Inside The New York Botanical Garden
Posted in Wildlife on March 15 2017, by Patricia Gonzalez
Patricia Gonzalez is an NYBG Visitor Services Attendant and avid wildlife photographer.
A pair of Hooded Mergansers (Lophodytes cucullatus) on the Bronx River – Photo by Patricia Gonzalez
Posted in Photography on November 16 2016, by Matt Newman
Along the Bronx River – Photo by Patricia Gonzalez
Posted in Photography on October 28 2015, by Matt Newman
Would you have guessed at first glance that such a scene—the only freshwater river in New York City—could be found in the Bronx?
The Bronx River in the Thain Family Forest – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on July 31 2015, by Matt Newman
If you’re a duck in New York, summer relief isn’t far away.
On the Bronx River – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Children's Education, Learning Experiences on June 25 2015, by Madeline Breda
Madeline Breda is a GreenSchool Science Education Intern at The New York Botanical Garden.
In early March, I posted a primer on the Garden’s Citizen Science program, focusing on the biotic water quality testing workshops offered to visiting students at NYBG’s own GreenSchool. Presented in partnership with the New York City Department of Education STEM Matters, Citizen Science workshops aim to educate children from all five boroughs about ongoing, “crowd-sourced” scientific research that is accessible to amateur scientists and laymen alike.
Over the course of the month of March, I had the pleasure of working with the students of P.S. / I.S. 87 Middle Village as they sorted leaf packs, bravely handled and identified macroinvertebrates, and ventured into the Thain Family Forest in order to perform site surveys. Under the guidance of science teacher Ms. Vivian Alforque, sixth, seventh, and eighth graders were all given the chance to participate in meaningful scientific research on the grounds of our historic institution.
Now, on to what I’m sure you’ve all been wondering: which macroinvertebrates did we find?
Posted in Children's Education, Learning Experiences on March 5 2015, by Madeline Breda
Madeline Breda is a GreenSchool Science Education Intern at The New York Botanical Garden.
“What is that?”
“What lives in there? Are they dangerous? Do they bite?”
And, loudest of all, “EWWWWWW!”
These are some of the many questions (and noises of disgust) hurled in retaliation to the dripping, mucky leaf pack I hold up at the front of the classroom. Water fresh from the Bronx River streams from the decomposing leaves into a bucket below, and an odor that could be described as either “earthy” or “gross” pervades the GreenSchool classroom. My charges for the next 90 minutes—a group of unsuspecting middle schoolers—want nothing to do with whatever is going on in that mess of organic matter. Little do they know that within minutes they’ll be clamoring to sort through the leaves and rocks and mysterious river sludge to find living treasures underneath…
Posted in Photography on October 21 2014, by Lansing Moore
The centerpiece of the Thain Family Forest, the Bronx River, lends a calm backdrop to a crisp fall day at NYBG.
The Bronx River in the Thain Family Forest – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on August 27 2014, by Matt Newman
Looks like Groundbreakers‘ moon gate is moonlighting on the Bronx River. We’re almost into the very last week of our summer exhibition, so if you haven’t found the opportunity to pay us a visit, now’s a great time!
Along the Bronx River in the Thain Family Forest – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on April 10 2014, by Matt Newman
“I step out for a few weeks and suddenly everyone in New York City has a jacket with my name on the sleeve. What gives?”
By the Bronx River – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on February 5 2014, by Matt Newman
Who’d have thought you could call the Bronx River, of all wandering bodies of water, a mystic thing? And yet here is winter.
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen