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Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden
Posted in Around the Garden, From the Library, Photography on February 2 2012, by Matt Newman
Not long ago we introduced you to a new Plant Talk series we’re calling “Past in Focus,” in which we unearth historical photographs from the LuEsther T. Mertz Library archives and attempt to recapture the scenes as they appear today. A century-old landscape undergoes any number of changes at the hands of time, weather, and ambition, leaving us drawn in by details large and small that remain untouched. You can look at these photographs and–even if only just–make out the origins of the design beneath the carefully-tended aesthetic.
In 1916, the tract surrounding the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden was a plane of graded soil following an idea on paper:
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Posted in Photography on December 27 2011, by Ann Rafalko
The Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden is a symphony of color, aroma, and texture in June, so we sent our intrepid Visual Specialists way high up into the air to capture all the beauty.
The Air Up There
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Posted in Photography on November 22 2011, by Ann Rafalko
Fall announces itself in the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden with a flush of foliar color, as the flowers gently fade away.
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on October 14 2011, by Ann Rafalko
Who minds a little rain when it makes the roses this pretty?
Shrub rose Rosa ‘Belinda’s Dream’ (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)
Posted in Photography on October 3 2011, by Ann Rafalko
It is a very special rose that bears the same name as a very special rose garden.
Hybrid Tea rose Rosa ‘Peggy Rockefeller’ in the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)
Posted in Photography on September 30 2011, by Ann Rafalko
Even the roses of May are beautiful in September.
Floribunda rose ‘Cinco de Mayo’ (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)
Posted in Gardening Tips on September 27 2011, by Sonia Uyterhoeven
Many people think of June as the month for roses. And while it’s true for many, here at The New York Botanical Garden we generally have two peak seasons for our roses. They first come into their glory in late-May, with both the repeat flowering roses and the one-time blooming old-fashioned types exploding with color and fragrance throughout June.
The repeat blooming roses take charge for the rest of the season; some of them flowering almost continuously, while others take a four to six week hiatus before re-flowering.
We expect a lot from the roses in the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden so we pamper them as much as possible. They are fed multiple times during the growing season with an organic rose fertilizer in April, again in late June immediately following flower, and one more time in early August. Compost tea is used as an additional foliar feed throughout the season.
Cow manure and Epsom salts are added to soil in the spring, and compost and worm castings are added later in the season to create a fertile growing environment. A loyal troop of volunteers come to the Garden every week, and under the careful supervision of the Rose Garden Curator, Peter Kukielski, they weed, deadhead, mulch, water, and fertilize the flowers in this beautiful, historical garden.
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Posted in Around the Garden, Members, Photography on June 29 2011, by Ann Rafalko
Another beautiful pinhole photograph of the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden from NYBG Member and horticulturist Joel Kroin.
Click to enlarge image (Photos by Joel Kroin)
We’re so lucky to have such creative and enthusiastic visitors! Do you create art at the Garden? We would love to see it! If you would like your Garden-themed art featured on Plant Talk, email an example of your work and a little bit about yourself to blog@nybg.org.
Posted in Photography on June 15 2011, by Ann Rafalko
Did you know that there’s a second rose garden at NYBG? It’s much smaller, but it’s even less pampered: It’s the EarthKind™ Rose Trials beds, just south of Daffodil Hill. The goal of the EarthKind™ program is to identify cultivars that combine beauty with proven durability in the landscape. These roses get no water other than what falls from the sky. In fact they get almost no attention at all (other than an occasional trim), and yet they thrive. If you think roses are fussy and hard to grow, check out these beds for some great choices for your own yard.
Check out this short video on the subject hosted by the rose garden curator Peter Kukielski himself.
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on June 9 2011, by Ann Rafalko
Three of our intrepid visual specialists (aka photographer Ivo M. Vermeulen, photo editor Mark Pfeffer, and videographer Rustin Dwyer) spent last Friday morning at the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden, taking turns going up in the bucket truck to snap some truly stunning photographs and video of this spectacular garden at peak bloom.
Here’s a shot Ivo took from the bucket of Mark, Rustin, and our new Web designer Eduardo Almonte.
A little perspective.
Mark in the bucket.
And the results? Gorgeous!
The Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)
The Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden (photo by Mark Pfeffer)
Stay tuned for video footage from Rustin.
