Tag Archives: Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Cruel April

Posted on April 23, 2015 by

April is the cruelest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and desire, stirring Dull roots with spring rain.   – T.S. Eliot, The Wasteland APRIL HAS BEEN CRUEL, an abrupt withdrawal from the stimulation and excitement of my … Continue reading →

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Evergreen Glory: BBG’s Japanese Garden

Posted on September 28, 2014 by

I AM INCREASINGLY FOND of Japanese gardens, and quite unreasonably proud (as if I had something to do with it), of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden‘s Japanese garden, constructed 100 years ago and opened to the public in June 1915. It’s … Continue reading →

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Growing Food in the Shade

Posted on April 24, 2014 by

A RECENT THREE-HOUR WORKSHOP at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, taught by renowned urban forager Leda Meredith, was a revelation. Among the startling things I learned is that one can actually eat some of the weeds I’ve been battling for years … Continue reading →

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Last Suppers

Posted on April 22, 2014 by

THE ROLLER COASTER RIDE IS OVER. I’m officially in contract to sell my East Hampton, N.Y. cottage, after a long winter of offers, negotiations, anticipation and disappointments. Closing will be on or before May 15 — five years to the … Continue reading →

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Leaf Peeping in Brooklyn

Posted on November 9, 2013 by

SEEMS TO ME THE FALL COLORS — peaking late after an unseasonably warm October — are more brilliant than usual this year. Here in Brownstone Brooklyn, there’s no sense one needs to go up to Vermont or the Hudson Valley … Continue reading →

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Hidcote, An American’s English Garden

Posted on March 6, 2013 by

ONE EVENING LAST WEEK, I attended the first-ever public lecture at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s new Visitor Center — a helix-shaped, mostly glass structure with a planted roof that I had been prepared to dislike for its modernity, but have … Continue reading →

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Stretching the Season

Posted on November 6, 2012 by

A LOT OF PEOPLE (myself included) give up, somewhat, on window boxes and outdoor containers by the time November rolls around. Others keep going… like the owners of the swell Manhattan townhouse, above, who’ve created an arresting display with gourds … Continue reading →

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