Inside The New York Botanical Garden
Posted in Photography on February 4 2016, by Matt Newman
The season is far from colorless—just look to the yellow, star-like blooms of the winter jasmine to carry you through the snowflake months.
Winter jasmine (Jasminum nudiflorum) along the Ladies’ Border – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in What's Beautiful Now on January 13 2012, by Matt Newman
Gloves, hat, scarf–I brought none of these things when I went wandering the Garden during lunch yesterday. The climate was just so perfectly suited to a stroll. And the greatest benefit of working at the NYBG is that–no matter the climate–there’s something out on the grounds worth visiting. It’s true there’s no luck of a permanent spring with buds and blooms sprouting up from corner to corner, but winter has its own subtle and touching charm.
This season’s odd patterns of sun and darkness make for confusing daytime walkabouts; I hadn’t expected to step out of the office at 3 p.m. only to find dusk creeping along at the edges of the afternoon. Adjusting to this kind of Norse winter is a slow process. (Being a southerner, anything north of Georgia is practically Norway to me.) But I decided that I was already out and about, and despite the settling dark I was going to soak up as much enjoyment as I could from the remains of the day.