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Morning Eye Candy: Inside the Nolen Greenhouses

Posted in Photography on April 10 2011, by Ann Rafalko

The Nolen Greenhouses for Living Collections are extraordinary. Not open to the public, these state-of-the art greenhouses are where many of the plants that will eventually be displayed on the Garden’s grounds are cared for. This time of year they are an explosion of color! Here’s a peek inside.

Inside the Nolen Greenhouses

Inside the Nolen Greenhouses

Photos by Ivo M. Vermeulen

Morning Eye Candy: In the Rose Garden

Posted in Photography on April 7 2011, by Ann Rafalko

Curator Peter Kukielski teaches School of Professional Horticulture students in the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden.

Peter Kukielski and School of Professional Horticulture Students in the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden

(photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)

Planting bare root roses in the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden

Planting bare root roses in the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)

Want to plant bare root roses yourself at home? Learn how from Peter himself! Hurry, because the best time for bare root rose planting is almost over in our area (for those of you who purchased a rose in a pot don’t worry — Peter says a potted rose can be planted anytime).