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Forests and New York City
is not a pairing that would make sense to some people outside the Metropolitan Area (we always say that, as though there is no other metropolitan area in the world). But majestic trees do exist among the concrete canyons of NY. I’ve been fortunate to come up close to some of them. Walt Whitman: Why are…
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If you go to NYBG in late summer prepare to get happy.
It is almost impossible to feel down when you visit. The New York Botanical Garden always has something new to see. Or something not new but ever-fresh. A bee on a blossom. Yes, the flowers are flowering. The dahlias. The hydrangeas, some more exotic than others. The lilies. Especially nice when you bring someone who…
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If you’re champing at the bit to see the cherries
(I know I was) it’s easy enough to take yourself down the Mosholu Parkway to the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx. However, the place’s Cherry Collection –sounds like a high-end clothing line – might not be in full bloom yet. That’s okay. Cherry trees are spectacular even if they are just barely flowering.…
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A warm and moist hush prevails
in the exhibition area of the New York Botanical Garden’s Annual Orchid Show. And is there any better kind of hush? Especially on a cold and blustery late winter day in the Bronx. Orchid lovers endure heart palpitations all around. At least those not too consumed with taking pictures. Photographers are legion here. So many…
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Magical miniatures everywhere you turn
at New York Botanical Garden’s annual Holiday Train Show. A smart novelist named Christopher Moore said, Children see magic because they look for it. Yes, especially on Christmas Eve. Today. If you want to conjure up A Visit From Saint Nicholas, by another writer named Moore, Clement Clark Moore, go to the New-York Historical Society…
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I set my intention to notice kindness
as we amble off through the Thain Forest–the largest enduring old-growth tract in the New York City vicinity–at the New York Botanical Garden, paying heed to the recorded forest bathing app the Garden has thoughtfully provided. These woodlands offer just some of NYBG’s 30,000 trees. I’ve been thinking about kindness. Have been telling folks on…