Morning Eye Candy: Light the Way
Posted in Photography on June 2 2016, by Matt Newman
Flame azalea (Rhododendron calendulaceum) in the Thain Forest – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Inside The New York Botanical Garden
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Morning Eye Candy: Ornamental
Posted in Photography on May 26 2016, by Matt Newman
“What are those purple globes?” people always ask. And each time they’re surprised to find that the bobbing heads of these tall, spindly plants are actually related to a dinnertime staple.
Ornamental onions in the Rockefeller Rose Garden – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Morning Eye Candy: Harison’s Yellow
Posted in Photography on May 25 2016, by Matt Newman
While the Rockefeller Rose Garden is only just getting started, this week is the ideal time to see some of our fragrant species roses and one-time bloomers—they won’t be back until next spring.
Hybrid Spinosissima rose, Rosa ‘Harison’s Yellow’ in the Rockefeller Rose Garden – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Morning Eye Candy: Paeonia
Posted in Photography on May 19 2016, by Matt Newman
The Matelich peonies are a kick line of splashy blooms across the way from the Conservatory. They can’t be missed!
Paeonia ‘Salmon Dream’ in the Matelich Peony Collection – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Morning Eye Candy: Spires
Posted in Photography on May 16 2016, by Matt Newman
Delphinium in the Haupt Conservatory – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
What’s Beautiful Now: Gardens on Canvas
Posted in What's Beautiful Now on May 13 2016, by Matt Newman
After months of preparation and a frenetic few weeks in the Haupt Conservatory, where our horticulturists were buzzing about with hollyhocks, poppies, and foxgloves, opening weekend for Impressionism: American Gardens on Canvas has finally arrived. And with the mid-spring flux of wildly blooming flowers and greening trees surrounding us, it’s a pretty good time to get reacquainted with NYBG!
Join us Saturday and Sunday for the Opening Weekend Celebration, featuring live music, plein-air painting, craft activities, dance, and a special cake tasting by some of New York’s top bakeries. It’s going to be an incredible run, and the show is only just getting started.
Morning Eye Candy: In Streaks & Flurries
Posted in Photography on May 13 2016, by Matt Newman
Clouds, streaks, flurries of color—the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory is painted with Impressionist beauty going into opening weekend. The exhibition runs May 14–September 11. I hope to see you there!
Impressionism: American Gardens on Canvas in the Haupt Conservatory – Photo by Marlon Co
Morning Eye Candy: On the Waterfront
Posted in Photography on May 10 2016, by Matt Newman
In the Native Plant Garden – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Morning Eye Candy: Painted
Posted in Photography on May 9 2016, by Matt Newman
In the Azalea Garden – Photos by Ivo M. Vermeulen
What’s Beautiful Now: A Day for Mom
Posted in Around the Garden on May 6 2016, by Matt Newman
It’s Mother’s Day this coming Sunday, May 8, and as every year, there’s no better place to celebrate the holiday than here at the Garden. We’ll be outside for our Mother’s Day Weekend Garden Party with lawn games, arts and crafts, and plenty of food trucks on hand to make an afternoon on Daffodil Hill that much more relaxing.
Among the highlights of what you’ll see this weekend is the Azalea Garden, which is just about to hit peak color for the season with a sea of blooming purples and pinks. From there, you’ll want to stop in at the Native Plant Garden, where pleasant ephemerals dot the landscape. And the Rock Garden, ever a star at this time of year, changes near-hourly with its collections of alpine flowers.
This is one of the biggest weekends of the year at NYBG, and did I mention the newly renovated Lilac Collection is fit to overflow with color and fragrance?
