April 2012
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Spring Sprang Early: Should We Worry? →
Should we be battening down the hatches and sounding DEFCON 3 over this warmer-than-seems-sane spring? Not quite. So says Robert Naczi, curator of North American Botany here at the NYBG. Rather than catastrophic evidence of radical climate change, Naczi says that this seemingly drastic shift to warmer weather is well within the range of experience for plants native to our area. Is there a warming...
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iPhone Only Orchids Squared
ferdjax: See the full gallery on Posterous What a lovely collection! Thank you Ferdjax!
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3 Questions to Wayt Thomas | Anne Fontaine... →
Wayt Thomas, Elizabeth G. Britton Curator of Botany at The New York Botanical Garden sits down with the Anne Fontaine Foundation to talk about his great passion, the coastal tropical forests of Brazil.
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“Living close to supermarkets or grocers did not make students thin and living...”
– The New York Times reports on a new study that challenges the conventional wisdom that poor neighborhoods with high rates of obesity are food deserts. In fact, the study found the exact opposite to be true, and suggests that it is not a lack of access to fresh vegetables and easy access to fast food...
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“Even if you’re not a huge botany nerd, it’s pretty spectacular. You can even see...”
– The Byrne Notice came to the Orchid Show, and they really, really liked it! But you’ve got to hurry if you want to see it for yourself. The show closes on Sunday! But don’t worry, we’re doubling down on Orchid Evenings, so you have two chances to catch the spectacle, cocktail in...
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ListenI know, it’s a bit of a cliche song, but...
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Meet our Horticulture Crew Member: Dianne Crary →
Dianne Crary got her start in gardening not through a potted plant from the hardware store, or an elementary school seed-soaking experiment, but from something a little more challenging: a neglected yard and a few meandering honey bees. “The house that my parents purchased in the ’50s had a garden with great bones, but neither one was interested in gardening,” Dianne writes....
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