December 16, 2012
Recently, we posted a picture of a skeptical squirrel on our blog, which generated a pretty funny* string of reply-tweets containing other skeptical squirrels from across the country. But did you know that in addition to being judgmental and twitchy, squirrels are also champion liars? They pretend to hide food in order to deceive other squirrels, they hide and steal and cheat. And apparently these are characteristics that the world’s robots need to learn in order to make it in war zones and real life, and squirrels are the perfect teachers. I, for one, welcome our fluffy-tailed overlords. ~AR (via Squirrels Teach Robots To Lie | Geekosystem) *seriously, if you did not click through to this photo, I am begging you to do so now.

Recently, we posted a picture of a skeptical squirrel on our blog, which generated a pretty funny* string of reply-tweets containing other skeptical squirrels from across the country. But did you know that in addition to being judgmental and twitchy, squirrels are also champion liars? They pretend to hide food in order to deceive other squirrels, they hide and steal and cheat. And apparently these are characteristics that the world’s robots need to learn in order to make it in war zones and real life, and squirrels are the perfect teachers. I, for one, welcome our fluffy-tailed overlords. ~AR

(via Squirrels Teach Robots To Lie | Geekosystem)

*seriously, if you did not click through to this photo, I am begging you to do so now.

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October 20, 2012

I’m not sure it will ever replace a mouse (especially since they put cacti into the mix), but I still find Botanicus Interacticus to be pretty exciting, right up there with tree cookie LPs. It seems strange at first, using plants to make music and art, but think about it … Pan’s pipes? Reeds. Early drums? Probably a gourd and some animal hide. Paints? Some definitely have plant-based pigments. When you look at it that way, it kind of makes sense to try and bridge the gap between plants and technology. And it sounds pretty, too. ~AR

makeinteresting:

Whoa. Touch a plant, control a computer, make music, make art, and a whole lot more. Pretty amazing stuff. Sure beats a mouse.

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Filed under: Plants Music Technology Video Science Botany 
September 27, 2012
Do you love The New York Botanical Garden? Do you love Pinterest? Do you love October and all the beauty that fall has to offer? Then you just might be the ideal candidate to be our October guest pinner! Leave a reply here, tweet us, or comment on our Pinterest account! Our favorite Pinner will start their new assignment on Monday, October 1! See what September guest-pinner Elena got up to for a better idea of what’s in store.

Do you love The New York Botanical Garden? Do you love Pinterest? Do you love October and all the beauty that fall has to offer? Then you just might be the ideal candidate to be our October guest pinner! Leave a reply here, tweet us, or comment on our Pinterest account! Our favorite Pinner will start their new assignment on Monday, October 1!

See what September guest-pinner Elena got up to for a better idea of what’s in store.

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Filed under: Pinterest October Halloween Nature Fall Technology 
July 23, 2012
Updated: Botanical Gardens, Public Gardens, and Arboreta on Pinterest

Are you on Pinterest? We are! And so are a lot of our colleagues, it turns out.

Botanical gardens are gorgeous - Pinterest thrives on gorgeous! It’s a great resource for gardeners and travelers hoping to remember all those beautiful plants and spots they have seen on the internet and would like to plant or visit one day. I think it’s a fabulous trend! ~AR

Need a spot of pretty in your day? Here it is:

NEW Brooklyn Botanic Garden Brooklyn, N.Y.

NEW Queens Botanic Garden Flushing, N.Y.

NEW Carleen Bright Arboretum at Woodway Woodway, Tx.

NEW The Garden Conservancy Cold Spring, N.Y.

NEW American Public Gardens Association Kennett Square, Pa.

NEW Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum Bronx, N.Y.

NEW Morton Arboretum Lisle, Il.

NEW Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanical Garden Arcadia, Ca.

NEW University of California Botanical Garden at Berkeley Berkeley, Ca.

NEW Pittsburgh Botanic Garden Pittsburgh, Pa.

NEW Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art Nashville, Tn.

NEW State Botanical Garden of Georgia Athens, Ga.

NEW Paul J. Ciener Botanical Garden Kernersville, N.C.

NEW Cylburn Arboretum Baltimore, Md.

NEW Blithewold Mansion, Gardens & Arboretum Bristol, R.I.

NEW Bartlett Arboretum & Gardens Stamford, Ct.

NEW Ruth Bancroft Garden Walnut Creek, Ca.

NEW Biodiversity Heritage Library Everywhere, All the Time

The New York Botanical Garden Bronx, N.Y.

Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Richmond, Va.

Norfolk Botanical Garden Norfolk, Va.

Chicago Botanic Garden Chicago, Il.

Easton Walled Garden Grantham, U.K.

Missouri Botanical Garden St. Louis, Mo.

