May 28, 2012
I really like this post about stinging nettles. I like stinging nettles, I don’t even mind being stung by them, especially because—like Lynn—I think they are delicious. But what I like most about this post is Lynn’s meditation on the wildness of nature versus the planned beauty of a garden. What she says is smart, and I think it’s one of the reasons working at the Garden resonates so strongly with me; you get both here. There’s the incredible planned beauty of the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden, and when that’s too much, there’s the sublime natural beauty of the Forest, the largest remnant of the primeval woods that once covered all of New York City. Oh, and there are nettles, too, but I can’t tell you where! ~AR

I really like this post about stinging nettles. I like stinging nettles, I don’t even mind being stung by them, especially because—like Lynn—I think they are delicious. But what I like most about this post is Lynn’s meditation on the wildness of nature versus the planned beauty of a garden. What she says is smart, and I think it’s one of the reasons working at the Garden resonates so strongly with me; you get both here. There’s the incredible planned beauty of the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden, and when that’s too much, there’s the sublime natural beauty of the Forest, the largest remnant of the primeval woods that once covered all of New York City. Oh, and there are nettles, too, but I can’t tell you where! ~AR

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May 23, 2012
Ask the Garden

It’s been awhile since we opened the question line, so I figured when better than ahead of a three-day weekend when you might visit the Garden, spend time in your own garden, or just indulge in a little time outdoors. So you ask away, and we’ll do our best to get you a good answer from our staff! What are your burning Garden/gardening/plant questions?

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May 19, 2012
"The first step in is a stunner."

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The most frequent comment I have heard between the staff preview, the press preview, and the Member preview of Monet’s Garden is that walking into first gallery of the exhibition is “like walking into Oz.” You think you know what color is, and then you walk through those doors, and it’s like all your senses have been fooling you your whole life. It feels like you can breathe in color. It is intoxicating. ~AR

‘Monet’s Garden’ at the New York Botanical Garden - NYTimes.com

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May 15, 2012
Nurit Bloom, the Garden’s Education Marketing Manager, sent me this photo with the note “I think this is a pretty good Rock Garden shot.” I’d have to agree! If you would like to help preserve the Rock Garden, please vote for us daily through May 21 to help us win a $250,000 grant from Partners in Preservation!

Nurit Bloom, the Garden’s Education Marketing Manager, sent me this photo with the note “I think this is a pretty good Rock Garden shot.” I’d have to agree! If you would like to help preserve the Rock Garden, please vote for us daily through May 21 to help us win a $250,000 grant from Partners in Preservation!

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May 14, 2012

Please excuse our dust … We’re just putting together the most excellent exhibition where gardening meets art meets technology; Monet’s Garden!

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May 10, 2012

A beautiful set of photographs from the Orchid Show, submitted by Regina Walker. Thank you Regina! ~AR

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May 9, 2012

lala-x:

Botanical Garden’s orchid exhibit in Manhattan ^_^

Actually, we’re in the Bronx, but who’s counting! Thanks for visiting! Looks like you had a blast.

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May 9, 2012
<3 the Garden! Vote today!

<3 the Garden!

Vote today!

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May 1, 2012

vintagekelly:

already planning my next trip

By the time you come back, the Rose Garden should be in full bloom! Can’t wait to see what beautiful images you could make with that!

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April 29, 2012
tytheterrible: Botanical Garden Edit 2 on Flickr. The Orchid Show is over for 2012, but the photographs keep coming! Beautiful.

tytheterrible:

Botanical Garden Edit 2 on Flickr.

The Orchid Show is over for 2012, but the photographs keep coming! Beautiful.

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April 23, 2012
inothernews: GREEN TRANSPORTATION    A praying mantis appears to be pedaling a bicycle, which is actually a fern, at a cemetery in Ambawang River Village, Indonesia.  (Photo: Eco Suparman / Caters via The Telegraph) I know, some consider novel photos and human interest stories a Tumblr copout. But this praying mantis is riding a bicycle. &#8212;MN

inothernews:

GREEN TRANSPORTATION    A praying mantis appears to be pedaling a bicycle, which is actually a fern, at a cemetery in Ambawang River Village, Indonesia.  (Photo: Eco Suparman / Caters via The Telegraph)

I know, some consider novel photos and human interest stories a Tumblr copout. But this praying mantis is riding a bicycle. —MN

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April 21, 2012

flowerfood:

Leaf textures: rue, nettle, wormwood, motherwort and sage

Yes! Love this! Leaves are so often overlooked, in favor of flowers, but a good leaf is a thing of beauty. They have texture and heft; they have various surface treatments that make water bead and roll and run in rivulets; they have variations in color and pattern. Just watch out for those nettles, they have a whole ‘nuther thing going on, too. ~AR

