{"id":32051,"date":"2013-01-02T11:00:36","date_gmt":"2013-01-02T16:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nybg.org\/plant-talk\/?p=32051"},"modified":"2013-01-02T11:00:39","modified_gmt":"2013-01-02T16:00:39","slug":"garden-news-thomas-makes-the-long-haul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2013\/01\/exhibit-news\/hts\/garden-news-thomas-makes-the-long-haul\/","title":{"rendered":"Garden News: Thomas Makes the Long Haul"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/?attachment_id=32086\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-32086\"><img data-attachment-id=\"32086\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2013\/01\/exhibit-news\/hts\/garden-news-thomas-makes-the-long-haul\/attachment\/thomas-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Thomas.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1800,1728\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D700&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1325675635&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;135&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.003125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Thomas and Friends\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Thomas-300x288.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Thomas-1024x983.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-32086\" alt=\"Thomas and Friends\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Thomas-300x288.jpg\" width=\"267\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Thomas-300x288.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Thomas-1024x983.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Thomas.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 267px) 100vw, 267px\" \/><\/a>So, most of the kids are trudging back to school on Wednesday, January 2. It&#8217;s great for the frazzled parent, but it doesn&#8217;t mean the family has to call it quits on group adventures. For those with younger ones in tow, the <a title=\"Holiday Train Show\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/exhibitions\/2012\/holiday-train-show\/index.php\"><em>Holiday Train Show<\/em><\/a> is keeping its engine running through January 13, giving everyone a chance to pop in and see our timeless miniatures now that much of the seasonal madness has died down. But the trains found in our <a title=\"Enid A. Haupt Conservatory\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/gardens\/conservatory\/\">Conservatory<\/a> aren&#8217;t the only locomotives keeping up that head of steam.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to the thoughtful cast of <em><a title=\"HTS Special Programs\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/exhibitions\/2012\/holiday-train-show\/special-programs.php\">All Aboard with Thomas and Friends<\/a>\u2122<\/em>, kids who haven&#8217;t had the opportunity to chug along with Thomas and his companion, Driver Sam, will now have almost the <em>entire<\/em> month of January to take part. That&#8217;s from now until January 27, at varying times in the <a title=\"The New York Botanical Garden\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\">NYBG<\/a>&#8216;s Ross Gallery. And to make these holiday memories last, know that this is no simple puppet show&#8211;the cast will need your kids&#8217; help in guiding the wayward Thomas all the way to Brendam Docks, with crowd interaction, singalongs, and more.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nThis week, we catch up with Kevin Character and Gayle Schmidt to get the low down on Thomas&#8217; rail schedule.<\/p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class='youtube-player' width='800' height='450' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YW0ghICfS7k?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent' allowfullscreen='true' style='border:0;' sandbox='allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation'><\/iframe><\/span>\n<p>Again, <em>All Aboard with Thomas and Friends\u2122<\/em> takes place in the Ross Gallery from now until January 27. And you should make a point of sticking around after the show, camera in hand&#8211;there&#8217;ll be a photo shoot with Thomas once he&#8217;s found his way to his destination. <a title=\"NYBG Tickets\" href=\"http:\/\/secure4.gatewayticketing.com\/NYBG\/Content.aspx?Kind=LandingPage\">Visit our ticket page<\/a> for more on dates and times, and register while you&#8217;re there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The holidays have passed, but Thomas the Tank Engine is only just getting started.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":153,"featured_media":0,"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":[51],"tags":[2955,2912,4628,2913,2954],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/ph0lU-8kX","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32051"}],"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\/153"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32051"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32051\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32264,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32051\/revisions\/32264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}