Naples Botanical Garden, Naples, Fl.

Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta, Ga.

Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden, Belmont, N.C.

We’ll keep updating this list as more botanical gardens join the pinosphere, so please feel free to let us know: Is there anyone we missed?

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Filed under: Pinterest Botanical Gardens Internet Technology Photography Nature Pretty 
June 22, 2012
Fast.Co.Design declares our app, NYBG in Bloom, “downright functional,” “so fun,” and ” a great, free download for the iOS that has plenty of Monet along with a few UI tricks that developers should check out.”  Thanks Fast.Co! (via A Free App For Exploring The Gardens That Inspired Monet’s Masterpiece | Co.Design: business innovation design)

Fast.Co.Design declares our app, NYBG in Bloom, “downright functional,” “so fun,” and ” a great, free download for the iOS that has plenty of Monet along with a few UI tricks that developers should check out.” 

Thanks Fast.Co!

(via A Free App For Exploring The Gardens That Inspired Monet’s Masterpiece | Co.Design: business innovation design)

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Filed under: NYBG in Bloom Apps Technology Local Projects The Metropolitan Museum of Art The New York Botanical Garden monetsgarden 
June 14, 2012
Nicely done! Very close to the Impressionist Lens feature in our new iPhone app! davegammon: Last week, I stopped by the NY Botanical Gardens in the Bronx to check out their Monet Garden exhibit. I thought I would start off my photo set with an attempt at some paint style filtering in Photoshop. I started off with Artistic -> Pallete Knife, then used Pixelate -> Pointilize and finally Brush Strokes -> Spatter. After that, I brought the saturation up a bit.

Nicely done! Very close to the Impressionist Lens feature in our new iPhone app!

davegammon:

Last week, I stopped by the NY Botanical Gardens in the Bronx to check out their Monet Garden exhibit. I thought I would start off my photo set with an attempt at some paint style filtering in Photoshop. I started off with Artistic -> Pallete Knife, then used Pixelate -> Pointilize and finally Brush Strokes -> Spatter. After that, I brought the saturation up a bit.

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Filed under: Monet's Garden The New York Botanical Garden monetsgarden Impressionist Lens impressionistlens Visitor-Generated Content Technology Apps 
May 29, 2012
NYC Digital: ‎New York City Department of Parks & Recreation just unveiled a new...

nycdigital:

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New York City Department of Parks & Recreation just unveiled a new view of our city. The interactive map displays markers for each time a visitor checks in to one of over 1,250 NYC Parks locations using the foursquare mobile app. These visitors can get tips of fun and interesting…

The Garden is not on this map (which I think is really cool), because as a botanical garden, we are not a park. But that shouldn’t keep you from checking-in at the Garden or at any of our gardens and exhibitions. ~AR

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Filed under: Foursquare New York City Technology MadeinNY The New York Botanical Garden 
May 25, 2012

nycgov:

No matter where you are, you can now enjoy Monet’s gardens with the Monet’s Garden free app tour, created by the New York Botanical Garden in collaboration with the Metropolitan Museum. The tour is part of the NYBG in Bloom app.

Discover beautiful photos and paintings, learn more about the connections between Monet’s art and his gardens, and if you’re feeling inspired, use the app’s “Impressionist Lens” feature to capture your own art.

Oh wow! Thanks NYC GOV! And let’s not forget, the technology for the app was Made in NY by Local Projects! ~AR

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Filed under: madeinny Technology The New York Botanical Garden The Metropolitan Museum of Art NYBG in Bloom monetsgarde impressionistlens 
May 25, 2012
Two of our favorite things combined: The Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden at peak bloom, and the Impressionist Lens feature in our NYBG in Bloom app! How’d we get that pic? We sent our digital media specialists 40-feet into the air in one of our bucket trucks! We’ll do anything for a great shot! ~AR

Two of our favorite things combined: The Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden at peak bloom, and the Impressionist Lens feature in our NYBG in Bloom app!

How’d we get that pic? We sent our digital media specialists 40-feet into the air in one of our bucket trucks! We’ll do anything for a great shot! ~AR

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April 11, 2012

Patrick and Humberto from Opening Ceremony came to the Orchid Show and snapped some very cute portraits of themselves. And they’re not alone! We have seen dozens more on Instagram and Flickr.

But we want to know which ones youthink are adorable! Leave a comment on this post with a link to your favorite #orchidshow portrait of you, your best friend, your mom, your husband, your kids, or whomever, and we’ll feature some of our favorites on our blog, Plant Talk! Get ready for your 15 minutes! ~AR

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March 20, 2012
Greenhouse? Yes! Woman Cave? Not So Much

Last week I pointed out an article in the Wall Street Journal that crowned the backyard greenhouse with the appellation, “the new woman cave” (as if there was a previous woman cave… ). I applauded the idea of having a greenhouse, but quailed at the moniker; I despise the term “man cave,” so why would I approve of the term “woman cave?”

