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For the fourth year in a row, The New York Botanical Garden will unveil an auricula theater amid the herbs and flowers of the Nancy Bryan Luce Herb Garden.  The charming traditional display of magnificent auricula primroses returns from April 16 through May 9.  Designed by the Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury (Lady Salisbury) the renowned […]

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Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986) is widely celebrated for her iconic paintings of flowers, animal bones, and stark New Mexican cliffs.  While she has long been regarded as a central figure in 20th-century art, the radical abstract work she made throughout her career has remained less known.  The Phillips Collection examines her artistic achievement from a fresh […]

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Periwinkle is groundcover that was used in Colonial Williamsburg.  It is evergreen and blooms in the spring (picture taken in Baltimore, Maryland. April, 2010) with blue or lavender, sometimes white flowers as written by Mr. Raymond L. Taylor in his book, “Plants of Colonial Days.” The name vinca perhaps came from vincere, “to conquer” which […]

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About the Battery and The Battery Conservancy The Battery is a 25-acre waterfront park and the cradle of New York City history. Located at the tip of Manhattan overlooking New York Harbor, The Battery hosted Dutch settlers when they arrived at Manhattan Island in 1626 and established New Amsterdam. Today with the leadership of The […]

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The Battery The Battery is one of New York City’s oldest public open spaces. Located at the tip of Manhattan overlooking New York Harbor, the Battery hosted Dutch settlers when they came to Manhattan Island and established New Amsterdam. Now the Battery is truly the cradle of New York history, the front lawn of the […]

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