Waterfall

Morning Eye Candy: Go with the Flow

Posted in Photography on October 19 2015, by Matt Newman

Waterfall in the Thain Family Forest – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen

Poetry in Passing

Posted in Around the Garden on September 12 2013, by Matt Newman

Every now and then our visitors step up to surprise us, and this is certainly one of those times. Our Director of the Thain Family Forest, Jessica Arcate-Schuler, was making her way across the grounds this week when she came to the waterfall overlook of the Bronx River. It’s not a roaring cascade, but calm and picturesque, with a talkative rush that even the Garden’s caretakers seldom hurry past without a pause.

Standing at the rail, Jessica noticed the corner of a note poking out from a gap behind the sign there, but it wasn’t trash. Someone had wedged the paper there to be found. So she plucked it out from its hiding place and read it.

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Morning Eye Candy: A Gentle Fall

Posted in Photography on November 5 2011, by Ann Rafalko

It has certainly been a strange fall, and in a lot of ways, honestly, it has been a gentle fall. This gentle fall–and its gentle transition to fall colors–can be most beautifully appreciated in observing the Bronx River’s gentle waterfall.

Bronx River Waterfall (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)

The Rose Garden Through the Pinhole

Posted in Around the Garden, Members, Photography on May 31 2011, by Ann Rafalko

I met Joel Kroin while out on a walk last week. He was kneeling in the entrance to the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden with an old camp coffeepot. I hesitated for a moment, and almost walked past him, but my curiosity got the better of me. “Is that a pinhole camera?” I asked. Indeed it was. It turns out that Joel is not just a horticulturist and NYBG Member, he’s also an artist who has been making beautiful engravings at the Garden for years. Recently has begun experimenting with pinhole cameras. I ran into Joel again today, down by the waterfall on the Bronx River, and he promised me that he would have more beautiful shots to share soon. In the meantime, here is the pinhole photograph Joel was making when I met him, and an engraving of the same waterfall he was photographing today.