But I didn’t want to make this all about me, so I asked you what you thought. Here are your answers!

 See What I See: Plants said: I agree re the terms bc they gender a human need for privacy. Why emulate male gender anxiety, reinforcing its fear of the feminine?

Frosted Flower said: I can’t agree more! I’ve always wanted a greenhouse, but that term is awful, not as bad as the ‘m’ word though. Ugh. (ed. note: Dare I reveal my ignorance and admit that I have no idea what the ‘m’ word is? Oh, I guess I just did. ~AR)

Gwendolyn the Great said: Stupid term, perfect idea. I am plant obsessed and would love to have a greenhouse big enough to spend time in comfortably. I’d never leave!

Timothy Designs said: Stupid term! How is it not sexist to think that only women would want such a space?

Magtri said: Yes I would love a greenhouse, and man-cave, woman-cave is completely overused and no longer funny.

Fallon-Christine’s Faybles said: I would love a greenhouse. Nature is my stress relief so being able to have a “secret garden” of my own sounds pretty good.

Well, there you have it. The NYBG Tumblr: blowing the lid off the backyard greenhouse beat! ~AR

ps - Ah yes … the “m” word would be moist! Thanks for the reminder Frosted Flower!

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March 15, 2012

Last year we noticed that a lot of the people coming to visit The Orchid Show were snapping some pretty sweet orchid shots using Instagram, or just their plain old phone cameras. But they were really hard to keep track of. So this year we put up little signs nudging you guys to tag your photos with #orchidshow. And tag you have! The shots are gorgeous, silly, inspiring, humorous, and incredibly pretty. Here are nine of my personal favorites. ~AR

Photo 1: #orchidshow #livefromnewyork by @jennlist

Photo 2: #orchidshow by @krimur

Photo 3: “Wow” Factor by @wavehill

Photo 4: Gorgeous day by @kristinshumpert

Photo 5: Enid meets Enid by @enidp

Photo 6: Dramatic Haupt Conservatory by @johndeguzman

Photo 7: Must protect the orchids! by @

Photo 9: Beautiful madness of color by @jaspre_guest

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Filed under: The Orchid Show The Orchid Show: Patrick Blanc's Vertical Gardens Instagram Iphoneography Photography The New York BOtanical Grden Technology 
March 2, 2012
While searching for something else completely, I stumbled across Plant Lust. Plant Lust markets itself as a “seriously simple search for plants and places to find them,” and after a few simple searches, I am inclined to agree. The functionality is nice, the photographs are informative, and the advanced search is solid. That said, I would like to see a few more nurseries on the East Coast. Regardless, this looks like a really promising tool for the tech-inclined plant nerd. ~AR  ps - This post does not constitute an endorsement of Plant Lust by the Garden and our horticulturists. It’s just the opinion of one plant-obsessed staffer. pps - Now it’s your turn: What are your favorite Web-based plant nerd tools?

While searching for something else completely, I stumbled across Plant Lust. Plant Lust markets itself as a “seriously simple search for plants and places to find them,” and after a few simple searches, I am inclined to agree. The functionality is nice, the photographs are informative, and the advanced search is solid. That said, I would like to see a few more nurseries on the East Coast. Regardless, this looks like a really promising tool for the tech-inclined plant nerd. ~AR 

ps - This post does not constitute an endorsement of Plant Lust by the Garden and our horticulturists. It’s just the opinion of one plant-obsessed staffer.

pps - Now it’s your turn: What are your favorite Web-based plant nerd tools?

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Filed under: Plant Lust Plant Nerds Technology 
March 1, 2012
(via The Seed: where theatre, gaming and botany collide) An experimental theater company in the U.K. is bringing the explorations of the Victorian seed hunters to life through video games and interactive performances at some of England’s most beautiful and historic formal gardens. Makes me want to book a ticket across the pond stat! ~AR

(via The Seed: where theatre, gaming and botany collide)

An experimental theater company in the U.K. is bringing the explorations of the Victorian seed hunters to life through video games and interactive performances at some of England’s most beautiful and historic formal gardens. Makes me want to book a ticket across the pond stat! ~AR

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December 30, 2011
Burgeoning array of apps offers help outdoors

Via the Columbus Dispatch comes this really good list of apps for the gardener. One that they haven’t included that we have find quite handy is Evernote. With Evernote we’re able to synchronize plant lists, articles, to-do lists, and more across all of our computers, smartphones, and other handheld devices. Is there an app out there that you just can’t garden without? ~AR

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