Follow Friday: Brooklyn Botanic Garden

From Brooklyn Botanic Garden

From the Brooklyn Botanic Garden Mission Statement:
The mission of Brooklyn Botanic Garden is to serve all the people in its community and throughout the world by:
Displaying plants and practicing the high art of horticulture to provide a beautiful and hospitable setting for the delight and inspiration of the public.
Engaging in research in plant sciences to expand human knowledge of plants, and disseminating the results to science professionals and the general public.
Teaching children and adults about plants at a popular level, as well as making available instruction in the exacting skills required to grow plants and make beautiful gardens.
Reaching out to help the people of all our diverse urban neighborhoods to enhance the quality of their surroundings and their daily lives through the cultivation and enjoyment of plants.
Seeking actively to arouse public awareness of the fragility of our natural environment, both local and global, and providing information about ways to conserve and protect it.


I love my Botanic Garden. When the weather is nice Hubby and I take our after dinner strolls in the garden. It is one of Hubby's favorite places to take pictures. I follow the blog to keep up with the events and news, but mostly, I want to see their gorgeous pictures.

Twitter Bonus: @bklynbotanic

From Hubby

Hubby has enough pictures of this waterfall to make his own calendar.

I *heart* my City

Creative Time presented an art project by Paul Ramírez Jonas called Key to the City. On my birthday, hubby took me to Times Square, and bestowed me with a key that opened locks all over the city. As we researched the project more, we learned that people were leaving notes, cards, and other markers in the places where they unlocked keys. I wanted to interact with this project in a way that showed how much I love the idea and my complete infatuation with NYC. So, (as I'm sure you've guessed by now) I knit up a bunch of little hearts to leave as my calling card. Several of the places ask that you not leave anything behind, so I respected that. The whole project for us was much more about the city then the locks. It was nice to hold a key to some of her secrets, but really we used it as an excuse to explore place we wouldn't think of on our own. The project is over, but I still keep my key on my key chain. I'm really possessive of this city, and I'm not ready to part with a memento that represents that so well.

These are the photos we took around the city as we hunted down and opened up locks. Some of them even show the hearts in places they were left.

Handmade Holiday Cavalcade

This is just an announcement for those of you in the NYC area. Tomorrow is the Handmade Holiday Cavalcade at the Knitting Factory. It sounds like a fantastic one day event with three floors full of "handcrafted soaps, housewares, ceramics, paper goods, jewelry, accessories, clothing, and original artwork." This should be a great way to do some holiday shopping, and support local artists and crafters.