Inside The New York Botanical Garden
Posted in Around the Garden on October 21 2011, by Ann Rafalko
We’ve heard that people want to meet the pumpkins officially, so here they are! Introducing the four heaviest pumpkin the world, currently on display as part of the Haunted Pumpkin Garden.
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Posted in Photography on October 21 2011, by Ann Rafalko
We’re 7,000! 7,000 photos that is, uploaded to our photostream on the photo-sharing website, Flickr. And if you like taking your own photos (instead of looking at ours), we have a Group Pool, too (with nearly 10,000 user-submitted photos), where everyone is free to share their shots of the Garden.
A Touch of Fall (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)
Posted in Photography on October 20 2011, by Ann Rafalko
Remember how we promised you, way back in April, that the Azalea Garden is still beautiful in fall? Here’s proof!
Rhododendron ‘Autumn Belle’ in the Azalea Garden (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)
Posted in Around the Garden on October 19 2011, by Ann Rafalko
The world’s four biggest pumpkins are now all safely ensconced in the Bronx.
The first two to arrive flew in from California, and were fetched from the American Airlines cargo hold at JFK this morning.
Posted in Around the Garden on October 18 2011, by Ann Rafalko
They’re spooky and they’re ubiquitous, and they’re heading straight for the Bronx! That’s right, beginning this weekend, zombies will be invading the Haunted Pumpkin Garden, courtesy of pumpkin-carving provocateur Ray Villafane. Currently appearing on the Food Network’s “Halloween Wars,” Villafane will be calling the Garden home this weekend, where he’ll be carving two of the world’s biggest pumpkins into one unforgettable pumpkin sculpture.
Want to see what Ray has got planned? Head below the jump to check it. But be warned, it’s the stuff of pumpkin nightmares!
Posted in Photography on October 18 2011, by Ann Rafalko
The Bronx River (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)
Posted in Around the Garden on October 17 2011, by Ann Rafalko
Hold the presses! You know how we told you that beginning October 21, the Garden would be home to the three biggest pumpkins in the U.S.? Well, we lied. Beginning October 21, the Garden will now be home to the four biggest pumpkins in the world! That’s right, we said world.
Just this weekend a new world’s biggest pumpkin was crowned in Canada. Weighing in at 1818.5 pounds and grown by Jim and Kelsey Bryson of Ormstown, Quebec, the new heaviest pumpkin in the world out-weighs last year’s world-record holder (which also called the Garden home for a time) by 8 pounds! Congratulations Jim and Kelsey! We can’t wait to meet you and your great pumpkin.
Posted in Photography on October 16 2011, by Ann Rafalko
A different view of the beautiful Anemone x hybrida ‘Whirlwind.’
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on October 15 2011, by Ann Rafalko
A crisp in the air. Blue and gold days. Crunchy leaves. Fall.
In the Forest (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)
Posted in Photography on October 14 2011, by Ann Rafalko
Who minds a little rain when it makes the roses this pretty?
Shrub rose Rosa ‘Belinda’s Dream’ (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)