Inside The New York Botanical Garden
Posted in Around the Garden on May 22 2012, by Ann Rafalko
Thank you! Yes you! And you, and you, and you and you and you! Thank you to every one of you who voted to help the Garden win a $250,000 grant from Partners in Preservation to help restore the cascade in the Rock Garden!
Posted in Photography on May 21 2012, by Ann Rafalko
Sometimes, two photographs end up next to each other in our photo database, and all I can think is, “I wish I had a wardrobe made exclusively from these color palettes and shapes.” Such is the case with these two.
Magnolia x wieseneri (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)
Shrub Rose ‘Lady of Shalott’ (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)
Posted in Photography on May 20 2012, by Ann Rafalko
Do you like your roses best when they’re in full-blown full bloom?
Shrub Rose ‘Sophy’s Rose’ (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)
Or …
Posted in Photography on May 19 2012, by Ann Rafalko
Bienvenue à Monet’s Garden!
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on May 18 2012, by Ann Rafalko
You know you’ve got a hit on your hands when the horticulture staff can’t stop taking pictures of their handiwork! Monet’s Garden opens tomorrow!
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on May 17 2012, by Ann Rafalko
It’s not just inside the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory where the preparations for Monet’s Garden are taking place. Behind the landmark building, in the Courtyard Pools, the Garden’s horticulture staff are preparing the stars of the show; water lilies, including some varieties that Monet grew at Giverny.
Posted in Photography on May 16 2012, by Ann Rafalko
Two different shrubs, two different gardens, two very similar photos; like color negatives of each other.
Photos by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on May 15 2012, by Ann Rafalko
The fruit of the Japanese maple, Acer palmatum, usually has two wings. What to make of this tri-winged one then?
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on May 14 2012, by Ann Rafalko
You didn’t think we would forget Monet’s famous bridge, did you? Come see it in person when Monet’s Garden opens to the public on May 19!
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on May 13 2012, by Ann Rafalko
How does that adage go? Would you rather be a big duck in a little pond, or a little duck in a big pond? Clearly, this lady mallard–who looks right at home in the Home Gardening Center‘s rather small pond–has made up her mind.
Big Duck, Small Pond (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)