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Irene at the Garden

Posted in Around the Garden on August 31 2011, by Ann Rafalko

Garden Arborists Cut Down a Tree Acutely Damaged by Irene
Garden arborists cut down a tree acutely damaged by Irene.

Hurricane Irene came to New York City over the weekend. She blew through the Garden, and thankfully left very little trace of her visit behind; just a handful of the Garden’s thousands of trees were damaged, and of those, only two were judged to be a danger to Garden visitors and beyond salvaging.

This morning we were able to do a survey of the farmers who bring their produce and baked goods to the Garden’s weekly Greenmarket, and were relieved to hear from them that they also weathered the storm.

Given what could have happened, we’re very happy to be able to issue this report, and our thoughts are with those suffering from the catastrophic flooding upstate and throughout New England.