Morning Eye Candy: Burst
Posted in Photography on December 3 2015, by Matt Newman
Senecio ballyi in the Nolen Greenhouses for Living Collections – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Plant Talk
Inside The New York Botanical Garden
Morning Eye Candy: Light & Dark
Posted in Photography on December 2 2015, by Matt Newman
Our floral design students were hard at work in the style of the Dutch masters recently. Think about signing up for a class—whether you’re a career greenthumb or weekend skill collector, there’s something that’ll pique your interest.
Floral Design in Adult Education – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Morning Eye Candy: After Sunset
Posted in Photography on December 1 2015, by Matt Newman
The Holiday Train Show after sunset is an entirely different world of movement and architecture. Got tickets to this weekend’s Bar Car Nights on December 4 and 5? Time slots are selling out, so don’t miss your opportunity!
The Holiday Train Show in the Haupt Conservatory – Photo by Marlon Co
Morning Eye Candy: Last Leaves
Posted in Photography on November 24 2015, by Matt Newman
Japanese maple (Acer japonicum ‘Aconitifolium’) – Photo by Amy Weiss
Morning Eye Candy: A Library Under Glass
Posted in Photography on November 20 2015, by Matt Newman
It’s Member Preview Day for the Holiday Train Show. If you happen to be stopping by, be on the look out for our new rendition of the New York Public Library in the Haupt Conservatory. The show opens to the general public tomorrow, November 21!
The New York Public Library in the Haupt Conservatory – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Morning Eye Candy: Ozukuri
Posted in Photography on November 19 2015, by Matt Newman
While the Holiday Train Show is the hot ticket for this weekend, opening Saturday, November 21, don’t forget that Kiku: Spotlight on Tradition is still blooming away in the Nolen Greenhouses for Living Collections through November 29. If anything, these chrysanthemums are bigger and brighter than ever, and the ozukuri, or “thousand-bloom” design, makes for an incredible centerpiece.
Ozukuri (“thousand-bloom”) kiku in the Bourke-Sullivan Display House – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Morning Eye Candy: Finishing Touches
Posted in Photography on November 17 2015, by Matt Newman
We’re in the last moments of Holiday Train Show prep before we throw open the Conservatory doors on Saturday, November 21. Got your tickets yet?
The Holiday Train Show in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Morning Eye Candy: Sweetgum
Posted in Photography on November 16 2015, by Matt Newman
American sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua) on the Main Lawn – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Morning Eye Candy: Setting Up
Posted in Photography on November 13 2015, by Matt Newman
There’s a flurry of activity in the Haupt Conservatory right now as we set up shop for the 24th annual Holiday Train Show, our biggest ever! Working day in, day out, our horticulturists and the artistic geniuses from Paul Busse’s Applied Imagination are creating an incredible landscape in miniature for the exhibition’s grand opening on November 21.
The Astro-View Towers of the World’s Fair, 1964–1965, in the Haupt Conservatory — Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Morning Eye Candy: Juxtaposed
Posted in Photography on November 11 2015, by Matt Newman
With the unseasonably warm fall we’ve been having, the Japanese chrysanthemums on display in the Bourke-Sullivan Display House of the Nolen Greenhouses are content to stretch out their bloom schedule. Naturally, we’re all for it—Kiku: Spotlight on Tradition has been extended through November 29!
Cascade-style kiku in the Bourke-Sullivan Display House – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen