As we all do our best to stay safe during the Coronavirus pandemic, here are some ideas shared by members that may help us fill — and even enjoy — the downtime.
CGC would welcome your contributions to this page. Thank you to those who have already shared ideas!
If you have garden photos, links to articles and other such good things relating to the CGC mission, please send to [email protected].
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ONLINE PROGRAMMING
Around the World in 80 Gardens
Documentaries featuring colorful journeys to enchanting gardens, from ancient to modern, from the Taj Mahal to Oaxaca. YouTube.com
Chelsea Flower Show
The show has gone digital. Click here for lockdown tours from visits to vase.
David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet
A powerful first-hand account of humanity’s impact on nature and a message of hope for future generations from one who is said to have seen more of the natural world than anyone else. Netflix; 1 hour 23 minutes running time
Monet’s Garden
Monet said his garden was his greatest work of art. Click here for a glimpse of Giverny.
Summer Succulents
Winter’s chill begone. These specimens spiny, spindly, and whorled are a fascinating antidote to cold weather. Click here to see Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s collection from the world’s deserts.
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OTHER DIVERSIONS
The High Line
A beautiful in-depth view of the NYC landmark
Written by Piet Oudolf and Rick Darke, Gardens of the High Line is a book recommended by Dr. Roxanne Zimmer at her City Gardens Club lecture in November on the subject of the High Line.
Tree Talk
The Tree Book for Kids and Their Grown-Ups
A good read by Gina Ingoglia, from Brooklyn Botanic Garden, with exquisite illustrations.
iNaturalist
Snap a photo, share it, contribute to science.
Not sure whether your camera captured a sunflower or a Rudbeckia hirta? The app is designed to tell you. Click here.
Flowers as Food
A celebratory luncheon menu from Macy’s Flower Show, 1977.
Memories linger. . . . To herald the show, a preview luncheon featured Carnation Salad, Clover Butter Tea Sandwiches, and Marigold Custard, all gleaned from The Forgotten Art of Flower Cookery by Leona Woodring Smith. Now published by Penguin.
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PHOTO GALLERY
Spring walk on Shelter Island, by Wendy E.
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Morningside Park (left) and West Side Community Garden, by Marianne F.
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Lee S.P.s tulip beds, from bulbs she bought near Amsterdam
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END PLATES
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OFTEN I HAD GONE THIS WAY BEFORE
Often I had gone this way before:
But now it seemed I never could be
And never had been anywhere else;
‘Twas home; one nationality
We had, I and the birds that sang,
One memory.
They welcomed me. I had come back
That eve somehow from somewhere far:
The April mist, the chill, the calm,
Meant the same thing familiar
And pleasant to us, and strange too,
Yet with no bar.
The thrush on the oaktop in the lane
Sang his last song, or last but one;
And as he ended, on the elm
Another had but just begun
His last; they knew no more than I
The day was done.
Then past his dark white cottage front
A labourer went along, his tread
Slow, half with weariness, half with ease;
And, through the silence, from his shed
The sound of sawing rounded all
That silence said.
Edward Thomas