Morning Eye Candy: Patience Brings Peonies
Posted in Photography on May 2 2013, by Ann Rafalko
The tree peonies are just beginning to bloom. They’re still feeling a little shy.
Inside The New York Botanical Garden
Photography
Morning Eye Candy: Going Dutch
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on May 1 2013, by Matt Newman
The Native Plant Garden‘s transformation over the last two weeks has put up a spectacle, for sure, but when I ran into Ivo yesterday, he only had eyes for these tiny “pantaloons.” And if his love of these Dutchman’s Breeches didn’t get the point across, his bright orange shirt laid his national pride out for anyone within a mile to see.
Dutchman’s Breeches (Dicentra cucullaria) — Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Morning Eye Candy: Bouquet of Roses In Sunlight
Posted in Photography on April 30 2013, by Ann Rafalko
Say that it is a crude effect, black reds,
Pink yellows, orange whites, too much as they are
To be anything else in the sunlight of the room,
Too much as they are to be changed by metaphor,
Too actual, things that in being real
Make any imaginings of them lesser things.
Bouquet of Roses In Sunlight ~ Wallace Stevens
Morning Eye Candy: Rebellious
Posted in Photography on April 29 2013, by Ann Rafalko
Some of this year’s class of tulips seem to be exhibiting a rebellious streak.
Morning Eye Candy: Pine Dome
Posted in Photography on April 28 2013, by Ann Rafalko
No we haven’t replaced the iconic dome of the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory with a conifer, it’s just a trick of the landscape.
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Morning Eye Candy: Toro!
Posted in Photography on April 27 2013, by Ann Rafalko
If Ferdinand the Bull were ever allowed into the Perennial Garden, I think he would make a beeline for this ‘Taurus’ rhododendron. He is a true flower connoisseur after all …
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Morning Eye Candy: Blossom Breezes
Posted in Photography on April 25 2013, by Ann Rafalko
Follow us on Vine, @nybg
Morning Eye Candy: Trees in the Garden
Posted in Photography on April 24 2013, by Ann Rafalko
And the ghostly, creamy colored little tree of leaves
white, ivory white among the rambling greens
how evanescent, variegated eider, she hesitates on the green grass
as if, in another moment, she would disappear
with all her grace of foam!
Trees in the Garden ~ D.H. Lawrence
Morning Eye Candy: Sitting Weather
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on April 23 2013, by Matt Newman
You know, I’m a big fan of walking, especially during spring. I really am. But, every now and again, it seems more prudent to sit and absorb. And stuff your watch in your pocket.
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Morning Eye Candy: Sugar Rush
Posted in Photography on April 22 2013, by Ann Rafalko
Scrolling through the photos taken by my colleague Ivo this spring is a bit like eating a Parisian macaron; airy, sugary, delicate, delicious, evanescent, amazing. This spring is one of the prettiest I can remember, but unlike the finest confections, it keeps lingering on. It’s just wonderful!
Prunus ‘Accolade’ (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)