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Trees
Posted in Adult Education on November 12 2013, by Ann Rafalko
When it comes to climbing our trees, we have a hard and fast rule: Never … Except occasionally when we say it is okay. And one of those rare occasions is this weekend!
When you enroll in this Saturday’s Recreational Tree Climbing class, you’ll learn to climb the Garden’s stately trees like our arborists do—with ropes and harnesses—and you’ll have the chance to see the Bronx from an angle that is usually reserved for our resident raptors.
It is a once in a lifetime chance for all tree-loving daredevils! The class is taught by the Garden’s professional arborists, who are all graduates of NYBG’s storied arboriculture program.
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Posted in Photography on November 8 2013, by Ann Rafalko
Betula papyrifera paper birch (photo by Senior Plant Recorder, Kristine Paulus)
Posted in Around the Garden on October 31 2013, by Matt Newman
For everyone who’s been cooped up in an office cubicle for far too long to frolic in the changing fall palette, I thought I’d throw together some of the best and brightest shots from around the Garden this week. The autumnal leaves are really picking up the pace! We’re actually heading into the coming weekend at about the halfway mark on our Fall Foliage Tracker, with reds, oranges, and yellows popping all over our 250 acres. Some of the gradients—trees starting green at their lower branches and graduating to red at the tip-top—are downright majestic.
Whether or not you decide to come and join us for Fall Forest Weekends over the next two Saturdays and Sundays (you really should!), here’s to enjoying every last minute of this colorful middle ground before winter’s snows set in.
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Photos by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Around the Garden on October 15 2013, by Ann Rafalko
In some parts of New York State, autumn has already come and gone. But here in the Bronx? The best is yet to come! How will you know when it’s time to pay us a visit to see the Garden’s 250-acres dressed up in the prettiest oranges, reds, and yellows of fall? With our new Fall Foliage Tracker of course!
The Garden has a multitude of places for you to enjoy the beauty of fall, but if I had to pick just one place you must visit for fall foliage enjoyment, it would be the Thain Family Forest. This 50-acre old growth forest is the largest remaining tract of the woodlands that once covered all five boroughs of New York City. The Bronx River, New York City’s only freshwater river, cuts through it in a dramatic gorge complete with a waterfall. Stand above the river on the Hester Bridge for one of the Garden’s great fall foliage vistas.
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Posted in Photography on October 11 2013, by Ann Rafalko
Eastern Cottonwood leaf (Populus deltoides) and Northern Flicker feather (Colaptes auratus). For your chance to see a Northern Flicker in the flesh, join us for our weekly Saturday morning Bird Walk!
Photo by Senior Plant Recorder, Kristine Paulus
Posted in Photography on September 29 2013, by Ann Rafalko
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on September 6 2013, by Matt Newman
As I hear it, komorebi is the Japanese word for the way the sunlight filters through the treetops. Now if only I could slip it into the English vernacular, it would be miles easier for me to explain one of my favorite things.
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on August 27 2013, by Matt Newman
Coaxing our kiku to life is an exercise in daily tedium, sure, but these nurturing hours add up to some of the most breathtaking chrysanthemum displays you’ll ever witness. The end result is easily greater than the sum of its parts.
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on June 6 2013, by Matt Newman
We’re covering Thoreau’s seasons at a lightning pace.
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on May 28 2013, by Ann Rafalko
Aesculus hippocastanum ‘Baumannii’ near the Stone Cottage (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)
When it comes to climbing our trees, we have a hard and fast rule: Never … Except occasionally when we say it is okay. And one of those rare occasions is this weekend!
