Morning Eye Candy: A Blizzard of Blooms
Posted in Photography on April 2 2012, by Ann Rafalko
Are you tired of cherry blossom pictures yet? Nope? Good, because I’m not either!
Inside The New York Botanical Garden
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Morning Eye Candy: A Frill A Minute
Posted in Photography on April 1 2012, by Ann Rafalko
Next year, instead of planting the majestic beauty that is Daffodil Hill, we’re going to plant one single daffodil, and call it Daffodil Frill. Just kidding! Happy April Fool’s Day friends!
Daffodil Frill (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)
Morning Eye Candy: When Up Is Down
Posted in Photography on March 31 2012, by Ann Rafalko
Nope, not an early April Fool’s Day joke, just a trick of the water.
Twin Lakes Reflection (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)
And the Winners Are … The Caribbean Garden Photography Contest
Posted in Photography on March 14 2012, by Ann Rafalko
Drum roll please, because after six weeks of gorgeous photographs taken during the Caribbean Garden Photography Contest, we finally have our two Grand Prize winners. So without further ado I give you:
The Sense of Place Grand Prize Winner: Mika Sato’s serene shot of the Aquatic Plants Gallery
The Macro Grand Prize Winner: Barbara Reiner’s technicolor shot of a Passionflower
What’s Beautiful Now: Spring
Posted in Around the Garden, Gardens and Collections on March 13 2012, by Ann Rafalko
It seemed too good to be true. All winter, I kept holding my breath; I kept thinking in the back of my mind that winter had to arrive eventually; that all these nascent flowers and blooms and buds would be pummeled, at last, by a snowstorm as equally freakish as the October 29 blizzard that blew in like some harbinger of an Arctic winter. But, it never came. It never happened. And now, in mid-March it is glorious. On several occasions it has been warmer in the Bronx than in Los Angeles. The birds are singing, the breeze is blowing, sweaters have been (mostly) relegated to the bottom drawer, and flowers are popping up all over the Garden.
Caribbean Garden Photography Contest: Week Six Winners!
Posted in Photography on March 7 2012, by Ann Rafalko
Boy, you guys were really saving up your most tropical shots for the last week, weren’t you? There was so much color and drama in this week’s entries, it was really difficult to pick. But pick we did. So without further ado; the last weekly winners in the Caribbean Garden Photography Contest!
Sense of Place Winner, Week Six
Caribbean Garden Photography Contest: Week Five Winners!
Posted in Photography on March 1 2012, by Ann Rafalko
It’s the second-to-last week of the Caribbean Garden Photography Contest, and the images keep rolling in in all their beautiful, creative glory! There’s still time to submit your photos, though it’s now too late to take new pictures. Full details are here. Without further ado, here are this week’s winners!
Macro Winner, Week Five
Morning Eye Candy: Diptych in Green, Abstraction
Posted in Photography on February 28 2012, by Ann Rafalko
Morning Eye Candy: How Does an Orchid Get Its Spots?
Posted in Photography on February 27 2012, by Ann Rafalko
Do you think orchids are like dalmatians–born white–only to develop their spots after a few weeks? Learn the answer to all your burning orchid questions during History and Mystery of Orchids, a series of public lectures, Q&A sessions, and more during The Orchid Show: Patrick Blanc’s Vertical Gardens, opening Saturday, March 3.
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Morning Eye Candy: Prim and Proper
Posted in Photography on February 26 2012, by Ann Rafalko
A cheery blue primrose, Primula auricula, awaits her turn in the Auricula Theater come April.
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen