The New York Botanical Garden

Chopsticks that can be used as utensils and to plant a garden? We’re in! Urbangardens highlighted this innovative idea on its website last week. -JH

Whatever the season may be, use nature as your inspiration for fashion. Blogger Miss Moss pairs street style with the great outdoors in this playful photo display. -JH

Featured this month on the Bronx and Manhattan Land Trusts’ website is The Palmas Del Caribe Community Garden, located right here in the Bronx! It serves as a meeting place for many of the neighborhood residents and hopes to start a music program to teach the youth how to play the guitar. Are you interested in getting involved in a garden in your community? Find out more information here. -JH

What an awesome list to be part of!

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Allen Memorial Art Museum (Oberlin) + American Museum of Natural History + Art Gallery of Ontario + Brooklyn Museum + Carleton University Art Gallery + Charleston Museum + MASS MoCA + Metropolitan Museum of Art (Get Closer) + National Archives (Today’s Document) + …

Plants and people have a lot of chemistry. The ninth-graders enrolled in GEAR UP at the Bronx Institute would agree! They spent their summer examining the scientific and cultural connections between plants and the community by researching edible plants they took from The New York Botanical Garden’s very own Greenmarket. Watch their testimonials here. -JH

Sequoias and maples and evergreens, oh my! Rich Pomerantz captures the beauty of the Thain Family Forest in his latest post. Did you know that The Forest is the largest remaining tract of old-growth forest in New York City? -JH

Are you looking for a fun weekend project to beautify your garden? Fern Richardson, Life on the Balcony blogger, reviews Malin Nilsson and Camilla Arvidsson’s new book Concrete Garden Projects in her most recent post. It’s filled with inspiration for creating your own flower pots, stepping stones, and even bird baths! -JH