Inside The New York Botanical Garden
Flowers
Posted in Exhibitions, Gardening Tips on April 9 2012, by Matt Newman
Your vanity garden is scarcely the first place you look for salad toppings. Instead, most turn to the leafy standbys–lettuce, cabbage, kale, spinach. Throw in a few slices of zucchini or a handful of cherry tomatoes, maybe sprinkle the bowl with a few herbs to push the salad toward “exotic.” But what if I told you that eating the florid, elegant blooms that might otherwise end up in a vase is as natural as dousing your Caesar with dressing?
I’m not saying you should go right out and make a trial-and-error buffet of your window planter. There are only certain flowers that you would have any desire to eat, as many are poisonous or taste beyond awful. And that’s all the disclaimer I can give: don’t eat anything unless it is properly identified.
Read More
Posted in Photography on April 5 2012, by Ann Rafalko
The flowers get all the glory, but the stems that hold them up can be picturesque, too.
Daffodil Stems (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)
Posted in Around the Garden, Video on April 4 2012, by Matt Newman
To punctuate the beauty of the tenth annual Orchid Show with a glimpse of the prismatic flower pageant taking place outdoors, Friend of the Garden Jim Franco was generous enough to share some of his latest video footage with us. The man clearly has a knack for capturing just what it is that embodies the perfect spring day (and I can say without question that today is one of those days–the packed tour trams are a pretty good indicator if the blue skies aren’t enough).
There are so many flowers bursting to life throughout the Garden that we’re almost having trouble keeping track of them all. But that’s our job. All you have to do is show up, explore, and take in spring’s colors.
Posted in Photography on December 31 2011, by Ann Rafalko
The countdown has begun! At The New York Botanical Garden, we’ll be dropping a much smaller ball when the clock strikes midnight and we usher in 2012. Where will you be tonight when the ball drops?
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on December 30 2011, by Ann Rafalko
No, I’m not going crazy, I do realize that it’s winter. But inside the Nolen Greenhouses our horticulturists are already getting ready for spring and summer, and that means daisies! Cheery, aren’t they?
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on December 25 2011, by Ann Rafalko
In April we celebrated Spring Color Week as a rainbow of blooms burst forth.
Spring Color Week
Read More
Posted in Photography on December 24 2011, by Ann Rafalko
Sure, we realize that these little bell-shaped flowers are purple, but silver really isn’t a color you see terribly frequently in nature. Regardless, it will soon be Christmas day!
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on November 13 2011, by Ann Rafalko
Celebrating the subdued hues of fall at the Garden, one color at at time.
Read More
Posted in Photography on November 12 2011, by Ann Rafalko
Celebrating the subdued hues of fall at the Garden, one color at at time.
Read More
Posted in Photography on November 11 2011, by Ann Rafalko
Celebrating the subdued hues of fall at the Garden, one color at at time.
Read More
Your vanity garden is scarcely the first place you look for salad toppings. Instead, most turn to the leafy standbys–lettuce, cabbage, kale, spinach. Throw in a few slices of zucchini or a handful of cherry tomatoes, maybe sprinkle the bowl with a few herbs to push the salad toward “exotic.” But what if I told you that eating the florid, elegant blooms that might otherwise end up in a vase is as natural as dousing your Caesar with dressing?