Inside The New York Botanical Garden
Posted in Photography on April 21 2016, by Matt Newman
The caterpillars in our Adventure Garden are decked out in their spring finery, and just in time for the return of sandal weather.
Narcissus and Viola in the Everett Children’s Adventure Garden – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on July 10 2015, by Matt Newman
In the Everett Children’s Adventure Garden – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on July 17 2013, by Matt Newman
Caterpillars often munch unmerciful on their preferred plants, but there’s usually the later butterfly’s pollinating habits to look forward to, at least. I think this one will become a black swallowtail butterfly (Papilio polyxenes). Then again, I’m no entomologist. Any confirmations from readers?
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Wildlife on June 25 2012, by Matt Newman
Live in New York City? I’ll hazard a guess you’re not starting your day with a cup of chicory and a thumb through the latest farmer’s almanac (Brooklyn’s urban agriculturists notwithstanding). But for mainland growers in the Empire State’s west end, a crawling menace on the horizon makes for an ugly forecast. Some wheat farmers are already seeing the fallout of this hungry pestilence, blown up from–where else?–the south.
Bear with me. Being a southerner, I get free license to poke fun at the legacy.
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on June 3 2012, by Matt Newman
Oh, c’mon, admit it: he’s cute. It’s lucky for our plants that he’s a Monarch, and only eats milkweed.
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen