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Return to LIGHTSCAPE

Posted on January 10, 2022 by dannyashkenasi

New views of Lightscape at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden This Time with Snow and Ice This is a supplementary blog post to December’s “LIGHTSCAPE at Brooklyn Botanic Garden“. For a sense of the full tour, I suggest looking at that … Continue reading →

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LIGHTSCAPE at Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Posted on December 7, 2021 by dannyashkenasi

A magical trail of fantastic light installations weaves its way through the Brooklyn Botanic Garden at night these days. Ed and I took the tour.

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Crocuses on the First Day of Spring

Posted on March 21, 2021 by dannyashkenasi

Ed and I visited the Brooklyn Botanic Garden yesterday, on the cool, sunny first day of Spring. The crocuses were in full bloom. Deeper into the gardens, the crocuses spectacularly blanket a particular hill.

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AUTUMNAL SPLENDOR in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Posted on November 10, 2020 by dannyashkenasi

Ed and I took some pretty pictures last Sunday in the the Brooklyn Botanic Garden…

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BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN REOPENED

Posted on August 7, 2020 by dannyashkenasi

After 5 months locked out, a return to the gardens Last March, on the weekend where Broadway was already shut down and schools were cancelling performances and assemblies, but the rest of the city was still open for a few … Continue reading →

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40 Days of Outdoor Memories

Posted on May 12, 2020 by dannyashkenasi

Thanks A Lot, COVID 19!   Back in early April, when it became clear we would be hunkering indoors for at least the next month, barely getting out, and certainly not doing any traveling, I started posting on my social … Continue reading →

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CHERRY BLOSSOMS AND TAIKO DRUMS

Posted on May 19, 2019 by dannyashkenasi

  Pink Splendor and Banging Dramatics on the Esplanade   The end of April the Brooklyn Botanic Garden holds the Sakura Matsuri Festival, scheduled to coincide with the spectacular blossoming of the cherry trees on the Garden’s Esplanade.  Nature holding … Continue reading →

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These Roses are Ready for their Close-Up, Mr. DeMille!

Posted on June 3, 2018 by dannyashkenasi

Another year… another June… This year the rose garden at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden had received a “hard cut”, as we heard a passerby explain.  Which made it still lovely but less lush than in years past.  So I’ll focus … Continue reading →

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WATER LILIES (Pics and Tunes)

Posted on August 8, 2017 by dannyashkenasi

Testing out the new camera at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden Lily #1 (for details on the “Lily” songs, check on the “tags” at the bottom of the post) Lily #2

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CHERRY BLOSSOMS GALORE!

Posted on April 30, 2017 by dannyashkenasi

Back in the BBG You don’t know just what you’ll see, boy! Back in the BB Back in the BB Back in the BBG (with apologies to The Beatles:) It’s peek cherry blossom blooming season this weekend at the Brooklyn … Continue reading →

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