Inside The New York Botanical Garden
Posted in Around the Garden on October 15 2012, by Matt Newman
The neat thing about the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden is that it has no concept of Mondays; no dread of the week to come, or need for three cups of coffee just to clear its inbox. It plugs along, 24/7, looking like a technicolor mosaic until its season is up.
Shrub rose ‘Audubon’ — Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on October 14 2012, by Matt Newman
You’ll catch little flags of transition here and there. It’s not long now until this path puts up eye candy on an entirely different level.
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on October 13 2012, by Matt Newman
An early, early, early good morning to our west coast friends. Happy Saturday, everybody.
California poppy (Eschscholzia californica) — Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on October 11 2012, by Matt Newman
When the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory dome is smack in front of you and the Perennial Garden has your eye wandering, the Seasonal Walk can sometimes go overlooked. It’s a subtle spot, just off to your right if you happen to be facing the main doors of the Conservatory. It’s also one of my personal favorites. The display may not be as plush as that of other collections, but that quality only serves to make stand-out blooms entirely striking.
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Programs and Events on October 10 2012, by Matt Newman
A blush in the leaves, a crunch underfoot, and as good a reason as any to pluck your wool fashions out of the closet: fall is here with cool weather in tow! And while the savvy of our horticulturists means we have an exceedingly long growing window in the Ruth Rea Howell Family Garden, it’s time for the harvest to end and our green geniuses to make their way into planning for the future. In the meantime, we’re bidding a cheerful adieu to our one-acre vegetable garden as the area’s native tribes did before us, with knowledgeable preparation that almost anyone can take part in.
Even with temperatures dropping, the fun is only just getting into its swing. Our latest program goes by “Goodnight Garden,” and through October 28 it offers an opportunity to see off the last of our garden edibles with activities to suit autumn’s colorful changes. For that, we look to the Lenape people who once lived in this area year round. We’ll be hosting tried and true seed saving activities to help you prepare for the next planting, as well as cooking demonstrations to send off your late season harvest with a bang.
Posted in Programs and Events on October 10 2012, by Matt Newman
It may be overcast and drizzling this morning, but that hasn’t put a damper on the Greenmarket staff’s ambitions! The produce tents are up and running along Garden Way until 3 p.m. this afternoon, and because I wasn’t able to get a preview up yesterday, I’ll just go ahead and give you a taste of what’s available in as short and sweet a format as I can throw together.
Fruitwise, we’re looking at piles of pears (both Seckel and Bartlett varieties) surrounded by Jonamac and Golden Delicious apples. For those sniffing out the last of the summer fruit pies or the first of fall’s confections, you’ll also find stacks of pecan, cherry, pumpkin, and peach pies making the scene. Further, those with a tooth for greens and salad toppers will want to peruse the mountains of beets, black radishes, arugula, purple haze carrots and Brussels sprouts.
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on October 10 2012, by Matt Newman
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Programs and Events on October 5 2012, by Matt Newman
Am I wrong, or does it feel like only last week that we were up to our ears in summer vegetables and sunglasses? Now, little by little, fall is working its way into our daily routine. Just yesterday I was passing a train station on Long Island, crunching my way over a carpet of yellow leaves, and there are more than a few trees at the NYBG following suit. It may only be the first weekend in October, but autumn’s not wasting any time.
And neither are we! This Saturday marks the opening of the Haunted Pumpkin Garden in the Everett Children’s Adventure Garden, which you’ll know by the family of grinning, sneering, giggling jack o’ lanterns peering out over the Adventure Garden archway. Just inside you’ll find the hub of all our October activities running right through Halloween proper. Of course, we’ll be stacking the Garden’s schedule with all sorts of spooky spectaculars throughout our 250 acres as we creep our way toward All Hallows’ Eve, so keep an eye out as we move further into the season.
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on October 5 2012, by Matt Newman
Happy Friday, everyone! In the spirit (no pun intended) of Halloween, have some jack o’ lantern orange to mark the first weekend of 2012’s Haunted Pumpkin Garden.
Dahlia ‘David Howard’ — Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on October 4 2012, by Matt Newman
The city’s been a mash of gray skies and slick streets the past few days. Not that it’s dulled the sunnier blooms in our repertoire; even the honey bees are going about their business unfazed. So umbrella or no, you’ll find all things bright and blooming under the roof of the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory as Monet’s Garden rounds out its final month at the NYBG.
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen