Inside The New York Botanical Garden
Posted in Horticulture on August 8 2019, by Matt Newman
Our giant water lilies (Victoria amazonica) are symbols of summer in the Conservatory Courtyard Pools, which you can currently see on view during our latest exhibition, Brazilian Modern: The Living Art of Roberto Burle Marx. Check in with Marc Hachadourian, Director of Glasshouse Horticulture, to see how we move them into their sunny homes.
Posted in Photography on July 13 2015, by Matt Newman
Nymphaea ‘Clyde Ikins’ in the Conservatory Pools – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on September 3 2014, by Matt Newman
Victoria amazonica in the Conservatory Pools – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on August 31 2014, by Matt Newman
Nymphaea in the Conservatory Pools – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on August 12 2014, by Lansing Moore
This water lily certainly knows how to make a splash! These singular flowers make the Conservatory Pools shimmer even more this time of year.
Nymphaea ‘Ultra Violet’ in the Conservatory Pools – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on August 2 2014, by Matt Newman
Nymphaea ‘Miami Rose’ in the Conservatory Pools – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on July 1 2014, by Matt Newman
I spy, with my little eye, something that begins with “W.” Or “N,” depending on your preference for Latin.
Nymphaea ‘Clyde Ikins’ in the Conservatory Pools – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on March 3 2014, by Matt Newman
Nymphaea in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory’s Aquatic House – Photo by Amy Weiss
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on July 25 2013, by Matt Newman
Nymphaea ‘Lemon Chiffon’ — Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Exhibitions, Monet's Garden on October 9 2012, by Sonia Uyterhoeven
Sonia Uyterhoeven is the NYBG‘s Gardener for Public Education.
For centuries, water lilies have been thought of as emblems of purity and beauty. Philosophers marveled at how a stunning, symmetrically perfect flower–sometimes with a sweet, subtle perfume–was capable of arising from such muddy waters. But if the pristine blooms and large, glossy lily pads give the illusion of cleanliness, every gardener who has ever reached down into a pond to deadhead a spent bloom will attest to the fact that underneath the façade of exquisite beauty is a slimy mess.
As we approach the end of our Monet’s Garden exhibition (Sunday, October 21), the water lily display–one of the centerpieces of the show–is still in its full glory. But while this exhibition took its inspiration from Monet’s garden at Giverny, the artist found his love of the flower elsewhere. Monet’s water garden was transformed when he met Joseph Bory Latour-Marliac, the son of a wealthy, landowning French family. After studying law in Paris, Latour-Marliac returned to his home near Bordeaux to help his father manage his property. As an avid botanist, he soon developed a vast network with horticultural societies and botanists throughout the world.