Dendrobiums are among the thousands of orchids on display at the Garden's annual orchid exhibition. By Liz Nye, New England Botanic Garden Staff February 2023 A snowstorm started to ramp up as the horticulturists and gardeners at New England Botanic Garden began a major undertaking—to unload and then unbox an assortment of [...]
By Liz Nye, New England Botanic Garden Staff January 2023 In its natural habitat, the vigorously growing banana plant can unfurl its large leaves in a matter of days. Each leaf, long and fan-like when it finally meets the tropical sun, emerges from a central stem as a tightly rolled cylinder known, for its [...]
By Liz Nye, New England Botanic Garden Staff January 2023 Early each morning, long before visitors arrive, a member of the Garden’s “conservatory crew,” a team made up of horticulturist Meg Varnes and gardeners Brooke Harris and Greg Farrington, hoses down the stone floor of the Orangerie, one of New England Botanic Garden’s two [...]
