Plan Your Weekend: Last Chance to See Kiku

Posted in Exhibitions, Exhibitions, Kiku, Video on November 14 2008, by Plant Talk

Rustin Dwyer is Visual Media Production Specialist at The New York Botanical Garden.

Ogiku Swap from The New York Botanical Garden on Vimeo.
Carol Capobianco is Editorial Content Manager at The New York Botanical Garden.
“There are mums and then there are mums,” wrote Adrian Higgins of the Washington Post in describing the stars of the Garden’s exhibition Kiku: The Art of the Japanese Chrysanthum.

Tens of thousands of visitors have discovered the same, awed by the exquisite beauty of these meticulously cultivated chrysanthemums in a traditional Japanese art form never seen before on this scale outside Japan. “If the stock market has you blue, go to the exhibition and drink in the uplifting display,” wrote Bill Cunningham in The New York Times.

But hurry. The spectacular flower show and cultural exhibition comes to a close Sunday. For an extra special experience, you may want to come this evening from 6–8 p.m. for Kiku and Cocktails, when you can view the exhibition under lights and with the authentic ambiance of live Japanese musical performances.

And while Kiku for Kids also ends this weekend, you may still see The Chrysanthemum in Japanese Art through January 11.