October 23, 2012
Depressed by the end of Monet’s Garden? Yeah,me too. That’s why I think we should all go on a field trip to see Mickalene Thomas’ Monet-inspired solo show! Who’s in? ~AR
weldonarts:

MICKALENE THOMAS: A STAR IN THE ART WORLD
Mickalene Thomas has made her mother proud. The Brooklyn-based artist has experienced a remarkable trajectory in the art world, building an impressive career over the past decade, punctuated with significant milestones. Perhaps her greatest achievement, “Origin of the Universe,” her first solo museum show, dubuted at the Santa Monica Museum of Art and recently opened at the Brooklyn Museum.

Depressed by the end of Monet’s Garden? Yeah,me too. That’s why I think we should all go on a field trip to see Mickalene Thomas’ Monet-inspired solo show! Who’s in? ~AR

weldonarts:

MICKALENE THOMAS: A STAR IN THE ART WORLD

Mickalene Thomas has made her mother proud. The Brooklyn-based artist has experienced a remarkable trajectory in the art world, building an impressive career over the past decade, punctuated with significant milestones. Perhaps her greatest achievement, “Origin of the Universe,” her first solo museum show, dubuted at the Santa Monica Museum of Art and recently opened at the Brooklyn Museum.

(via nyc-arts)

October 16, 2012

We’re right there with you. Ivo is the only one allowed to don the waders to go in and get close-ups of these shockers, so you’ll often see staff contorted around the edge of the pool with our cameras, Instagram or otherwise.

Despite the official closing of Monet’s Garden on October 21 (that’s this Sunday!), we’re hoping to see the Nymphaea blooming into November, so get here soon, folks! —MN

nyblues:

Water Lilies.

There were a few people outside with me, and they kept giving me funny looks because I was lying on the ground trying to get the perfect shot of the lilies sitting on the water. 

But if you see a shot, you’ve got to commit. Even if it means looking like a complete fool doing it. :)

October 2, 2012

Upside to a grey, drizzly day at the Garden? The normally night-blooming Victoria amazonica water lilies are blooming during the day!

August 21, 2012
Really loving the effect of this double exposure. Please come back and shoot more pictures on film of the Garden! They’re so lovely. ~AR

Really loving the effect of this double exposure. Please come back and shoot more pictures on film of the Garden! They’re so lovely. ~AR

(via enlightenedlostandinsaneblues)

July 25, 2012
Stay tuned! We hope to be producing a video with our horticulturists soon that will tell you everything you need to know so that you too can have your own, beautiful water lily pot at home! ~AR
longeaux:

@nybg #monetsgarden I want a flower pot water lily garden!! (Taken with Instagram at Monet’s Garden at The New York Botanical Garden)

Stay tuned! We hope to be producing a video with our horticulturists soon that will tell you everything you need to know so that you too can have your own, beautiful water lily pot at home! ~AR

longeaux:

@nybg #monetsgarden I want a flower pot water lily garden!! (Taken with Instagram at Monet’s Garden at The New York Botanical Garden)

July 13, 2012

phi11ipp:

New York Botanical Garden, The Bronx, Summer 2012

Tropical water lilies, hardy water lilies—they’re all coming up in the Conservatory pools. It may be a little while until the tropicals fill out, but the hardy varieties as they are now would make Monet blush. —MN

July 12, 2012
My name is Ann, and I endorse the wearing of flat shoes and sparkly nail polish at the Garden. Thank you Lilit for solving our fashionista conundrums! ~AR
lilitmarcus:

Here’s a gallery of things to wear to the Monet Evenings at the New York Botanical Garden. Since I wrote it, it obviously includes flat shoes and sparkly nail polish.

My name is Ann, and I endorse the wearing of flat shoes and sparkly nail polish at the Garden. Thank you Lilit for solving our fashionista conundrums! ~AR

lilitmarcus:

Here’s a gallery of things to wear to the Monet Evenings at the New York Botanical Garden. Since I wrote it, it obviously includes flat shoes and sparkly nail polish.