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April 20, 2012
Much has been made of this spring&#8217;s warm weather. Many have predicted that it is the new normal, others have called for caution, and many have started pointing to Henry David Thoreau. Why Thoreau? Many reasons. Thoreau&#8217;s &#8220;Walden,&#8221; had been for many an introduction to environmental movement, and a rallying cry for ecological protection. But another reason is that Thoreau was an early phenologist. Over the course of many years he recorded the earliest bloom times or migratory arrivals of over 300 species in a series of notebooks and charts. These notes now allow scientists like Richard B. Primack, a biology professor at Boston University, Abraham J. Miller-Rushing, of Acadia National Park, and the illustrator Becca Stadtlander to draw some slightly worrying conclusions in the New York Times. What do you think? Do you think the environment has irrevocably changed? Do you think non-existent winters and hot, dry springs are the new normal? ~AR

Much has been made of this spring’s warm weather. Many have predicted that it is the new normal, others have called for caution, and many have started pointing to Henry David Thoreau.

Why Thoreau? Many reasons. Thoreau’s “Walden,” had been for many an introduction to environmental movement, and a rallying cry for ecological protection. But another reason is that Thoreau was an early phenologist. Over the course of many years he recorded the earliest bloom times or migratory arrivals of over 300 species in a series of notebooks and charts. These notes now allow scientists like Richard B. Primack, a biology professor at Boston University, Abraham J. Miller-Rushing, of Acadia National Park, and the illustrator Becca Stadtlander to draw some slightly worrying conclusions in the New York Times.


What do you think? Do you think the environment has irrevocably changed? Do you think non-existent winters and hot, dry springs are the new normal? ~AR

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April 14, 2012
dianaisadoramarlene: MYTH The Greek myth of Orchis explains the origin of the plants. Orchis, the son of a nymph and a satyr, came upon a festival of Dionysios (Bacchus) in the forest. He drank too much, and attempted to rape a priestess of Dionysios. For his insult, he was torn apart by the Bacchanalians. His father prayed for him to be restored, but the gods instead changed him into a flower. Source. Photo: Charlotte York Well, glad we got that cleared up! There are so many great myths involved in the origin of plants, which is your favorite? ~AR

dianaisadoramarlene:

MYTH

The Greek myth of Orchis explains the origin of the plants. Orchis, the son of a nymph and a satyr, came upon a festival of Dionysios (Bacchus) in the forest. He drank too much, and attempted to rape a priestess of Dionysios. For his insult, he was torn apart by the Bacchanalians. His father prayed for him to be restored, but the gods instead changed him into a flower.

Source.

Photo: Charlotte York

Well, glad we got that cleared up! There are so many great myths involved in the origin of plants, which is your favorite? ~AR

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April 13, 2012
foucaultscat: Jeanne Baret (sometimes spelled Baré or Barret) (July 27, 1740 – August 5, 1807) was a member of Louis Antoine de Bougainville’s expedition on the ships La Boudeuse and Étoile in 1766–1769. Baret is recognized as the first woman to have completed a voyage of circumnavigation. Jeanne Baret joined the expedition disguised as a man, calling herself Jean Baret. She enlisted as valet and assistant to the expedition’s naturalist, Philibert Commerçon (anglicized as Commerson), shortly before Bougainville’s ships sailed from France. According to Bougainville’s account, Baret was herself an expert botanist. Excellent! And it sounds like she was involved in collecting the first samples of the genus of popular, colorful plants, Bougainvillea. We have many specimens of this which are currently in full &#8220;bloom&#8221; in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory. Why bloom in quotes? Because the colorful &#8220;petals&#8221; of the plant are actually bracts, specialized, colored leaves that look like flowers, but are not. The poinsettia is another popular plant with colored bracts. ~AR

foucaultscat:

Jeanne Baret (sometimes spelled Baré or Barret) (July 27, 1740 – August 5, 1807) was a member of Louis Antoine de Bougainville’s expedition on the ships La Boudeuse and Étoile in 1766–1769. Baret is recognized as the first woman to have completed a voyage of circumnavigation.

Jeanne Baret joined the expedition disguised as a man, calling herself Jean Baret. She enlisted as valet and assistant to the expedition’s naturalist, Philibert Commerçon (anglicized as Commerson), shortly before Bougainville’s ships sailed from France. According to Bougainville’s account, Baret was herself an expert botanist.

Excellent! And it sounds like she was involved in collecting the first samples of the genus of popular, colorful plants, Bougainvillea. We have many specimens of this which are currently in full “bloom” in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory. Why bloom in quotes? Because the colorful “petals” of the plant are actually bracts, specialized, colored leaves that look like flowers, but are not. The poinsettia is another popular plant with colored bracts. ~AR

(via scinerds)

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