March 5, 2013
These have been circulating for a while, with various plants in the spotlight, but this stunning combination of paint and electrically charged film is too much not to post once more. —MN jtotheizzoe: This is what it looks like to shock flowers with 80,000 volts. In this odd but old photographic technique (called Kirlian photography), the object is placed over photographic film over a metal plate. When the extreme voltages are applied, the air surrounding the flower is ionized, leaving a ghostly electric image on the film. The remainder of the colorful image is hand-painted later. Check out Robert Buelteman’s gallery for more shockingly ethereal flowers. Bonus: Check out this gallery of plants imaged via electromagnetic photography at myampgoesto11. Gorgeous! (via DeMilked)

These have been circulating for a while, with various plants in the spotlight, but this stunning combination of paint and electrically charged film is too much not to post once more. —MN

jtotheizzoe:

This is what it looks like to shock flowers with 80,000 volts. In this odd but old photographic technique (called Kirlian photography), the object is placed over photographic film over a metal plate. When the extreme voltages are applied, the air surrounding the flower is ionized, leaving a ghostly electric image on the film. The remainder of the colorful image is hand-painted later.

Check out Robert Buelteman’s gallery for more shockingly ethereal flowers.

Bonus: Check out this gallery of plants imaged via electromagnetic photography at myampgoesto11. Gorgeous!

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February 26, 2013

I’d probably pull something trying to emulate the poses of our magnolia trees. Don’t forget that we’ve got our own Instagram feed right here! And you’re always welcome to contort accordingly while visiting our 250 tree-laden acres, though I suspect a little limbering up is in order. —MN

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Weekend Hashtag Project: #WHPleanwithit

Weekend Hashtag Project is a series featuring designated themes & hashtags chosen by Instagram’s Community Team. For a chance to be featured on the Instagram blog, follow @instagram and look for a photo announcing the weekend’s project every Friday.

This weekend’s tag was #WHPleanwithit, which asked participants to capture photographs of people standing next to and leaning in the same direction as unique or oddly shaped trees. Every Monday we feature some of our favorite submissions from the project, but be sure to check out the rest here.

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February 26, 2013
The Orchid Show opens this Saturday, March 2, here at the NYBG. And while each of our thousands of orchids will be very much bright and lively for the extent of the show, I figured you could use some tragic beauty for this particular Tuesday in February. —MN billykidd: Decaying Orchid was shot by Billy Kidd.

The Orchid Show opens this Saturday, March 2, here at the NYBG. And while each of our thousands of orchids will be very much bright and lively for the extent of the show, I figured you could use some tragic beauty for this particular Tuesday in February. —MN

billykidd:

Decaying Orchid was shot by Billy Kidd.

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February 9, 2013

Snow day at the Garden! We’re open today, the grounds are beautiful, and if you need a break, the Conservatory is balmy and warm. Come visit! ~AR

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February 8, 2013

There’s a lacy quality to the trees in winter that breaks up the monotony of resenting the weather, even with the nor’easter bearing down on us as I type this. Little joys, right? —MN

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by: Jürgen Heckel

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February 6, 2013
Oh boy do we love seeing student work inspired by the Garden! This blog post featuring the work of eighth graders from the Elisabeth Morrow School popped up in our Twitter feed earlier in the week. The students are part of the Middle School Nature Photography Club, and I must say are pretty talented! Beautiful shots girls! ~AR (via The Elisabeth Morrow School Blog)

Oh boy do we love seeing student work inspired by the Garden! This blog post featuring the work of eighth graders from the Elisabeth Morrow School popped up in our Twitter feed earlier in the week. The students are part of the Middle School Nature Photography Club, and I must say are pretty talented! Beautiful shots girls! ~AR

(via The Elisabeth Morrow School Blog)

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February 3, 2013
untappedcities: Six Eminent Photographers Look Back at the Bronx http://bit.ly/WCb4Ca This looks like a wonderful exhibition at the Bronx Documentary Center celebrating the diverse heritage, troubled history, and bright future of this awesome borough that the NYBG calls home. ~AR

untappedcities:

Six Eminent Photographers Look Back at the Bronx http://bit.ly/WCb4Ca

This looks like a wonderful exhibition at the Bronx Documentary Center celebrating the diverse heritage, troubled history, and bright future of this awesome borough that the NYBG calls home. ~AR

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January 23, 2013
GPOY. That is all. (Photo by our lovely, bearded resident photographer, Ivo M. Vermeulen.)

