Inside The New York Botanical Garden
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on February 9 2012, by Matt Newman
You don’t actually need to bushwhack your way through the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory. If that were the case, we probably wouldn’t be holding salsa classes there.
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on February 7 2012, by Ann Rafalko
Rhythm, texture, and light captivated the photographers in the second week of our annual Caribbean Garden Photography Contest. There were considerably more entries this week, and the competition was fierce. And why shouldn’t it be? There’s $200 worth of NYBG Adult Education Gift Certificates up for grabs; $100 to each winner in our two categories–Macro and Sense of Place–good towards the class of your choosing at the Garden or at our Midtown Center.
So without further ado, our winners.
Sense of Place Winner, Week Two
Posted in Around the Garden, Exhibitions on February 6 2012, by Joyce Newman
Joyce H. Newman is the editor of Consumer Reports’ GreenerChoices.org, and has been a Garden Tour Guide with The New York Botanical Garden for the past six years.
One of the most dramatic specimens in the NYBG‘s Enid A. Haupt Conservatory rainforest is the gigantic Kapok tree, now part of the Caribbean Garden exhibition. A man-made version–looking very real–arches over the lowland rainforest path, showing off numerous epiphytic plants–orchids and bromeliads–that cling to its sides. Visitors are usually amazed to learn the tree is man-made. Two other examples (one real, one man-made) in the rainforest gallery reach high atop the rainforest canopy.
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on February 2 2012, by Matt Newman
Also known as the Indian clock vine, brick and butter, and the lady’s slipper vine. I suppose the moniker is up to the imagination of the viewer.
Thunbergia mysorensis — Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on February 1 2012, by Ann Rafalko
The first week of the Caribbean Garden Photography Contest was a well-fought match with many beautiful photographs entered. But that’s not all we’re here to tell you. We also would like to announce that the Grand Prize in each category–Sense of Place and Macro–will be receiving $100 Adult Education Gift Certificates good towards the class of your choosing at the Garden or at our Midtown Center. The certificate can be used for any class–not just photography! Now that’s a prize worth competing for.
Do you think you have what it takes? Check out this week’s winners! If you think you can do better, become a Friend of the Garden, get a code good for 50% off your Caribbean Garden tickets, and head to the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory to start shooting!
Macro Winner, Week One
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on January 23 2012, by Matt Newman
Resident photographer and wonderbeard (it’s a term of endearment) Ivo M. Vermeulen recently stole (politely asked for a ride in) a cherry-picker from our NYBG arborists, snagging a rare opportunity to see our Conservatory from a songbird’s perspective. I love to see the contrast in greenery on either side of the glass.
The Tracey Towers in the distance look a little ominous here, don’t they?
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Video on January 18 2012, by Rustin Dwyer
Something elegant and soothing to start your Wednesday.
Posted in Exhibitions on January 17 2012, by Matt Newman
Each year, as winter charges through, every commercial break on television chimes in with the daydream of a tropical paradise–swimsuits, warmth, and salsa music. Suddenly a car horn blares and the vision fades, leaving a woman with a headcold shivering at an icy New York bus stop. It’s as predictable as the sun rising. But while we can’t just let you hop through the visitor gates in your neon two-piece, The New York Botanical Garden brings more than a mirage to the table; the daydream becomes reality this month. Starting January 21, the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory brings the tropics to the city with Caribbean Garden.
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on January 3 2012, by Matt Newman
Winter is most certainly upon us this morning, though the flowers in the Conservatory don’t seem to mind.
Eucharis subedentata — Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on December 19 2011, by Ann Rafalko
In the Holiday Train Show