{"id":17153,"date":"2011-12-27T13:00:10","date_gmt":"2011-12-27T18:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nybg.org\/plant-talk\/?p=17153"},"modified":"2011-12-29T13:48:59","modified_gmt":"2011-12-29T18:48:59","slug":"looking-back-june-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2011\/12\/photography\/looking-back-june-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking Back: June 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/gardens\/rose-garden\">Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden<\/a> is a symphony of color, aroma, and texture in June, so we sent our intrepid Visual Specialists way <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2011\/06\/photography\/morning-eye-candy-the-air-up-there\/\">high up into the air<\/a> to capture all the beauty.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2011\/06\/photography\/morning-eye-candy-the-air-up-there\/\"><img data-attachment-id=\"11347\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2011\/06\/photography\/morning-eye-candy-the-air-up-there\/attachment\/_ivo5235\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IVO5235.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"680,1021\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D700&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1307109780&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;28&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"The Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden, by Ivo M. Vermeulen\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IVO5235-199x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IVO5235.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11347\" title=\"The Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden, by Ivo M. Vermeulen\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IVO5235.jpg\" alt=\"The Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden, by Ivo M. Vermeulen\" width=\"392\" height=\"580\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2011\/06\/photography\/morning-eye-candy-the-air-up-there\/\"><strong>The Air Up There<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">One of early summer&#8217;s most perplexing natural phenomena is drifts of what appears to be snow gathering along curbs and in corners all over the city. We asked Plant Records Manager, Jon Peter, to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2011\/06\/video\/video-plant-profile-the-cottonwood-tree\/\">explain<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j_k2MmcP3aI\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2011\/06\/video\/video-plant-profile-the-cottonwood-tree\/\"><strong>Video Plant Profile: The Cottonwood Tree<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">NYBG Member and amateur wildlife photographer Patricia Gonzalez shared the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2011\/06\/around-the-garden\/nybg-for-the-wildlife-photographer-part-three\/\">third part<\/a> of her guide to wildlife photography at the Garden.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2011\/06\/around-the-garden\/nybg-for-the-wildlife-photographer-part-three\/\"><img data-attachment-id=\"11483\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2011\/06\/around-the-garden\/nybg-for-the-wildlife-photographer-part-three\/attachment\/bubo1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/bubo1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1442,1088\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Immature Great-Horned Owl\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/bubo1-300x226.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/bubo1-1024x772.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-11483\" title=\"Immature Great-Horned Owl\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/bubo1-1024x772.jpg\" alt=\"Immature Great-Horned Owl\" width=\"614\" height=\"463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/bubo1-1024x772.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/bubo1-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/bubo1.jpg 1442w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2011\/06\/around-the-garden\/nybg-for-the-wildlife-photographer-part-three\/\"><strong>NYBG For the Wildlife Photographer<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And I worked on my vacation. I went to visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kew.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew<\/a> in London, which served as the inspiration for Nathaniel Lord Britton and his wife Elizabeth to push the great men of New York City to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/about\/mission_and_history.php\">found The New York Botanical Garden<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2011\/06\/photography\/a-rainy-day-walk-around-kew\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"The Palm House at Kew\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5151\/5864199311_e846e97991.jpg\" alt=\"The Palm House at Kew\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2011\/06\/photography\/a-rainy-day-walk-around-kew\/\"><strong>A Rainy Day Walk Around Kew<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not too late to help support The New York Botanical Garden in efforts like these before the year is out. Your gift contributes to the preservation, education, and cultivation of the natural world. <a href=\"https:\/\/secure3.convio.net\/nybg\/site\/Donation2?df_id=1460&amp;1460.donation=form1&amp;JServSessionIdr004=7bwrrn6mv5.app333b\">Become a part of our 120-year history<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Year in Review: 2011<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2011\/12\/photography\/morning-eye-candy-looking-back-at-january-2011\/\">January<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2011\/12\/photography\/morning-eye-candy-looking-back-at-february-2011\/\">February<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2011\/12\/photography\/looking-back-march-2011\/\">March<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2011\/12\/photography\/looking-back-april-2011\/\">April<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2011\/12\/photography\/looking-back-may-2011\/\">May<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2011\/12\/photography\/looking-back-june-2011\/\">June<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2011\/12\/photography\/looking-back-july-2011\/\">July<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2011\/12\/photography\/looking-back-august-2011\/\">August<\/a> &#8211; September &#8211; October &#8211; November &#8211; December<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June brought the Rose Garden into high bloom, we explored a strange, tree-based natural phenomenon, took a trip to England, and learned more about photography at the Garden.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122,"featured_media":11331,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[146],"tags":[2080,1318,63,4633,1538],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IVO5208.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/ph0lU-4sF","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17153"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/122"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17153"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17423,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17153\/revisions\/17423"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}