{"id":52843,"date":"2016-04-26T13:21:20","date_gmt":"2016-04-26T17:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.nybg.org\/plant-talk\/?p=52843"},"modified":"2016-04-26T13:21:20","modified_gmt":"2016-04-26T17:21:20","slug":"nybg-at-125-leaving-practice-discovering-a-new-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2016\/04\/history\/nybg-at-125-leaving-practice-discovering-a-new-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"NYBG at 125: Leaving Practice, Discovering a New Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Each day this week we’ll be celebrating the past 125 years of The New York Botanical Garden<\/a> with a different story from one of our visitors\u2014whether it’s a perfect day recently spent exploring our 250 acres or a treasured family memory that makes the Garden special. It all leads up to our official anniversary on Thursday, April 28!<\/p>\n

Follow along as we share just a few of these many stories, then take a moment to head over to NYBG\/125<\/a> and share your own memory for a chance to win an NYBG Lifetime Membership<\/a>!
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Susan Geisler \u2013 Yonkers, NY
\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\"Native<\/a>\n

I worked as a perennial gardener in Westchester County for 25 years maintaining residential gardens. I felt so lucky to be working in such gorgeous surroundings, eventually in my own small business, and most days it was a joy to go to work.<\/p>\n

I was forced to retire before my time due to serious spinal conditions plus chronic Lyme disease. My heart and soul were hurting at being ripped away from this work I loved, and I joined NYBG for the first time in order to continue being in touch with nature. I learned to enjoy nature with my eyes. I walked and walked, building myself up more and more. Many folks probably recognize me there because I visited the gardens at least twice a week, sometimes more. I observed critically the work being done, and smiled in approval. I drank in the beauty of each season.<\/p>\n

NYBG helped me so much to make the transition from a working gardener to an appreciator of gardens. I’m now in my third year of membership in this wonderful place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When Susan’s health meant leaving her gardening dream job, NYBG offered a refuge where she learned to enjoy gardens as a visitor. Just one of many Garden memories we’re sharing for our 125th anniversary!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":184,"featured_media":52847,"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":[1170],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/0815-npg-cardinal-1200x800.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/ph0lU-dKj","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52843"}],"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=52843"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52843\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52854,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52843\/revisions\/52854"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}