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Dorothy, it looks like the garden is quite a ride from the city....I guess you'd have to have a car or afford one heck of a cab ride..... Isn't there a botanical garden closer into the city....I visit my daughter (83rd and 2nd) from time to time and would like to visit a GH/garden....thoughts?????
Doc - I am not in NYC .. I am in the suburbs of Long Island .. So the ride isn't that far for me to Planting Fields .. around a half hour or so .. and my brother doesn't live far from there also ..
Doc - I am not in NYC .. I am in the suburbs of Long Island .. So the ride isn't that far for me to Planting Fields .. around a half hour or so .. and my brother doesn't live far from there also ..
I have been to the NY Botanical Garden and it's worth spending a relaxing day there ..
I did my summer field study at BBG back in the early 1960s (for Landscape Architecture.) Really nice place but it reminds me of long nights and lots of studying
I don't do most Dendros or large, "floofy orchids". For me it's minis (like Angraecoides), Masdies, Paphs, and others that crept in somewhere along the line. See my orchid list for complete collection (usually not current.)
If you do come to Long Island .. look up the The John P. Humes Japanese Stroll Garden in Mill Neck, NY which is only a few miles from Planting Fields
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It's a nice but hilly walk through 4 acres of Japanese gardens including a Tea House and Koi Pond ..
Days and hours are limited so plan ahead!
It's very relaxing and not commerical (Few people and fewer resources (no food or restrooms there) !
__________________ Dorothy
"Nothing beats the orchid -- as an offering of love" - paraphrasing Marlowe Hood from 'Orchid Fossil Quells Evolutionary Quarrel'
I was referring to my daughter who lives in the city.....
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