{"id":46481,"date":"2014-08-01T11:36:13","date_gmt":"2014-08-01T15:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.nybg.org\/plant-talk\/?p=46481"},"modified":"2014-08-01T11:36:13","modified_gmt":"2014-08-01T15:36:13","slug":"this-weekend-the-home-stretch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2014\/08\/garden-programming\/this-weekend-the-home-stretch\/","title":{"rendered":"This Weekend: The Home Stretch"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"0714-pink-hibiscus-250x280\"<\/a>It’s already August, and summer is flying by. Groundbreakers<\/em><\/a> has just over a month left in its residency, so come explore the great estates of the Gilded Age and the pioneering professional women who designed them before the exhibit closes on September 7.<\/p>\n

Click through for the full program schedule for this weekend\u2014including a special tour of the Aquatic House in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory<\/a>\u2014as well as ongoing children’s programs. If you’re looking for some hands-on family fun, tickets are still available for the next in our special series of Family Dinners with Mario Batali’s Chefs<\/a> on August 10, featuring Chefs Alex Pilas and Fitz Tallon of Eataly<\/a>. Get your tickets before they sell out!
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\nSaturday, August 2<\/strong><\/span>
\n\"Perennial<\/a><\/p>\n

Native Plant Garden Tour \u2013 12:30 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

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<\/em><\/a>\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

Aquatic House Tour \u2013 2:30 p.m.<\/strong>
\nMeet at the entrance to the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory.<\/em>
\nExplore aquatic habitats found within the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory<\/a>, an acre of plants under glass. Take an eco-tour through these distinct biomes, with one of the Garden’s tour guides.<\/p>\n

Sunday, August 3<\/strong><\/span>
\n\"NYBG<\/a><\/p>\n

Native Plant Garden Tour \u2013 12:30 & 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 Native Plant Garden<\/a>. 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<\/em><\/a>\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

Ongoing Children\u2019s Programs<\/strong><\/span>
\n\"Enid<\/a><\/p>\n

Family Adventures: Focusing on Nature \u2013 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: Pickle Me!<\/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

Mario Batali’s Kitchen Gardens \u2013 1:30 p.m. \u2013 6 p.m.<\/strong>
\nRuth Rea Howell Family Garden<\/em>
\nKids 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":"

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