Morning Eye Candy: Callicarpa japonica
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on November 30 2011, by Matt Newman
I’d say the Japanese beautyberry does a decent job of living up to its name, wouldn’t you?
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
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Morning Eye Candy: Home Sweet Home
Posted in Holiday Train Show, Photography on November 29 2011, by Matt Newman
It’s not often our Morning Eye Candy posts are quite this literal, eh? The Gingerbread Adventures exhibition is up and running at the Everett Children’s Adventure Garden, so feel free to bring the kids for cookie decorating (and eating!) They might even learn a thing or two about making their own gingerbread houses–everyone’s a potential architect.
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Morning Eye Candy: Fall Regalia
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on November 25 2011, by Matt Newman
The ginkgoes are all but done changing into their fall finery, creating sunny gradients of color.
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Morning Eye Candy: Gobble, Gobble
Posted in Photography on November 24 2011, by Ann Rafalko
The Garden is closed today for Thanksgiving. With the gates shut, our turkeys are breathing a sigh of relief.
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Morning Eye Candy: Twin Lakes
Posted in Photography on November 23 2011, by Ann Rafalko
The Twin Lakes–located at the northernmost point of the Garden–are a great place to enjoy fall’s beautiful light.
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Morning Eye Candy: Rose Garden
Posted in Photography on November 22 2011, by Ann Rafalko
Fall announces itself in the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden with a flush of foliar color, as the flowers gently fade away.
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Morning Eye Candy: Ladies’ Border
Posted in Photography on November 21 2011, by Ann Rafalko
The Ladies’ Border, nestled on the southern end of the Conservatory, is a fascinating garden. Planted full of beautiful plants, trees, and flowers not normally hardy in this climate, it is a study in boundary-pushing. And beauty.
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Morning Eye Candy: Seasonal Walk
Posted in Photography on November 20 2011, by Ann Rafalko
Seasonal Walk, located to the north of the Conservatory, near the Garden Cafe, is truly beautiful in all seasons.
Seasonal Walk (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)
November’s IGPOTY Deadline Draws Near
Posted in Photography on November 19 2011, by Matt Newman
Every day at The New York Botanical Garden offers countless opportunities to snap the perfect shot. A red-tailed hawk making pre-flight checks, a maple seed as it whirligigs from an overhead branch–each event happens almost casually, yet the challenge of capturing nature in just the right light, at the right time, is something our visiting photographers crave.
But there’s motivation beyond the thrill of capturing the perfect picture, thanks in large part to the nearly $8,000 in grand prize funds handed out through the International Garden Photographer of the Year competition. For the last five years, the contest has provided amateurs and professionals alike with an outlet for their photographs, and in turn earned the winners not only a check, but global recognition for their work. And with an entry fee of only £10 (around $16), there’s no reason to sit this year’s competition out.
Morning Eye Candy: Wamsler Rock
Posted in Photography on November 19 2011, by Ann Rafalko
Wamsler Rock is located above the main tram stop, between the Rock Garden, and the Native Plant Garden (which is currently closed for renovation).
Wamsler Rock (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)