Flowers

Chrysanthemums at the annual Japanese Chrysanthemum show at the New York Botanical Garden (Bronx, New York)—October 10, 2020

Assorted blossoms at the New York Botanical Garden (Bronx, New York)—May 8, 2021

Tulips at the New York Botanical Garden (Bronx, New York)—May 15, 2021

Mid-April afternoon at the New York Botanical Garden (Bronx, New York)--April 14, 2022

Fringed tulips at the New York Botanical Garden (Bronx, New York)--April 22, 2023

The New York Botanical Garden’s annual orchid show (Bronx, New York)—February 25, 2024.“The Orchid Show: Florals in Fashion” is inspired by fashion. The Garden’s description states: Strike a pose! The Orchid Show brings the catwalk to the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory in a fashion-inspired celebration of all things orchids—and we want YOU at the center of the sartorial experience. Catch the bold new designs of New York’s rising stars of the stitch with work by Collina Strada by Hillary Taymour, Dauphinette by Olivia Cheng, and FLWR PSTL by Kristen Alpaugh, fashionistas who have created dramatic, picture-perfect floral displays at the Garden that always capture the orchid’s good side. This is your chance to “walk the runway” and show off your own personal flair, your love for orchids, and your fashion-forward connections to the natural world. Because florals are always en vogue at NYBG.

Mannequin with a handbag and slipper orchid at the New York Botanical Garden's 2024 Orchid Show (Bronx, New York)—February 25, 2024.

A mannequin views the beauty of the world through designer rose-tinted glasses. The New York Botanical Garden's 2024 Orchid Show (Bronx, New York)—February 25, 2024

At the New York Botanical Garden’s 2024 annual orchid show (Bronx, New York)—March 12, 2024.

At the New York Botanical Garden’s 2024 annual orchid show (Bronx, New York)—March 24, 2024.

Orchids at the New York Botanical Garden’s 2024 Orchid Show (Bronx, New York)—March 24, 2024

Spring scene at the New York Botanical Garden with the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory in the background (Bronx, New York)—April 14, 2024

Poet’s Narcissi at the New York Botanical Garden (Bronx, New York)—April 14, 2024. The Garden’s growing multitude of daffodils is now dancing in the spotlight of the strengthening spring sun to the tune of spring’s warm breezes, even as the first daffodils arrived much earlier. Narcissi have long served as a courageous Messenger of spring that, as Shakespeare observed, “come before the swallow dares.” They have also been described as holding onto their remarkable beauty throughout the duration of their lives. Toward that end, British writer Percy Bysshe Shelley wrote: And Narcissi, the fairest among them all, Who gaze on their eyes in the stream’s recess, Till they die of their own dear loveliness.

Tulips at the New York Botanical Garden (Bronx, New York)—April 21, 2024. The soft images illustrate what American poet Ellen Clementine Howarth described as the "gentle April breath." The beauty of this pair of tulips is but one of the main courses of Spring's three-month long feast for the eyes. The original photo was processed to soften the detail and slightly fade the tulip’s colors allowing the pestle to stand out to symbolize the beating heart of spring.

Detail of a poppy at the New York Botanical Garden (Bronx, New York)—April 21, 2024. Shirley Hibberd’s Familiar Garden Flowers wrote of poppies as follows: “No more interesting flower is to be found in the garden than the poppy, and a certain few kinds are extravagantly beautiful, though lamentably short-lived.” One of those “certain few kinds” of poppies is the “blazing red poppy” that, when present in large numbers, “suggests that we are riding through…seas of fire…”

Jonquilla daffodils (Narcissus ‘Pipit’) at the New York Botanical Garden (Bronx, New York)—April 21, 2024

Bleeding hearts at the New York Botanical Garden (Bronx, New York)—April 21, 2024

Tulips at the New York Botanical Garden (Bronx, New York)—April 27, 2024. Irish poet Oscar Wilde once observed, “A flower blossoms for its own joy.” He might well have continued about how generously flowers share their beauty to create a more colorful and joyful world.