GPOY. That is all.

(Photo by our lovely, bearded resident photographer, Ivo M. Vermeulen.)

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January 13, 2013
This beautiful photo seems like a good enough reason to let you know that we’re hosting our winter photo contest inside the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory again this year. We changed the name a little, Tropical Paradise instead of Caribbean Garden, but other than that, it’s still a guaranteed antidote to the winter blues. Grab your camera, join our official Flickr Group Pool, and say sayonara to Seasonal Affective Disorder with some sultry warmth.~AR

This beautiful photo seems like a good enough reason to let you know that we’re hosting our winter photo contest inside the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory again this year. We changed the name a little, Tropical Paradise instead of Caribbean Garden, but other than that, it’s still a guaranteed antidote to the winter blues. Grab your camera, join our official Flickr Group Pool, and say sayonara to Seasonal Affective Disorder with some sultry warmth.~AR

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January 5, 2013
Dreamy. ~AR

Dreamy. ~AR

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January 5, 2013

Few understand the nuances of nature like Larry Lederman, whose masterful photography captures the colors of the NYBG throughout each of the four seasons. In Magnificent Trees of The New York Botanical Garden, the towering oaks, sweetgums, and tulip trees of our landscape take center stage for a visual study of light and life.

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January 2, 2013

Gorgeous photos of a beautiful and oft overlooked plant. ~AR

liveactionpotato:

today i went to some botanical gardens and found a lovely agave parryi with vividly red spines

i can only imagine it is a very young plant, or maybe a fantastic genetic mutation but generally the spines are a duller deep violet

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January 2, 2013
We track the botanic garden tag on Tumblr, and to me, it is one of the most wanderlust inducing tags out there. The beautiful pictures that pour in from all over the world have me constantly searching Google and daydreaming about road trips, train trips, and plane trips. Take for instance this beautiful panorama from Albuquerque’s BioPark Botanic Garden. It has made me realize that I have never spent any time in the southwest. Is 2013 the year? Where is your favorite botanic garden? Post a picture and tag it, we’ll see it, and maybe post it! ~AR cactguy: This is the largest panorama I have ever assembled - and with exception of the railing at the bottom of the photo, it turned out pretty well.  It is approximately 30 photos of the Albuquerque BioPark Botanic Garden Desert Conservatory, and I could live there … [Photo 8.8.11]

We track the botanic garden tag on Tumblr, and to me, it is one of the most wanderlust inducing tags out there. The beautiful pictures that pour in from all over the world have me constantly searching Google and daydreaming about road trips, train trips, and plane trips. Take for instance this beautiful panorama from Albuquerque’s BioPark Botanic Garden. It has made me realize that I have never spent any time in the southwest. Is 2013 the year?

Where is your favorite botanic garden? Post a picture and tag it, we’ll see it, and maybe post it! ~AR

cactguy:

This is the largest panorama I have ever assembled - and with exception of the railing at the bottom of the photo, it turned out pretty well.  It is approximately 30 photos of the Albuquerque BioPark Botanic Garden Desert Conservatory, and I could live there …

[Photo 8.8.11]

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December 23, 2012

I really, really try not to post or reblog anything that requires more than three swipes on a magic mouse to scroll past, but c’mon: these trees. —MN

sosuperawesome:

7am, Joerg Marx

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December 14, 2012

As we hoof it toward winter, we expect to be seeing more snowflakes in the Garden (barring another winter like last year, of course). What I didn’t expect to see was the extent to which these snowflakes resemble plants, be it a small shrub, the tip of a pine branch, or a spindly desert-dwelling tree. —MN

the-star-stuff:

Remarkable Macro Photographs of Ice Structures and Snowflakes

Russian photographer Andrew Osokin has done a phenomenal job of capturing such bizarre ice formations, you can explore hundreds more photos over in his LensArt profile.

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