Inside The New York Botanical Garden
Morning Eye Candy
Posted in Photography on April 6 2014, by Matt Newman
A Japanese plum blossom wakes in the Ladies’ Border. I’m thinking the cherry blossoms can’t be all that far behind. Happy Sunday!

Prunus mume ‘Peggy Clarke’ in the Ladies’ Border – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on April 5 2014, by Matt Newman

Prickly pear (Opuntia phaecantha) in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on April 4 2014, by Matt Newman
The future leaders of our upcoming exhibitions are growing up in the Nolen Greenhouses for Living Collections at this very moment. To say we’re proud of their efforts is an understatement.

In the Nolen Greenhouses – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on April 3 2014, by Matt Newman
Success! The earliest arrivals in the daffodil flotilla can be seen making their appearance around the Visitor Center. In fact, because of the delayed spring, we may have daffodils and tulips overlapping in a flood of mixed color. That’s from Associate Vice President of Outdoor Collections Kristin Schleiter herself in a recent chat with The New York Times.

Daffodils at the Visitor Center – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on April 2 2014, by Matt Newman
My favorite iris is blooming in the Rock Garden. It is my favorite by leaps and bounds, by landslide mandate, by as many kind words and encouraging gestures as one could drum up in support of a simple flower. The bees are of like mind.

Iris ‘Katharine Hodgkin’ in the Rock Garden – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Around the Garden on April 1 2014, by Matt Newman
The tulip trees are getting edgy as we wait for spring to settle into the thermometer.

Tulip trees (Liriodendron tulipifera) along Tulip Tree Allée – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on March 31 2014, by Matt Newman

In the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on March 30 2014, by Lansing Moore
A magnolia bud in front of the LuEsther T. Mertz Library – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on March 29 2014, by Matt Newman
Last chance for tickets to tonight’s Orchid Evening!
Orchid Evenings in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory – Photo by Victor Chu
Posted in Photography on March 28 2014, by Matt Newman

An iris blooms along Seasonal Walk – Photo by Amy Weiss