Inside The New York Botanical Garden
Posted in Photography on September 2 2011, by Ann Rafalko
The Ruth Rea Howell Family Garden opens to the public for daily gardening activities at 1:30 p.m. Prior to that time, it is not uncommon to see families sitting in these wonderfully shaded benches in little niches of a giant hedge. It’s like something out of a storybook!
Across From the Family Garden (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)
Posted in Photography on September 1 2011, by Ann Rafalko
Waterlily in One of the Conservatory Courtyard Pools (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)
Posted in Photography, Science on August 26 2011, by Roy Halling
Smith & Thiers described this mushroom, Boletus hortonii, honorifically for Charles Horton Peck, former New York State Botanist, who recognized the mushroom under a different name. It is a porcini in a very, very broad sense. I took the picture last week when it was fruiting at the Garden. It is widespread in the Northeast, though uncommon.
Boletus hortonii (photo by Roy Halling)
Roy E. Halling, PhD is Curator of Mycology at the Institute of Systematic Botany at The New York Botanical Garden.
Posted in Photography on August 25 2011, by Ann Rafalko
It seems logical for raindrops to be caught in the frilly edges of a crape-myrtle blossom, but the variegated textures of ornamental grasses can capture them, too.
Lagerstroemia ‘Choctaw’
Photos by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on August 24 2011, by Ann Rafalko
Sometimes the sky is so bright that the dome of the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory seems to all but disappear into the whiteness of summer’s clouds.
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on August 23 2011, by Ann Rafalko
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on August 22 2011, by Ann Rafalko
A misty morning in the Forest, deep in the heart of the Bronx.
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
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Posted in Photography on August 21 2011, by Ann Rafalko
The allium harvest in the Ruth Rea Howell Family Garden–where all things garlic, onion, and shallot–were celebrated during Sweet & Stinky month. Do you get a similarly massive bounty from your own garden? Consider some of these simple, family-friendly recipes from the Family Garden for using them up!
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on August 20 2011, by Ann Rafalko
This Adnia rubella flower (commonly known as Chinese buttonbush) looks like it would make a very fine stand-in as a magic wand for your favorite fairy princess.
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Mario Batali's Edible Garden, Photography on August 19 2011, by Ann Rafalko
Please join Mario Batali, The New York Botanical Garden, and the International Garden Photographer of the Year contest in celebrating the joy of youth gardening! The prize for this special monthly photography contest includes a selection of products from Mario Batali!
The rules are simple:
– Enter up to five photographs of kids gardening, or photographs taken by kids in the garden
– The photos do not have to have been taken at The New York Botanical Garden. They can be from any garden anywhere in the world.
– The photos do have to be placed into the NYBG Flickr Group Pool
– Please tag your photographs with nybgigpoty3
Judging will take place at the beginning of September and one winner will be chosen by a panel of judges, and winners will be announced in September.
Please let us know if you have any questions in the comments below!