Members

Picturing the Benefits Of Being A Member

Posted in Members on January 5 2011, by Plant Talk

New Members of NYBG at the Holiday Workshop. Photo by Melanie J. Patterson

2010 was an awesome year here at The New York Botancial Garden. I had the great opportunity to join Members on so many wonderful, enriching trips and programs–a great side-benefit to Membership. We enjoyed guided tours of New York City cultural hot spots, like The Cloisters and the High Line; were given exclusive, behind the scenes tours by NYBG curators of the Conservatory, the Nolen Greenhouses, and the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden.

Longwood Gardens at Christmas. Photo by Nicholas Perdikos, Member since 1992

I asked a few of our photo-savvy Members to share their pictures of a special trip we took down to Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, Pa. The Conservatory was beautifully decorated in holiday flair and the water fountain show was tons of fun.

Most recently, at the kids’ holiday workshop, Members and their children created holiday houses in the fashion as those in the Holiday Train Show, using natural ingredients like dried cedar, cinnamon sticks, pine cones, and magnolia leaves.

The water fountain show at Longwood Gardens. Photo by Nicholas Perdikos, Member since 1992

Already scheduled for the New Year, Members will be able to go on guided historical walking tours of New York City, take mansion and garden tours across New York state, and attend the 2011 Philadelphia International Flower Show.

More Member trips and programs are being added all the time. Here’s to a great 2011!