Morning Eye Candy: Adieu, Spring
Posted in Photography on June 20 2014, by Matt Newman
Today is the last day of Spring 2014, and the Rose Garden is ripe with farewells.
In the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Plant Talk
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Garden News: Groundbreakers in Full Color
Posted in Around the Garden on June 19 2014, by Matt Newman
At the heart of our Groundbreakers exhibition stand six women—three of them designers, three of them photographers—who, through combined efforts, effected a sea change in the style and popularity of the American garden. From Beatrix Farrand’s opus of the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden in Seal Harbor, Maine, to Marian Coffin’s timeless creations here at NYBG, formerly staid home gardens in the U.S. shrugged off western Europe’s stylistic dominance for new and exciting influences from other cultures—not to mention those found right here at home.
Groundbreakers: Great American Gardens and The Women Who Designed Them is an homage to that renaissance of the early 20th century, when these six women established themselves not only as successful designers, but as pioneers along a fresh course for the country’s green spaces.
Morning Eye Candy: Ahead by a Mile
Posted in Photography on June 19 2014, by Matt Newman
The mullein (Verbascum) in our “Mrs. Rockefeller’s Garden” display is getting pleasantly overzealous in its efforts to outdazzle the rest of the planting.
Groundbreakers in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Women in Urban Planning: Past, Present, and Future
Posted in Programs and Events on June 18 2014, by Lansing Moore
This Friday, June 20, the Garden will host the inaugural symposium of the new Humanities Institute within the LuEsther T. Mertz Library! This exciting new initiative will further establish the academic role of the world’s largest, most comprehensive botanical and horticultural library.
In keeping with the spirit of Groundbreakers: Great American Gardens and The Women Who Designed Them, Friday will honor the role of women in the historic development of today’s urban spaces with a panel of visiting experts. These various speakers will be led by landscape historian Thaisa Way, ASLA, in a conversation entitled Women and the City—From a Landscape Perspective. Read on for the full lineup and more information about the new Humanities Institute!
Morning Eye Candy: Good Effort
Posted in Photography on June 18 2014, by Matt Newman
It’s been a couple of weeks since our Rose Garden Celebration. Please, nobody tell the Rose Garden that it can stop trying so hard!
In the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Instant Color
Posted in Around the Garden on June 17 2014, by Sonia Uyterhoeven
Sonia Uyterhoeven is the NYBG’s Gardener for Public Education.
When you come to visit the Garden, more often than not you’re getting a view of the final product. Only seldom do our guests have the unexpected privilege of seeing all of our work in progress.
You may have come for a visit in the spring or the fall and seen us ripping out beds of bulbs or annuals, replacing them with other seasonal displays. We’re busy making what I call a “tidy mess”—or sometimes, depending on the personalities at play, “controlled chaos.” Everything gets ripped out. Perennials are given a new home, spent annuals dumped in the back of a Toro (our little, red, environmentally-friendly electric carts) and taken away to the compost heap. The bed is then raked smooth, fertilized, and its edges tidied in preparation for the new planting.
Carts of annuals and tender perennials are brought down to the work area, looking like nursery on wheels. A discussion then ensues on the placement and the number of plants available for each area. The bed is measured and divided into quadrants, the annuals are spaced, and each plant placed in the bed.
Morning Eye Candy: Shaggy Spring
Posted in Photography on June 17 2014, by Matt Newman
Looks like the armillary sphere could use a haircut.
The Armillary Sphere in the Perennial Garden – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
The Greenmarket Returns to NYBG
Posted in Programs and Events on June 16 2014, by Lansing Moore
Beginning June 18, visitors to the Garden will have a chance to bring home some healthy and delicious treats from the NYBG Greenmarket! Each Wednesday through November 26, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., fresh food and produce will be available near the Garden’s Mosholu Gate from local vendors, in a collaboration between NYBG and Greenmarket, a program of GrowNYC. There is no reason not to come enjoy the beautiful summer scenery while you get some shopping done!
Morning Eye Candy: Watch for Fairies
Posted in Photography on June 16 2014, by Matt Newman
It’s landscapes like the Rock Garden that gave the world its fairy tales.
In the Rock Garden – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Morning Eye Candy: Dad’s Day Out
Posted in Photography on June 15 2014, by Matt Newman
Happy Father’s Day! Here’s to all the dads out there that—even if they’re a bit prickly—will always have a heart of gold. We’ll be chilling on Daffodil Hill for the Big Backyard BBQ all afternoon, so feel free to join us if you’re in the mood for good food, beer, and music.
Prickly pear (Opuntia humifusa) in the Native Plant Garden – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen