This Weekend: Enjoy the Outdoors and Catch the Orchid Show
Posted in Programs and Events on April 10 2015, by Lansing Moore
The magnolias are just beginning to open, colorful blossoms are steadily spreading across the Perennial Garden and Ladies’ Border, and a few of our ever-popular daffodils are already trumpeting the long-overdue arrival of spring at NYBG! The forecast for this weekend is sunny and mild, so we have plenty of walks and tours lined up to enhance your experience of the Garden, from the Ross Conifer Arboretum to the Native Plant Garden.
Meanwhile, time is running out to see The Orchid Show: Chandeliers, which is on display in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory through April 19. Get your tickets today and don’t miss your chance to experience this captivating exhibition of beautiful and unique flowers! Tickets are also still available for tomorrow’s Orchid Evening, for those who want to enjoy a date night on this lovely spring weekend. Read on for more!
Saturday, April 11
Orchid Show Roaming Guides – 10 a.m.–4 p.m.
In the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory
Garden guides highlight parts of the permanent collection and special exhibition to add insight to your experience of The Orchid Show. They will provide an in-depth look at rare and extraordinary orchid specimens on display.
Bird Walk – 11 a.m.
Meet at the Reflecting Pool at the Leon Levy Visitor Center
Bring your binoculars and tour the grounds with a National Audubon Society member to encounter and learn about the birds that call the Garden home.
Spring Highlights Tour – 12:30 & 2:30 p.m.
Meet at the Reflecting Pool at the Leon Levy Visitor Center
Join a Garden Guide for a walking tour featuring highlights of the gardens and plant collections that stand out in late winter, and start to look for early signs of spring.
Ballroom’s Best: Tango, Waltz, and Cha-Cha – 1 & 3 p.m.
In Ross Hall
Dancers from Ballet Hispanico’s BHdos troupe lead audiences through dances such as the waltz, tango, mambo and cha-cha are gorgeously costumed and choreographed. A guided instruction gives you insights on how to master the moves yourself.
Orchid Expert Q&A – 1:30–4:30 p.m.
Shop in the Garden
Drop in and ask about orchid care tips. Get help selecting the proper orchid for your home.
Orchid Care Demonstrations: Troubleshooting with Orchids – 2 & 3 p.m.
In Conservatory GreenSchool
Join Sonia Uyterhoeven, Gardener for Public Education, as she discusses the basics of orchid care and how to choose and successfully grow these exotic plants
Orchid Evenings – 6:30–9 p.m.
In the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory
Enjoy a cocktail while viewing The Orchid Show and its thousands of spectacular flowers. The unforgettable beauty makes for one of New York City’s most romantic date destinations. While taking in the elegance of the show, stop for quick lipstick touch-ups by one of Guerlain’s famed make-up artists, and indulge in a specialty cocktail inspired by Guerlain’s Orchidée Impériale line.
Non-Member $30/Member $20 (Adults 21 and over)
Advance tickets recommended; includes one complimentary beer, wine, or cocktail of your choice.
Sunday, April 12
Orchid Show Roaming Guides – 10 a.m.–4 p.m.
In the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory
Garden guides highlight parts of the permanent collection and special exhibition to add insight to your experience of The Orchid Show. They will provide an in-depth look at rare and extraordinary orchid specimens on display.
Native Plant Garden Tour – 11 a.m.
Meet at the Reflecting Pool at the Leon Levy Visitor Center
Join 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.
Ballroom’s Best: Tango, Waltz, and Cha-Cha – 1 & 3 p.m.
In Ross Hall
Dancers from Ballet Hispanico’s BHdos troupe lead audiences through dances such as the waltz, tango, mambo and cha-cha are gorgeously costumed and choreographed. A guided instruction gives you insights on how to master the moves yourself.
Orchid Expert Q&A – 1:30–4:30 p.m.
Shop in the Garden
Drop in and ask about orchid care tips. Get help selecting the proper orchid for your home.
Orchid Care Demonstrations: Troubleshooting with Orchids – 2 & 3 p.m.
In Conservatory GreenSchool
Join Sonia Uyterhoeven, Gardener for Public Education, as she discusses the basics of orchid care and how to choose and successfully grow these exotic plants.
Ross Conifer Arboretum Tour – 2:30 p.m.
Meet at the Reflecting Pool at the Leon Levy Visitor Center
The Arthur and Janet Ross Conifer Arboretum is a historic, 15-acre collection of towering pines, elegant spruces, and mountain firs from around the world. These irreplaceable trees were among the first planted at the Garden, some as far back as the early 1900s. Join an expertly trained Guide for a tour of these exquisite specimens.
Ongoing Children’s Programs
Little Landscapes – 10 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
In the Everett Children’s Adventure Garden
Pot up a desert plant inside a terrarium container and craft a figurine to inhabit your tiny world. Compare your habitat to terrarium displays in the Discovery Center and explore our life-size terrarium—the Bendheim Global Greenhouse.
Dig! Plant! Grow! Wake Up, Garden! – 1:30 p.m.–6 p.m.
In the Ruth Rea Howell Family Garden
Plants and imaginations grow at the Howell Family Garden, where kids are allowed!—no, encouraged!—to play in the dirt. Display gardens, such as the Global Gardens and the Bean Tunnel or Salad Bowl, and daily interactive gardening activities delight and inspire. Drop-in activities end at 5:30 p.m.
