{"id":39951,"date":"2013-08-30T12:10:31","date_gmt":"2013-08-30T16:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nybg.org\/plant-talk\/?p=39951"},"modified":"2013-08-30T12:10:31","modified_gmt":"2013-08-30T16:10:31","slug":"this-weekend-on-the-final-stretch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2013\/08\/garden-programming\/this-weekend-on-the-final-stretch\/","title":{"rendered":"This Weekend: On the Final Stretch"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Poppy\"<\/a>For the last few months, Wild Medicine: Healing Plants Around the World<\/em><\/a> has awed thousands of visitors with its exotic medicinal specimens, ancient botanical texts, and unique tasting experiences. We’ve watched The Italian Renaissance Garden<\/em><\/a> shift with the days as the species in the Conservatory have cycled through. And after dark, we’ve lit up the night with Cocktail Evenings & Summer Concerts<\/em><\/a>. But even with a little under two weeks to go on the exhibition schedule, we’re still not winding down!<\/p>\n

This being the penultimate weekend for Wild Medicine<\/em>, it’s all too fitting that it lands on a holiday. So we’re stretching the weekend straight into Labor Day Monday with a packed schedule of Conservatory tours, family-friendly jaunts through the music and dance of the Renaissance, and casual home gardening demonstrations to pique your palate.<\/p>\n

With only a short time left ahead of the September 8 curtain call, we’re also readying for our closing presentation, a long-awaited lecture by NYBG<\/a> ethnobotanist and Wild Medicine<\/em> curator Dr. Michael Balick. On Saturday, September 7, Dr. Balick’s Ancient Wisdom and Modern Medicine<\/em><\/a> opens a door to the relationships between plants, people, and culture, a core theme of our exhibition and a study he’s pursued in locales around the world. Tickets to this exclusive event are limited, so it’s best if you register sooner rather than later<\/a>.<\/p>\n