Morning Eye Candy: Winter Wonderland
Posted in Photography on January 26 2011, by Plant Talk
It just keeps snowing here at the Garden. And it just keeps getting prettier, too.
Winter in the Bruckman Crabapple Collection (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)
Inside The New York Botanical Garden
Photography
Morning Eye Candy: You Lookin’ At Me?
Posted in Photography on January 24 2011, by Plant Talk
Squirrels. They have so much attitude. Where does it come from?
Squirrel! (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)
Morning Eye Candy: To Talk of Many Things
Posted in Photography on January 23 2011, by Plant Talk
”The time has come,” the Walrus said,
”To talk of many things:
Of shoes–and ships–and sealing-wax–
Of cabbages–and kings–
And why the sea is boiling hot–
And whether pigs have wings.”
Lewis Carroll – The Walrus and the Carpenter
Cyrtostachys renda Sealing Wax Palm (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)
Morning Eye Candy: Poof!
Posted in Photography on January 22 2011, by Plant Talk
A popular common name for this flower is “Powderpuff.” Very little explanation needed as to why!
Calliandra emarginata (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)
Morning Eye Candy: Thatched
Posted in Photography on January 21 2011, by Plant Talk
In the Conservatory.
Palm fronds (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)
Morning Eye Candy: Neon
Posted in Photography on January 20 2011, by Plant Talk
In the Conservatory.
Calathea zebrina ‘Humilior’ (Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)
Morning Eye Candy: On Fire
Posted in Photography on January 18 2011, by Plant Talk
This flame vine sure is beautiful, but is known for being quite aggressive. Grow with care.
Pyrostegia venusta Flame Vine (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)
Morning Eye Candy: Jade
Posted in Photography on January 17 2011, by Plant Talk
Even the flowers on this jade plant look as if they might be carved in the beautiful stone.
Crassula ovata Jade Plant (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)
Morning Eye Candy: Lush
Posted in Photography on January 15 2011, by Plant Talk
Our newest exhibition opens today, complete with a photography contest! Here’s a snapshot to get you in the mood.
In the Conservatory: Caribbean Garden (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)
Announcing a Caribbean Garden Photo Contest!
Posted in Photography on January 11 2011, by Plant Talk
It’s obvious that we love photography here at the Garden. We love our Morning Eye Candy and photo essays. But best of all, we love the photos that you, the visitor, share with us!
So to show you how much we love you and your photos, we’re offering half-off admission for a limited time, holding Saturday afternoon photography tutorials, and we’re throwing a photography contest in honor of our latest exhibition, Caribbean Garden which opens on Saturday. The contest will have two categories: Macro and Sense of Place, and the winner in each category (two total) will get a seat in a spring semester photography class! (See all the details here).
There’s just a few things to remember:
- Tripods are not allowed inside the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory.
- To be eligible a photograph must have been taken during the course of the Caribbean Garden.
- Photographs entered into the contest should have Caribbean Garden as their main theme.
- We’ll be using Flickr for the contest, so you have to be a member of our Group Pool (learn more about our Group Pool).
- To vote, you do not need to be a member of the Flickr community, but you will need a free Yahoo or Google account.
- In case of a tie, we’ll convene a panel of NYBG experts to pick a final winner!
So get your shutter finger warmed up, dust off your lenses, charge up your batteries, and get ready to snap some pictures! And please, if anything is unclear, let us know in the comments below. We hope you’re as excited as we are!