July 9, 2012

Dreamy …

tigerofsummer:

The New York Botanical Garden | Monet’s Garden tribute

July 5, 2012

Anyone else feeling slightly jaded about the fact that this week effectively contains two Mondays? Yeah. Me too. So, to help ease you past the second-Monday-but-not-actually-Monday midday slump, here are some lotuses and water lilies (including ‘Ray Davies’ (but, no, not that Ray Davies)) currently in bloom as part of Monet’s Garden. Hope it helps!~AR

June 19, 2012
le Oui Blog!: DIY: Nénuphars

My French is, shall we say, nonexistent. And yet, I think I am able to gather that this post by Le Oui Blog includes instructions on how to create your own Monet-inspired paper water lilies. First you buy a cheap kit, then you use the included pieces as patterns for creating your own patterns out of old books. And in true bonus fashion, there’s also a little hack for using pretty old buttons for making lotuses! I believe if I was French I would say “ce qui est très cool!” and a really great way to have a little piece of Monet’s Garden at home. ~AR

leouiblog:

Quand je pense nénuphars, je vois que du beau… Comme par exemple ça:

June 16, 2012
blaneyphoto:

Monet’s Garden @nybg #nybg #flower #waterlily #monet (Taken with Instagram at Haupt Conservatory-NYBG)

blaneyphoto:

Monet’s Garden @nybg #nybg #flower #waterlily #monet (Taken with Instagram at Haupt Conservatory-NYBG)

June 9, 2012
I expect to see a lot of this at Monet Evenings. ~AR
palderjanipanda:



Loving Monet
A couple admires the color and texture of Monet’s Water Lilies at MoMA, New York.

I expect to see a lot of this at Monet Evenings. ~AR

palderjanipanda:

Loving Monet

A couple admires the color and texture of Monet’s Water Lilies at MoMA, New York.

May 31, 2012
chromaticmisadventures:

Yet another lovely #flower#macro #newyork #NYC #nybg #plant #nature #(from @cmp381 on Streamzoo)

So soothing …

chromaticmisadventures:

Yet another lovely #flower
#macro #newyork #NYC #nybg #plant #nature #
(from @cmp381 on Streamzoo)

So soothing …

May 23, 2012
I know this place is amazing. I get to come here everyday. And I can tell you that Monet’s Garden is truly amazing; a riot of color and aroma, and every bit as wonderful and transporting as when I visited the real thing in Giverny. But why take my word for it?
According to the New York Times, the “The first step in is a stunner.” (That’s into the main gallery of the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory they mean).
And the Wall Street Journal says that the show “celebrate(s) the gift of Monet the painter on a different “canvas.”“
“You could easily mistake this Bronx paradise—with its rainbow of morning glories, irises, peonies and more—for rural France” says the New York Post.
And the Daily News says that, “the conservatory features sweeping stretches of colorful blooms such as hydrangea, violets, delphiniums and irises.”
So, I think it’s okay for me to wax rhapsodic about the incredible efforts of my coworkers. It places me in pretty good company! So come see for yourself. Visit Monet’s Garden soon to see the spring colors, and then come back in June or July or August (water lily time!) for the intensity of summer, and then again in September and October for the sublimity of fall.
And a piece of inside advice: If you do think you might want to come back again and again (like me!) consider becoming a Member. You can thank me later! ~AR

I know this place is amazing. I get to come here everyday. And I can tell you that Monet’s Garden is truly amazing; a riot of color and aroma, and every bit as wonderful and transporting as when I visited the real thing in Giverny. But why take my word for it?

According to the New York Times, the “The first step in is a stunner.” (That’s into the main gallery of the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory they mean).

And the Wall Street Journal says that the show “celebrate(s) the gift of Monet the painter on a different “canvas.”“

“You could easily mistake this Bronx paradise—with its rainbow of morning glories, irises, peonies and more—for rural France” says the New York Post.

And the Daily News says that, “the conservatory features sweeping stretches of colorful blooms such as hydrangea, violets, delphiniums and irises.”

So, I think it’s okay for me to wax rhapsodic about the incredible efforts of my coworkers. It places me in pretty good company! So come see for yourself. Visit Monet’s Garden soon to see the spring colors, and then come back in June or July or August (water lily time!) for the intensity of summer, and then again in September and October for the sublimity of fall.

And a piece of inside advice: If you do think you might want to come back again and again (like me!) consider becoming a Member. You can thank me later! ~AR

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