Morning Eye Candy: The Rock Garden
Posted in Photography on March 24 2011, by Plant Talk
It’s a sure sign of spring’s return: The Rock Garden is open again for the year!
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Inside The New York Botanical Garden
Flowers
Morning Eye Candy: Whirling Dervish
Posted in Photography on March 21 2011, by Plant Talk
Crocus tommasinianus (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)
Sunny Day Blooms
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on March 18 2011, by Plant Talk
The forecast calls for it to touch 70°F today (but sadly to drop back down to around 50°F for the weekend). This beautiful stretch of weather has brought out some of spring’s most beautiful flowers. From crocuses, to flowering apricots, and even the very first daffodils, flowers are springing into bloom all over the Garden. So if you can get away, come for a visit today! We’re just 20 minutes north of Grand Central direct to our own Botanical Garden Station on Metro North‘s Harlem Line!
Morning Eye Candy: Springing
Posted in Photography on March 14 2011, by Plant Talk
Some early spring flowers are already up, and there are plenty more to come!
Poeticus Daffodils (photo by Mark Pfeffer)
Plants Records Manager’s Choice: Centratherum punctatum
Posted in Around the Garden on March 4 2011, by Plant Talk
Ed. Note: Much as when the Garden photographer tells you something is special, when one of the Garden’s serious plant guys shoots you an email, you sit up and listen. This happened recently when I got an email from Jon Peter, Plants Records Manager about a little purple flower.
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The Botanical Garden’s living collections is among the greatest in the world and contains more than 1 million plants. Jon Peter, Plant Records Manager, periodically shines the spotlight on a particular species that can be found within our 250 acres. |
This pretty flower is of Centratherum punctatum. The name Centratherum comes from the Greek kentron meaning spur and anthos meaning flower; referring to the flower having a spur-like base. The specific epithet punctatum means spotted. It goes by many common names including larkdaisy, Brazilian button flower, pineapple thistle, porcupine flower, Brazilian bachelor’s button and Manaos beauty.
Morning Eye Candy: Happy Pollinators
Posted in Photography on February 19 2011, by Plant Talk
Apparently it’s not just visitors, flowers, and staff that were made happy by this week’s warm snap. This bee looks pretty happy (if such a thing may be said), too. See what else is beautiful at the Garden now.
Bee in Giant Snowdrops, Galanthus elwesii (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)
Buds! Blooms!
Posted in Around the Garden on February 18 2011, by Plant Talk
After weeks of snow and ice, we’ve gotten a break in the weather, and the Garden’s first flowers are taking advantage of the warmth.
First up? Snowdrops, hellebores, and the rare herbaceous perennial Adonis amurensis. See them all here.
Helleborus niger (photo by Mark Pfeffer)
Morning Eye Candy: Humid
Posted in Photography on February 15 2011, by Plant Talk
Mist covers the walls of the Aquatic Plants house.
(photo by Ann Rafalko)
Morning Eye Candy: Love and Peace
Posted in Photography on February 14 2011, by Plant Talk
A little Valentine to you, our visitor! May you always be surrounded by love, peace, and roses.
Rosa “Love and Peace” (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)
The Little Flower School Meets NYBG
Posted in Learning Experiences, Programs and Events on February 4 2011, by Plant Talk
It may seem hard to believe, but signs of spring are all around us here at the Garden. The Chinese witch-hazel has unfurled its sunny, yellow streamers, the Magnolia kobus near the Visitor Center is covered in buds, and there’s still a faint glow in the sky when we all head to Botanical Garden station to catch the 6:04 p.m. train back into the city. But, this is not to say that we all couldn’t use another assurance that spring is on its way. And isn’t the promise of being taught how to arrange the most gorgeous, fragrant spring flowers–lilies of the valley, muscari, lilacs–by two of Brooklyn’s most sought-after florists the very thing to raise your spirits?
The Adult Education department at The New York Botanical Garden is very pleased to announce three new floral arranging classes to be taught by Sarah Ryhanen of Saipua and Nicolette Owen of Nicolette Camille, known collectively as The Little Flower School.
The first class, Fragrant Flowers, will be held on Wednesday, May 16 from 6-9 p.m in Manhattan at our Midtown Center. The class will focus on the art of layering flowers, not just to form a pleasing arrangement, but also to create an amazing aroma.
On Saturday, June 4, from 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m. join Sarah and Nicolette at the Garden for From Garden to Vase. The class will begin with a curator-led tour of the Garden, and then after a break for lunch students will head inside to make wild, lush arrangements inspired by the Garden and featuring some very special cuttings from the grounds!
From Garden to Vase will be repeated on Sunday, September 11 from 10 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. to take advantage of fall’s beautiful flowers, fruit, and foliage.
We are so excited to have Sarah and Nicolette joining us for these amazing classes at the Garden! Space is limited, so be sure to register for one, two, or all three soon.