Morning Eye Candy: The Native Plant Garden
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on November 26 2012, by Matt Newman
Photo by Patricia Gonzalez
Inside The New York Botanical Garden
Native Plant Garden
Morning Eye Candy: Bliss Central
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on October 28 2012, by Matt Newman
Breaking up the Halloween…ness? …with some refreshing fall finds from the Native Plant Garden. We’re still photographing these behind a closed gate for now, but you can trust in my promise that this complex collection of displays and environments will be bliss central when it opens in 2013.
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Morning Eye Candy: The Native Plant Garden, September 16th
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on September 20 2012, by Matt Newman
Photo by Patricia Gonzalez
Morning Eye Candy: Still Blooming
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on September 1 2012, by Matt Newman
Would it be merry Saturday, or happy Saturday? Either way, the hibiscus are still blooming.
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Morning Eye Candy: Split
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on August 22 2012, by Matt Newman
Sneak peek from the Native Plant Garden! And this is really only a peek–there’s so much to see in there (though not until 2013, of course).
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Morning Eye Candy: Behind the Curtain
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on July 30 2012, by Matt Newman
There’s so much going on behind the curtain of the as-yet-unopened Native Plant Garden, and yet, here and there, the patchwork of developing biomes already lays down a wide-open, peaceful vibe.
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Morning Eye Candy: Backstage
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on July 19 2012, by Matt Newman
Consider the fence around the Native Plant Garden our red curtain. It keeps quaint beauties like these cloistered until their big reveal in 2013.
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Morning Eye Candy: Sun Umbrella
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on July 18 2012, by Matt Newman
Care to guess the plant? Hint: it has a fondness for bugs.
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Morning Eye Candy: Native
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on April 28 2012, by Matt Newman
The behind-the-scenes happenings in the Native Plant Garden are still our little secret until 2013, but we’ll occasionally pass along a rare sneak peak. We can’t wait either.
But there’s plenty to see in the meantime. Today and tomorrow we’re holding special Garden Tour Guide-led tours through the Rock Garden, as well as gardening demonstrations related to the Alpine plants we grow there. Make a plan to come and visit us, and don’t forget to vote for us through Partners in Preservation!
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Planting Trilliums in the Native Plant Garden
Posted in Around the Garden, Gardening Tips, Gardens and Collections on November 15 2011, by Sonia Uyterhoeven
I went up to our Native Plant Garden the other day to check on the progress of the restoration, an undertaking being handled by my colleagues, John Egenes and Michael Wronski.
Our Native Plant garden has been closed for the past year and is undergoing a full-scale redesign that is spearheaded by the design firm Oehme van Sweden, whose work has been seen in the Chicago Botanic Garden and United States National Arboretum. As part of the firm’s plan here at The New York Botanical Garden, the location will be broken down into disparate native habitats that include a wetland, a sizable pond, and a meadow. It will also have a large woodland area.
My colleagues spent most of their time over the last year preparing the soil in different sections of the garden, adding truckloads of compost and leaf litter. The topography of the garden has since changed and many areas have been graded, making paths ADA accessible for wheelchairs.