Inside The New York Botanical Garden
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on May 8 2012, by Matt Newman
A field like this not even the Wicked Witch has seen before. Look for the poppies to pop up in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory during Monet’s Garden. In the meantime, you can see these high-contrast beauties in the Rock Garden. Don’t forget to vote today in support of restoring it to its original beauty!
Papaver commutatum ‘Ladybird’ — Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Exhibitions, Monet's Garden, Video on May 7 2012, by Matt Newman
Creating a masterpiece takes more than simple inspiration. It requires preparation–arranging each color and readying the canvas. And as with a painting, Monet’s Garden at the NYBG is a work of art with as much going on behind the scenes as happens in the open.
Marc Hachadourian, Manager of the Nolen Greenhouses for Living Collections, takes us through the expansive collection of delphiniums, poppies, nasturtiums and other flowers that will soon embody our homage to Claude Monet’s garden at Giverny. Months of careful tending in specialized growing environments have allowed us to tease the flowers into bloom all at once, re-creating the artist’s living muse at its kaleidoscopic peak. But you won’t have to wait that long to see them.
If you haven’t reserved your tickets yet, get to our ticket page! The doors to the French master’s private paradise open to New York on May 19.
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.