botanical
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Art + Botany: Botanic Quilts
Garden Design &bull Feb 2, 2012
Quilting enthusiasts in New York City can visit "Botanical Inspirations," a show of 22 quilts by the Quilters Guild of Brooklyn. The exhibit is at the Windsor Terrace Library, and runs through February 7th (160 E. 5th St. at Ft.… Full Story »
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Cremanthodium.....a Personal Experience in Growing this Himalayan Daisy
Dave's Garden &bull Jan 28, 2012
Check out the DG homepage for a brief overview of what you'll find in this gardening mega-site. This article was originally published on August 29, 2009. Most gardeners have never heard of the genus Cremanthodium. They are a group of rather obscure composites that hail from the Himalayas. I was first introduced to them when our local rock garden society hosted a guest speaker named Finn Haugli, the Director from the Tromso Botanical Garden in Norway. That botanical garden is located well above the Arctic circle. I found it hard to imagine much of anything growing… Full Story »
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Malaga: the streets, the food (part 2)
The Havens &bull Jan 20, 2012
As we walked home along the esplanade following our wonderful meal at Restaurante Mar de Pedregalejo, we enjoyed the moonlit evening, listened to the small waves lapping at the rocks of the breakwater. Suddenly, Jim stopped, and said "Look at all those cats." Indeed, there seemed to be a whole colony of cats gathered amongst the rocks, cats of all sizes, colors and ages. There were several young ones in the pride, looking to me to be about three months old. The adult cats were wary, but not so feral that they were running and hiding. They sat away from… Full Story »
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Half-Off Discounts on UC Botanical Garden Memberships
An Alameda Garden &bull Jan 19, 2012
Last year I took advantage of a great bargain on Groupon: a huge discount on memberships to the UC Botanical Garden. Now the offer has come around again and you shouldn't miss it. You can get a one-year individual membership… Full Story »
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History blooms in botanical collections
NJ.com - Garden &bull Jan 19, 2012
If you were asked to name some distinguished botanical gardens in our region, you might well come up with the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden (in Brooklyn, of course) and Longwood Gardens in Kennett... Full Story »
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Morning Eye Candy: Sublime
New York Botanical Gardens - Plant Talk &bull Jan 2, 2012
A macro photograph of a perfectly lit drop on foliage at The New York Botanical Garden. Full Story »
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Morning Eye Candy: Ball Drop
New York Botanical Gardens - Plant Talk &bull Dec 31, 2011
The countdown has begun! At The New York Botanical Garden, we'll be dropping a much smaller ball when the clock strikes midnight and we usher in 2012. Where will you be tonight when the ball drops? You can follow any… Full Story »
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Botanic Notables: Ornamental Kales & Cabbages
Garden Design &bull Dec 30, 2011
Brassica oleracea var. Deeply hued and elegantly ruffled, they populate swaths of industrial parks in North Carolina, and tiny sidewalk boxes in Manhattan-individually, as the centerpiece of an arrangement, or in a group, as a phalanx of uniform rosettes. These… Full Story »
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Looking Back: September 2011
New York Botanical Gardens - Plant Talk &bull Dec 30, 2011
In September, The New York Botanical Garden welcomed back much-loved chef and champion of orange Crocs, Mario Batali, for the rewards of his Edible Garden planted back in April. Mario's recipes went up on Plant Talk throughout the following weeks,… Full Story »
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Looking Back: June 2011
New York Botanical Gardens - Plant Talk &bull Dec 27, 2011
The Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden is a symphony of color, aroma, and texture in June, so we sent our intrepid Visual Specialists way high up into the air to capture all the beauty. One of early summer's most perplexing natural… Full Story »
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Last Minute Container Gardening Gifts
About.com - Container Gardening &bull Dec 23, 2011
If you are like me, you wait until the last minute to buy gifts. Until about, well now, I'm like the proverbial deer stuck in the headlights of the holidays - completely paralyzed and panic stricken. Fortunately there are solutions… Full Story »
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A Christmas Conifer: Norway Spruce
New York Botanical Gardens - Plant Talk &bull Dec 21, 2011
Joyce H. Newman is the editor of Consumer Reports' GreenerChoices.org, and has been a Docent with The New York Botanical Garden for the past six years. In front of our Visitor Center Cafe is an amazing specimen of Norway spruce (Picea abies), a species often known for its annual appearance as the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree. Our Norway spruce is… Full Story »
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Succulents: What's Blooming in the Yard Now? December Edition
Dave's Garden &bull Dec 21, 2011
If you live in California, or are just visiting, wouldn't it be nice to know what sorts of things are blooming each month so one could decide whether it might be worth it to visit a botanical garden, or go on a garden tour? Of course, most people know when most of the "real"flowers bloom, like roses, irises, camellias etc. But many others don't seem to be quite as familiar with what's blooming in the succulent world. So this will be December's edition of what you might want to look for or expect to find. I will skip the plants… Full Story »
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Jade of the South Pacific
New York Botanical Gardens - Plant Talk &bull Dec 20, 2011
Marc Hachadourian is the Manager of The New York Botanical Garden's Nolen Greenhouses for Living Collections, a staging area for plants for all of our gardens, yearly exhibitions, and events. Walk through the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory and you may come upon a peculiar chandelier of a plant, with a vine spiraling right up to the roof and clusters of flowers dangling from it like upturned flamingo bills. You can't… Full Story »
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Morning Eye Candy: Learning the Trees
New York Botanical Gardens - Plant Talk &bull Dec 20, 2011
Learning the Trees, a poem by Howard Nemerov, accompanies a picture of winter tree branches at The New York Botanical Garden. Full Story »
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Morning Eye Candy: Yipes!
New York Botanical Gardens - Plant Talk &bull Dec 17, 2011
A photograph of a very stripey, very pink plant in The New York Botanical Garden's Nolen Greenhouses. Full Story »
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Tell Us About It: A recycled glass sculpture
Sacramento Bee - Home and Garden &bull Dec 17, 2011
Bruce Kennedy created a different kind of evergreen for his backyard a wine "bottle bush." His wife then took the project one step further, making a faux botanical notecard with a photo of the recycled glass sculpture the Kennedys' own… Full Story »
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Groovy Zoo Gardens
Fine Gardening &bull Dec 13, 2011
If you love gardening, want to discover some new plants, and make new friends who understand why you have dirt under your fingernails, how about volunteering at your local zoo? More about tapping this mother lode of horticultural fun in… Full Story »
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Botanical Wreaths from the Garden
Growing with Plants &bull Dec 13, 2011
On the Saturday following Thanksgiving, my father would take us on hikes into the woods to collect Holiday greens. Armed with large, musty burlap chicken grain bags that said "Blue Seal Feeds" on them, each of us would search for… Full Story »
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Giants of the Allee
New York Botanical Gardens - Plant Talk &bull Dec 12, 2011
The barren branches that fill the sky come winter are a sore sight for some, but if you look at a naked tree in just the right way, there's more beauty there than you might at first believe. Of course, not everyone needs a… Full Story »
