{"id":45677,"date":"2014-06-20T14:30:26","date_gmt":"2014-06-20T18:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.nybg.org\/plant-talk\/?p=45677"},"modified":"2014-06-20T14:13:56","modified_gmt":"2014-06-20T18:13:56","slug":"first-day-of-summer-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2014\/06\/garden-programming\/first-day-of-summer-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"This Weekend: First Day of Summer Sun!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"NYBG<\/a>Happy Friday! Looks like we are in store for a beautiful weekend. The humidity has abated, the temperature will not be near the highs of this week, and the Garden grounds promise to be simply stunning!<\/p>\n

After the success of last weekend’s Big Backyard BBQ & Music Festival, this weekend sees a return to our scheduled programming surrounding Groundbreakers<\/em><\/a> and what’s in bloom. The 2014 Spring Festival Series has officially come to an end\u2014after all, it’s not spring anymore. Saturday is the first official day of summer, and the longest day of the year! Where better to take advantage of the all that sunlight than at NYBG<\/a>? Come enjoy tours of the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden<\/a> while it is still at peak form! Read on for details about this weekend’s programs for all ages.<\/p>\n

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Saturday, June 21
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\"Peggy<\/a><\/h1>\n

Bird Walk \u2013 11 a.m.<\/b>
\nMeet at the Reflecting Pool at the Leon Levy Visitor Center
\n<\/em>The diverse habitats of the Botanical Garden offer visitors a chance to see dozens of species of birds throughout the year. Bring your binoculars and walk the Garden grounds with an expert to learn about bird-friendly habitats, migrating species, and birds that make a permanent home at the Garden.<\/p>\n

Rose Garden Tour \u2013 12:30 p.m.<\/b>
\nMeet at the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden<\/em>
\nImmerse yourself in the fragrance, color, and beauty of the award-winning Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden on a tour with a Garden Tour Guide. Learn the differences between Heritage and Modern roses and between floribundas and hybrid teas as well as facts about rose history, cultivation, and folklore.<\/p>\n

From Ragtime to Jazz: The Roots of Pop \u2013 1 & 3:30 p.m.
\n<\/b>In the Ross Hall<\/em>
\nMusic from the period of Groundbreakers<\/em>\u2014ragtime, jazz, Broadway, and beyond to Hollywood\u2014had a great impact on American culture. Enjoy a variety of styles in live performances by a trio of artists, including musical producer, pianist, and historian Terry Waldo, featuring the works of Scott Joplin, Eubie Blake, Irving Berlin, and Tin Pan Alley composers such as George Gershwin, George M. Cohan, and Dorothy Fields.<\/p>\n

Film Screening: Yours for a Song: The Women of Tin Pan Alley<\/em> \u2013 2 p.m.<\/strong>
\nIn the Ross Hall<\/em>
\nMany popular music standards of the Tin Pan Alley era (1920\u201349) were written by women, including Dorothy Fields, Kay Swift, Dana Suesse, and Ann Ronell, who were among the most influential songwriters of the time. This PBS documentary includes archival footage, motion picture clips, and rarely seen photographs, as well as performance clips of Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, and Perry Como.<\/p>\n

Native Plant Garden Tour \u2013 2:30 p.m.<\/b>
\nMeet at the Reflecting Pool at the Leon Levy Visitor Center
\n<\/i>Join a tour guide for an insider’s view of the newly designed Native Plant Garden. Enjoy a mosaic of nearly 100,000 native trees, wildflowers, ferns and grasses designed to flourish in every season.<\/p>\n

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Sunday, June 22
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Rose Garden Tour \u2013 12:30 p.m.<\/b>
\nMeet at the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden<\/em>
\nImmerse yourself in the fragrance, color, and beauty of the award-winning Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden on a tour with a Garden Tour Guide. Learn the differences between Heritage and Modern roses and between floribundas and hybrid teas as well as facts about rose history, cultivation, and folklore.<\/p>\n

From Ragtime to Jazz: The Roots of Pop \u2013 1 & 3:30 p.m.
\n<\/b>In the Ross Hall<\/em>
\nMusic from the period of Groundbreakers<\/em>\u2014ragtime, jazz, Broadway, and beyond to Hollywood\u2014had a great impact on American culture. Enjoy a variety of styles in live performances by a trio of artists, including musical producer, pianist, and historian Terry Waldo, featuring the works of Scott Joplin, Eubie Blake, Irving Berlin, and Tin Pan Alley composers such as George Gershwin, George M. Cohan, and Dorothy Fields.<\/p>\n

Film Screening: Yours for a Song: The Women of Tin Pan Alley<\/em> \u2013 2 p.m.<\/strong>
\nIn the Ross Hall<\/em>
\nMany popular music standards of the Tin Pan Alley era (1920\u201349) were written by women, including Dorothy Fields, Kay Swift, Dana Suesse, and Ann Ronell, who were among the most influential songwriters of the time. This PBS documentary includes archival footage, motion picture clips, and rarely seen photographs, as well as performance clips of Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, and Perry Como.<\/p>\n

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Ongoing Children\u2019s Programs<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\"Native<\/a>\n

Family Adventures: Focusing on Nature<\/b> \u2014 10 a.m.\u20135:30 p.m.<\/strong>
\nIn the Everett Children’s Adventure Garden<\/i><\/em>
\nChildren will explore the art of garden photography and will even have the opportunity to become garden photographers themselves. Through a series of stops within the Garden, they will see the world through a new lens as they learn how observations in science and nature have been recorded throughout time. They will also receive tips about perspective, scale, and framing when taking photographs.<\/p>\n

Dig, Plant, Grow: Sweet and Stinky \u2014 1:30\u20135:30 p.m.<\/b>
\nIn the Ruth Rea Howell Family Garden
\n<\/i>Aromatic alliums and spicy herbs thrive in the summer heat. Follow the sweet and stinky smells to the Family Garden and discover these culinary champions. Savor the scents and tickle your taste buds with cooking demonstrations and samples, and become a green thumb by planting your very own herb to tend at home.<\/p>\n

Mario Batali’s Kitchen Gardens \u2013 1:30\u20136 p.m.<\/b>
\nIn the Ruth Rea Howell Family Garden
\n<\/i>Kids can explore with Mario’s Menu Mystery game, featuring favorite vegetables and herbs from nine of his restaurants’ kitchens, including Otto and Del Posto.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We head into the first official day of summer with a Garden rich with blooms, and a friendly forecast to boot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":184,"featured_media":45683,"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":[17],"tags":[4639,168,4640,161],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/0614-perennial-thumbnail-250x280.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/ph0lU-bSJ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45677"}],"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\/184"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45677"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45677\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45693,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45677\/revisions\/45693"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}