Friday. Yesterday’s overcast skies, while threatening, left us with hours of easy breezes and popping color from the flowers, so maybe we’ll fare as well this afternoon.
Got any plans for the weekend?
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on July 19 2012, by Matt Newman
Consider the fence around the Native Plant Garden our red curtain. It keeps quaint beauties like these cloistered until their big reveal in 2013.
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on July 18 2012, by Matt Newman
Care to guess the plant? Hint: it has a fondness for bugs.
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on July 17 2012, by Matt Newman
It tends to remind us of Hawaii, but this hibiscus cultivar hails from the Fleming Brothers of Nebraska, of all places.
Hibiscus ‘Kopper King’ — Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on July 16 2012, by Matt Newman
Why cover your work with a label when the food sells itself? Look for Millport Farms’ pickled everything when you stop by the Greenmarket this coming Wednesday (it’s every Wednesday, 9 to 3 p.m., every week through late November). For my two cents, the habanero pickles are life-changing–if you don’t mind your lips tingling.
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on July 15 2012, by Matt Newman
In the immortal words of Jurassic Park’s Dr. Ian Malcolm, “Life finds a way.” …Not that anything has much of a struggle setting down roots in our 250 acres of greenery!
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography, Programs and Events on July 14 2012, by Matt Newman
Wishing a wonderful July 14 to every one of our French friends! And everyone who’s just being French for the weekend, for that matter. Don’t forget that the NYBG will be on 60th street in Manhattan for the Bastille Day NY festivities tomorrow, from 12 to 5 p.m. There won’t be any storming of fortresses to my knowledge, but I figure food, music, and celebration will suffice. Vive le 14 juillet!
Hemerocallis ‘Siloam French Doll’ — Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen