Inside The New York Botanical Garden
Photography
Posted in Photography on April 12 2014, by Matt Newman
If you know its scent, you’ll never forget it. The lemony aroma of a springtime caught red-handed.

Winter honeysuckle by the Watson Building (Lonicera fragrantissima) – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on April 11 2014, by Matt Newman

Magnolia stellata near the Library Building – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on April 10 2014, by Matt Newman
“I step out for a few weeks and suddenly everyone in New York City has a jacket with my name on the sleeve. What gives?”

By the Bronx River – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on April 9 2014, by Matt Newman
Ice-blue squill paints Wamsler Rock as if filling in for the absent winter snow. Or mocking its departure!

Scilla mischtschenkoana ‘Tubergeniana’ at Wamsler Rock– Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on April 8 2014, by Matt Newman
Hellebores in the Rock Garden – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on April 7 2014, by Matt Newman
Today marks two weeks until we close up The Orchid Show: Key West Contemporary for another year. Have you indulged in the tropics yet? There’s still time to plan a visit!

In the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on April 6 2014, by Matt Newman
A Japanese plum blossom wakes in the Ladies’ Border. I’m thinking the cherry blossoms can’t be all that far behind. Happy Sunday!

Prunus mume ‘Peggy Clarke’ in the Ladies’ Border – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on April 5 2014, by Matt Newman

Prickly pear (Opuntia phaecantha) in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on April 4 2014, by Matt Newman
The future leaders of our upcoming exhibitions are growing up in the Nolen Greenhouses for Living Collections at this very moment. To say we’re proud of their efforts is an understatement.

In the Nolen Greenhouses – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on April 3 2014, by Matt Newman
Success! The earliest arrivals in the daffodil flotilla can be seen making their appearance around the Visitor Center. In fact, because of the delayed spring, we may have daffodils and tulips overlapping in a flood of mixed color. That’s from Associate Vice President of Outdoor Collections Kristin Schleiter herself in a recent chat with The New York Times.

Daffodils at the Visitor Center – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen