{"id":46221,"date":"2014-07-18T12:15:17","date_gmt":"2014-07-18T16:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.nybg.org\/plant-talk\/?p=46221"},"modified":"2014-07-18T12:15:17","modified_gmt":"2014-07-18T16:15:17","slug":"this-weekend-get-outside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2014\/07\/garden-programming\/this-weekend-get-outside\/","title":{"rendered":"This Weekend: Get Outside!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"0714-red-flower-250x280\"<\/a>While the rest of the country is coping with extreme weather, New York is being rewarded for its patience during this week’s thunderstorms with some beautiful, clear, and refreshing weather. That makes it the perfect time to take in the scenery of the Native Plant Garden<\/a> during one of this weekend’s tours!<\/p>\n

Bring the little ones on Sunday for the debut of next month’s theme for Dig! Plant! Grow! The Ruth Rea Howell Family Garden<\/a> will play host to a month of pickling activities to let you embark on a tasty new project at home with the family.<\/p>\n

If summer nights are more your thing, there is still time to get tickets to our second to last Jazz Age Evening<\/em><\/a> on Thursday, July 24. See photos from last month’s event and get details<\/a> on the cocktail menu and music program in store for next week on our evenings page. In the mean time, read on for the full schedule of weekend programs!
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Saturday, July 19<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\"NYBG<\/a>\n

Native Plant Garden Tour with ASL Interpreter \u2013 12:30 p.m.<\/strong>
\nMeet at the Reflecting Pool in the Leon Levy Visitor Center<\/em>
\nExperience the beauty of the Garden’s 50-acre Thain Family Forest on this one-hour walking tour with an expertly trained Guide. You’ll learn facts about the trees, history, geology, and ecology of this original, uncut woodland.<\/p>\n

From Ragtime to Jazz: The Roots of Pop \u2013 1 & 3:30 p.m.<\/strong>
\nIn the Ross Hall<\/em>
\nMusic from the period of Groundbreakers\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 \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.<\/strong>
\nMeet at the Reflecting Pool at the Leon Levy Visitor Center<\/em>
\nJoin 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, July 20<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Native Plant Garden Tour \u2013 12:30 p.m. & 2:30 p.m.<\/strong>
\n Meet at the Reflecting Pool at the Leon Levy Visitor Center<\/em>
\nJoin 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

From Ragtime to Jazz: The Roots of Pop \u2013 1 & 3:30 p.m.<\/strong>
\nIn the Ross Hall<\/em>
\nMusic from the period of Groundbreakers\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 \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<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\"0714-fuschia-flowers-banner-570x200\"<\/a>\n

Family Adventures: Focusing on Nature \u2014 10 a.m.\u20135:30 p.m.<\/strong>
\nIn the Everett Children’s Adventure Garden<\/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 & Stinky \u2014 1:30\u20135:30 p.m.<\/strong>
\nThrough July 18<\/strong>
\nIn the Ruth Rea Howell Family Garden<\/em>
\nAromatic 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

Dig, Plant, Grow: Pickle Me!<\/strong>
\nJuly 19\u2013August 15<\/strong>
\nIn the Ruth Rea Howell Family Garden<\/em>
\nGo on a Pickle Parade through the Family Garden to learn about plants\u2014both familiar and unfamiliar\u2014that take part in the pickling process. Learn what it takes to pickle and make your very own batch of pickles to savor back at home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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