Inside The New York Botanical Garden
Posted in Photography on May 13 2015, by Lansing Moore
That perennial spring favorite—so to speak—the herbaceous peony, returns to NYBG to brighten another season. See more at Curator’s Spotlight!
Paeonia macrophylla in the Rock Garden – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Horticulture on April 3 2015, by Michael Hagen
Michael Hagen is the NYBG’s Curator of the Native Plant Garden and the Rock Garden. He previously served as Staff Horticulturist for Stonecrop Gardens in Cold Spring, NY and Garden Manager at Rocky Hills in Mt. Kisco, a preservation project of the Garden Conservancy.
While spring might still feel several long weeks away, the first cheerful blooms of the season have already made their debut in the Rock Garden! We’ve been hard at work cleaning beds, raking leaves, and removing the last of the winter debris in order to open the garden as soon as possible for everyone to enjoy. And now we’re ready.
The very first heralds of spring, the winter aconites (Eranthis hyemalis) are still in bloom where they were covered until the last snow to melt, and along with our other early bloomers like snowdrops (Galanthus nivalis), snow crocus (Crocus tommasinianus), and winter cyclamen (Cyclamen coum), they’re still putting on a great display. This past week they’ve also been joined by even more early bulbs—netted iris hybrids such as Iris ‘Pauline’, ‘Harmony’, and ‘Katharine Hodgkin’; alpine squills (Scilla bifolia); spring snowflake (Leucojum vernum); and glory of the snow (Chionodoxa sardensis).
Posted in Photography on December 17 2014, by Lansing Moore
The days may be getting shorter, but they are just as beautiful as ever.
By the Rock Garden – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on November 12 2014, by Lansing Moore
Splashes of red, orange, and yellow make fall the one time of year our trees give the flowers a run for their money!
In the Rock Garden – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Around the Garden on November 4 2014, by Lansing Moore
It’s difficult to say which part of this cutleaf Japanese maple is the most beautiful—the foliage or the branches.
Acer palmatum ‘Dissectum’ near the Rock Garden – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Gardens and Collections on September 22 2014, by Lansing Moore
Two years ago, we began a process that would ultimately lead to the restoration of our historic Rock Garden cascade. Originally a project of the horticulturist T. H. Everett and the Depression-era Works Progress Administration, the waterfall at the center of this 2.5-acre refuge had fallen into disrepair when it was selected as a candidate for 2012’s Partners in Preservation competition. This campaign offered grants of $250,000 to whichever sites were most chosen by online voters.
Thanks to New Yorkers and fans of the Garden like you, we won! The Rock Garden was one of sixteen sites to receive a Partners in Preservation grant in 2012. This past April, we reopened the Rock Garden to visitors, with the cascade bubbling in full health for the first time in years. With the recent approval of our final report, our grant is now complete and we want to extend the most heartfelt thanks to Partners in Preservation, a joint venture of American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and of course to everyone who answered the call to vote.
Posted in Photography on September 9 2014, by Matt Newman
An uncommon visitor to the Rock Garden this summer caught the eye (and camera) of our resident bird and wildlife aficionado, Debbie Becker.
Giant Swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes) in the Rock Garden – Photo by Debbie Becker
Posted in Photography on June 16 2014, by Matt Newman
It’s landscapes like the Rock Garden that gave the world its fairy tales.
In the Rock Garden – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on May 27 2014, by Matt Newman
Dianthus ‘Bath’s Pink’ in the Rock Garden – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on May 12 2014, by Matt Newman
Fringed peony (Paeonia tenuifolia) in the Rock Garden – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen