Unique among the world’s urban botanical gardens, the New York Botanical Garden has always strived to maintain an alluring balance between the wild and the cultivated across its 250-acre National Historic Landmark landscape in the Bronx. In Gardening with Nature at the New York Botanical Garden, photographer Larry Lederman, along with NYBG’s Arthur Ross Vice President for Horticulture and Living Collections and essayist, Todd Forrest, collaborated to pay tribute to the Garden’s unwavering commitment to nature-forward gardening from the selection of its site in 1895 to the present day.
Following a successful career in corporate law, Larry Lederman turned to photography. He has been photographing NYBG for over 20 years, where he is a past Trustee and now serves on its Board of Advisors.
Gardening with Nature is his third book about NYBG. The other two are Magnificent Trees of the New York Botanical Garden, and the 125th anniversary edition, The New York Botanical Garden, for which he was the principal photographer. His other books include The Rockefeller Family Gardens: An American Legacy, Garden Portraits: Experiencing Natural Beauty, Interior Landmarks: Treasures of New York, and Frederic Church’s Olana on the Hudson.
Location Ross Hall