I saved the best for last this week. I had never been to the New York Botanical Gardens before, but I’m really glad I made the trip! (It turns out it’s a quick 20-minute ride from Grand Central.)
For the next few months, they are featuring an elegant re-creation of Monet’s gardens at Giverny. I think you’ll be inspired by the indoor gardens as well as the beautiful water presentation. You’ll feel like you’re in France, even if you’re sweating it out in 90 degree humidity in the Bronx. While you’re there, take the opportunity to see two Monet paintings, too. After visiting, I was able to understand Monet’s statement of “I am following Nature without being able to grasp her. I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.”
Tres bien!
